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PDF-------------------------------------------- | | | | |Date | September, 1878 | April, 1893 | | | | | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Elephants.| 733 | 359 | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Camels. | 6,353 | 3,175 | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Mules. | 1,536 | 16,825 | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Ponies. | ... | 782 | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Bullocks. | 1,424 | 7,211 | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Donkeys. | ... | 31 | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Army | | | |Transport | ... | 5,316 | |Carts. | | | |----------+-----------------+-------------| |Field | | | |Ambulance | ... | 799 | |Carts. | | | |-------------------------------------------]
[Footnote 5: According to treaty, the Bhopal State pays nearly two lakhs of rupees a year towards the cost of the local battalion maintained by the British Government for the purpose of keeping order within the State itself. The battalion, however, has only four, instead of eight, British officers, and it appeared to me only reasonable that the Begum should be invited to pay the additional amount necessary to make the battalion as efficient as the rest of the Native army, as a ‘premium of insurance’ for the peace and prosperity which Her Highness’s State enjoys under our protection, and as her quota towards the general scheme for the defence of the Empire.]
[Footnote 6: Rissala is a body of Cavalry.]
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Extension of command—Efficiency
of the Native Army
—Concessions to the Native
Army—Officering of the Native Army
—The Hunza-Naga campaign—Visit
to Nepal—A Nepalese entertainment
—Proposed mission to the Amir—A
last tour—Farewell entertainments
—Last days in India
New Year’s Day, 1890, found me in Calcutta, where I went to meet Prince Albert Victor on his arrival in India. On my way thither I received a letter from Mr. Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, telling me that he had heard from Lord Cross, the Secretary of State for India, that there was a proposal to ask me to retain my appointment of Commander-in-Chief in India for some time after the expiration of the usual term of office; but that, while such an arrangement would have his hearty approval, he thought the question should be considered from another point of view, and that it would be extremely agreeable to himself, and he felt to the Duke of Cambridge also, if he could secure me for the post of Adjutant-General in succession to Lord Wolseley. Mr. Stanhope went on to say he would like to know whether I would be willing to accept the appointment, or whatever position Lord Wolseley’s successor would fill, should the report of Lord Hartington’s Commission cause a change to be made in the staff at the Horse Guards.
