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PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE COURT OF DIRECTORS,
BY J. L. COX AND SON, 75, GREAT QUEEN STREET.
DS 465
.A28
v.5
1832
2-14-33
27734
SYNOPSIS
OF THE
EVIDENCE
TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE
IN RELATION TO
THE ARMY OF INDIA,
INCLUDING
A REFERENCE TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE APPENDIX ACCOMPANYING THAT EVIDENCE.
31.-Its adequacy or inadequacy, and whether any and what Reductions be practicable
ib.
xii
: : :
THE TWO SERVICES:
98.-Table exhibiting the Numbers and relative' Proportions of the King's and Company's
Troops in India, from 1813 to 1830
xxiii
xxiv
99.-Effect of the different Rules of Promotion which obtain in His Majesty's and the
Company's Service upon the Officers of each in respect to Promotion
105.-Brevet Rank of Captain
107-Rank of Colonel, to which the Company's Officers succeed by seniority regi-
mentally, and which the King's Officers of corresponding Rank as Lieutenant-
colonels obtain by a local Commission
..
115 Relative Force of a King's and Company's Commission
120.-Distribution of Commands
xxvi
Para.
Page
128. Whether King's Officers should be admitted to a share of the Staff Appointments
xxvii
134-Whether Exchanges between the two Services should be allowed ..
139.-Whether Jealousies exist between them
xxviii
THE THREE ARMIES:
143.-Table exhibiting the Numbers and relative Proportion of each Army, in each year
from 1793 to 1830 ..
146.-Expediency or Inexpediency of uniting the three Armies into one
156. Whether the three Armies should be placed under one Commander-in-chief, or
remain as at present under three separate Commanders ..
171. Incidental Notices in relation to the office of Commander-in-chief, and the Com-
183. mands of Divisions and Stations ..
176.
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xxix
XXX
xxxii, xxxiii
188. Whether the Allowances of the European commissioned Officers should be equalized, including a reference to the Court's Orders of the 8th November 1814, directing the adoption of a new Pay Table to be common to the three Armies
193.-The Reduction of certain Stations in the Lower Provinces of Bengal, from full to
half Batta
198. The Question whether the existing Allowances in the lower Ranks be adequate
or not
xxxiv
XXXV
xxxvi
219.-Equalization of the Allowances of Native Troops, and to what extent it has been and ought to be carried
202.-The System of equal Allowances in Peace and in War which did obtain at the
Bengal Presidency, and whether it should be further altered, and in what way xxxvii
210.-Opinion of the Witnesses on the Question of Equalization generally
Xxxviii
212.-Tent Allowance and effect of the Order of 1814, in respect to European Corps..
216.-Repairs of Arms and Accoutrements
217.-Allowances of European Soldiers
237. Whether increased Pay should be given to Native Troops in proportion to length.
of service
xli
245.-Whether the Systems of the three Presidencies, in respect to Stores and Supplies,
should also be assimilated, and in what respects and to what extent
257.-Whether Augmentations or Reductions of Establishments should be in the pro-
portion of the three Armies
258.-Table of the Numbers and relative Proportion of European and Native Troops, in
each year, from 1793 to 1830
260.-Proportions which they have borne and should bear to each other..
271. Compared in respect to Expense and Efficiency