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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

ib.

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

ib.

xxvi

ib.

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

ib.

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

ib.

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