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entirely smable & give as I could myself.
such opinion.
feel my confidence in. I however proceed to give such general answer
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any useful.
I alally cannot make statement as to there questions.
I think that of whatever the susciliary consist it should be entirely
the Gofficer in Gommand
Queen's Breaks
force may
under here.
Command
of
The only efficient Officers for any such force would be officers obtained from Ster Majesty's army at home or perhaps better in India. I think that whether at a permanent local small regular force or a militia that the officers could not be provided on the spot. To be good officers on whom the men will rely and whom they would therefore heartily obey they must have the prestige of special training.
I can form no idea of the cost of raising any auseiliary force.
From what I have seen lower class.
the
Chinese here who alone of would become solchers I think they have. not good soldier like qualities - they
are in constitution a we
weakly race very
milike the Chiuse of the north but think that they would be amenable to strict dicipline as much as the best soldiers of the South in Her Majesty's
native Indian Tro
oops.
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element
(91012) There is however of dissimilarity to the disparagement of
local.
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2.14.
local chnicze the fact that the Queens service is looked on in India as honorable raising each soldier in his native status and therefore that
soldiers for this colony in
a
superior class of the lower orders there sewe. ! all there conditions would be reversed here. It seems to have resulted from the disenssises of the Domestic servitude question to be clear that only
the lowest and least reliable class of Chinamen could be obtained as policemen
higher prestige in China. can be obtained for Chinamen as English soldiers this difference will remain.
Anters and mutil a
to
I understand that all the Indian Officers know enough of the native languages for the purposes of giving west and of "general communication with the men:
To that extent at least English officers in
ought the proposed ausiliary force here know the language of
the Troops. I think it essential that the officers here should do more, they should master the language of their soldiers not merely for purposes of Grinch the word
command but of ready intercourse
on all occasion
as soldiers
I am not aware of any objection as to the employment of Chinese here excrept that there may be the risk that it is possible the Chinese (Jovernment would unprison and torture the relatives of colchiest in our service if they persisted in
they persisted in remaining
occurrtuce
for
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in our service after notice to leave it. It has not been
I understand of uncommon the Chinese Mandarins by these means to compil atrent criminals to return and submit to their punishments.
On the other hand with care I believe that
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