OUR INDIAN GARRISON.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1980, 17 March 1885, Page 4

OUR INDIAN GARRISON.

Tin stmicjth of tin Lmopean establishment fni tlii'\o.u J's.'v! .'», which is the last lniixrl In whnh .my official lotums have I, , „ i ,„']. .on-i-l'd of 11,32') 11..yal Ail. ll is, • : 1 1 (,'o-v.ilp, 4"i,7W» Infantiy, .iii<l _M l,ni,ii)' ■h, chiefly officei . To , ,i-i tl. i lniiiilii 1-. to th.« full ictiiin of („'. 07!, tin i. lu>. to !>•• added 121 of the liv did m d \ ltei in K-td>li.hment, !H>3 . I!k i of the StJf Coips, .'l2 officers of tli. „. uii.il l'-t, .md "it oth'T ofticeis lin itt (hi d hi umm!>lo>al. In this total dt ii!,<i7l nM/i^hni'-n ..ic not included the I .in < Hi. u'.lli 'b of the n.itivo .umy, who liuniJ)' i 1 )0l In these numbeis the inidif il ' -t Mi hint nt i-> included. The lioinin .1 -in M^,th of the aitilleiy is SO Intl n -, including siego and garrison, but it is computed that the efficient field service i~ ('imposed of V) batteries of horse .ii till' i y and 13 batteries of held artilleiy. Thii pw-a total of 3 IS gims, while the foice i-. further stiengthened by seven of tli" gmw>n 1 latteries drawn by elephants i,i mule- Tlieie is consequently a total I aiop n .•utilleiy force of nearly 400 guns .Mid ot moKj titan 11,000 men. The i,itjoiit\ ot th' .^ men enlisted under the <.M to.HliUon of things ; but it is inteie^ting to! mi tint in tho aitillery 3015 joined i |.<l. , -lioit n ucp, and that of these only 1 ; li id i .tended then period of service in f'i. \. n lu-.'l u -.' In 1M7!) then' wore only I<il7 'ioit -ci ,K0 men in the artillery. At tii pie ent tune neatly one half come uiid< i that lieail, and in a few years the mijoiity will belong to that category. 'Jiii' ittictof this ch.inpo will imike itself i.in-t ipp nut in the Miht iry Estim ites of Jikli\, Thf gieiti'i p.ut of the jutilleiy is -titio.i'd in Henjj.il, which includes the Tunjili in its militiry administration. In tin* J'n idency theie uuie (!I')4 men of the dips and aho\it 10 battones, while 2781) v .ii- -t itioncd m Bombay, and 2330 in M.uha'[lie native happen and miners who bci'i tht- plaff of the engineer coips, niimli'i 2'.)2 Kn^li-h officer and 3019 jiiii.iti-. In then case the mle of nunie jicil ipciioiity is reversed, and the M.kli i- ii m v contain-* Ti ofticeit and 1.%7 i.'iii, while tin Bengal Aimv h.is only !)2 otlici is and lldO men. The iiouibay Army h is of this branch of the seivice no mmc thin r< ofhcei> and I'll' men. The bulk of tin nitivo foice belongs to the infantry, '• 111 1 ii mo dcs iiatailles." There are 102,018 n itni tioopi, othceied by lOOSKnglishinen. Th.- Bengal army, including the Punjab f iic 1 , ii'imlipis more than 'H,OOO men, of \ horn "0-< ate European officers. The lieujfal mfantiy in divided into 49 n»«inii nt, and the I'unj ib force into 12, to which h is to be added the foot of the Guide corps. Their iuonitfe muster vanes between 710 and 7">o men per regiment. The Madras lnfantiy nuinheis 31,000, of whom 320 are ofheeis. It is divided into 41 regiments, with an average number of 750 monper lOKiiin nt, .md nearly eight officers. The Bombay infantry ib comparatively weak, numb Ming not moip than 2M,080 men and 240 officers. This force is divided into 30 regiments with an average of 730 men and eight officers. The pay of a Sepoy, or foot holdiei, including cantonment or half batta allowance, is seven rupees ppr month. In tho held or when maiching ho receives extra batta of nearly two rupees more. The total of onr garrison in India shows a foire of some (!0,000 Englishmen and 327,000 natives, with a formidable array of rutilleiy. J'levious to the Indian mutiny the numbers weie 300,000 natives and ■40,000 Europeans.

•Johv,' said a henpecked wife.'l wish t was the fashion to "swop " husbands is it is horses.' 'Why so?' 'I'd cheat lomebody before night.'