EMPLOYMENT OF THE INDIAN ARMY FOR COLONIAL SERVICE. London, February 27, noon.
Ik the Housg of Commons on the 26th February, J Major Anson move' 4 'for tfcg ■ appointment of * j select committee to inquire into' tSe'dtttrer of the British army in India, and proposed the employment of the (native) Indian j[army in the British and military dependencies. Major O'Reilly proposed (as an amendment) that the inquiry should be made with a view to ascertaining the best means of organising an Asiatic force ( for service in those colonies possessing a suitable climate. General* PeeJ,' the Secretary of State for "War, con* sented' ;fco "jthe appointment of a select committee, fcijt" insisted' thajT it' was 'necessary to retain a certain number or British woods' in w lndi^, doubted whether the colonies would lo& content to sfee^heiiBritish forces replaced by Asiatic regiments, ' and s taid that only nine regiments could be so replaced. ~*~~ motion for the appointment of a select eomjLia. — iV * amendment, was then adopted^ mittee, with i^ !?.„,
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3040, 24 April 1867, Page 6
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167EMPLOYMENT OF THE INDIAN ARMY FOR COLONIAL SERVICE. London, February 27, noon. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3040, 24 April 1867, Page 6
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