to meet all contingencies. A small.
A small body of artillery to man the batteries would be
not
a
exclusive of the above . As this might a be deemed an adequate command for General officer, it is probable that a senior field officer, with the local rank of Brigader, may be permanently appointed.
In order to combine the greatest degree of efficiency with a due regard to economy. I would propose as under . One half of the garrison, that is, six hundred men, should consist of European Troops; and with regard to the remaining six hundred, I see every reason for substituting. Colonial Corps of Malays, in preference to Sepoys of the Indian Army.
generally
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The latter is a species of force that
very ill out of its own
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country. They have all sorts of prejudices, become discontented, and often sickly,
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require frequently to be changed, and thus much expense is occasioned. The large Indian allowances have been granted to the European Regiments as long as the East India
1 Company's have acted with them, and will probably be continued until the system
is
are al
changed. The Madras Sepoys comparatively puny and fuble race, and very little respected by the Chinese, requering
a larger
numerical amount to ensure the
same ends.
a Colonial
It appears to me that all the above objections might be obviated by Corps of Malays to be raised (as for berylon ) in the Straits, which are only a week's sail from hence . A portion of the Ceylon Corps being - in the first instance detached for garrison duty in this Colony, the Songkong Corps could be
gradually raised in the
Straits and formed
on the same model,
and