Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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Page 108
... sepoys who have ready money , and thus the regimental banniah is deprived of those profits in cantonments , which enable him to be well supplied in the field . The tendency of the sudder bazar system is to make the regi- mental banniahs ...
... sepoys who have ready money , and thus the regimental banniah is deprived of those profits in cantonments , which enable him to be well supplied in the field . The tendency of the sudder bazar system is to make the regi- mental banniahs ...
Page 109
... sepoy leaves his wife and family at his village home , and departs from the regiment , at stated intervals , to see them for ... sepoys appear large . There is much behind the scenes , and a long and careful experience of this matter has ...
... sepoy leaves his wife and family at his village home , and departs from the regiment , at stated intervals , to see them for ... sepoys appear large . There is much behind the scenes , and a long and careful experience of this matter has ...
Page 110
... sepoy can come , is that the idleness of cantonments is what he is paid for , and that the march on relief or service is an extra piece of work altogether , for which he is to have extra pay , and on the propriety of which step , he has ...
... sepoy can come , is that the idleness of cantonments is what he is paid for , and that the march on relief or service is an extra piece of work altogether , for which he is to have extra pay , and on the propriety of which step , he has ...
Page 119
... sepoys ; and the rates of pay to be for the first three grades of cavalry respectively rupees eighty , forty , and twenty - five per mensem ; and for the trumpeters and sowars rupees eighteen , and for the three first grades of infantry ...
... sepoys ; and the rates of pay to be for the first three grades of cavalry respectively rupees eighty , forty , and twenty - five per mensem ; and for the trumpeters and sowars rupees eighteen , and for the three first grades of infantry ...
Page 121
... sepoy has been spoiled . On this and on other questions , by which society in India has been long divided , there will be , henceforth , some little unanimity of opinion . While we have , on the one hand , never thought lightly of the ...
... sepoy has been spoiled . On this and on other questions , by which society in India has been long divided , there will be , henceforth , some little unanimity of opinion . While we have , on the one hand , never thought lightly of the ...
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