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in his general duties, would pay special attention to the drill and discipline of the men and to their "Musketry Instruction, and care of their Rifles; many of those at present issued being honey-combed, and unfit for use?"

It will be remembered that with my despatch 119/2, I transmitted a requisition for new arms for the English and Sikh Constables, Captain Dempster having reported that the carbines in their possession, had become, owing to the want of professional care and inspection, for the most part unserviceable or unsafe, and that the constables had received no proper instruction in the use of their arms, such as would fit them to ...

(6) I would also suggest that a drill Sergeant should be appointed to the Force with the rank, say, of Sergeant-Major, and pay of a Sergeant. He could be included in the number of European Sergeants allowed in the Estimates; thus no extra expense "would be incurred."

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15-1 90 in his general duties, would pay special attention to the drill and discipline of the men and to their "Musketry Instruction, and care of their Rifles; many of those at present issued being honey-combed, and unfit for use?" It will be remembered that with my despatch 119/2, I transmitted a requisition for new arms for the English and Sikh Constables, Captain Dempster having reported that the carbines in their possession, had become, owing to the want of professional care and inspection, for the most part unserviceable or unsafe, and that the constables had received no proper instruction in the use of their arms, such as would fit them to ... (6) I would also suggest that a drill Sergeant should be appointed to the Force with the rank, say, of Sergeant-Major, and pay of a Sergeant. He could be included in the number of European Sergeants allowed in the Estimates; thus no extra expense "would be incurred." 3 17211 has been removed as it appears to be an OCR error or unrelated to the text content. The text has been reformatted into paragraphs using HTML tags. Spacing issues have been corrected, and missing words have been indicated with "...". The original text's content and structure have been preserved as much as possible, with minor adjustments for readability. The page numbering "15-1" and "90" are preserved as they were part of the original scan. The text has been proofread for spelling errors, and corrections have been made where necessary.
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