CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 366

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unreliable as solchers and in large numbers .wild in case Ja real or

fancied grenance

be turbulent and matinces.

brthern chment are

nice

Minds dispared to Eurificans, Courageous - and capable of enduring hardships; here they would be in a

a foreign country and in care of disaffection

would jud

anuary

no sympathisers the inhabitants, and

in case of the latter han disaffected,

the Northam chenere uould

nut sympathie with them -

13 Hairy

leche - I

an

sto

matitary know-

am unable to que

Juman

ent

This point - to 4. I think the force mulet

requin to be permanent: in a place like Henrythmey Sclont Thick a Miletice would be practicable

et 5. I think that part of the force might be employed as reflemen and part in working the Guns.

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on the defences - Morthenschien large muscular men and

are

should work well in batteries-

More хуя

I should suppere that the Regiment in garrison could supply sufficient instuctus - to trave the free.

but I am hards competed

p

to armer that questions-

M8_ I fancy that with the new

retirement scheme

there would be no

of

the Army

difficulty in

obtaining offices, who have served: in the Excut to Command Canfumies and performe the staff

duties

the Subatterus might be Sikhs

a

or other nations of India and in course of time I don't see any reason why chnicu. might not rive to be Subalterns - the system. might be the same as he have Sein in Machas Regiments here

Commandant

thing officers Staff -

the rest natives

108-

{

Europeans

- think

I the sick offices might be gut

but I don't sice

pr a clilitia force with men auto be gut.

hen are

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