Armies of India (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Armies of India<br><br>And the marvel Of it all is that these tramping disciplined legions are not the beef and porridge and potato-reared lads of the Isles but for the most part men Of the ancient races Of Hindustan ruled and trained and led after the manner Of the English.<br><br>From the doorkeepers and trained bands that first guarded the factories of the early merchants the army of John Company Bahadur grew and prospered by the secret of ever-increasing scope and labour till it became the great shako-clad army Of the Line that vanished for the most part in the tragedy of ''57.<br><br>Of the three great presidential armies the larger part that Of Bengal and part Of that Of Bombay disappeared and with it the glorious record of successful war and faithful service in a storm Of unreasoned and uncalled-for mutiny that buried in a month the tradition Of a century.<br><br>The army that now upholds the Empire Of Hindustan is based on a systematic grouping Of men by race and sept and clan with a View to the full development Of race efficiency.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.