The Armies of India (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From The Armies Of Indiaand The Marvel Of It All Is That These Tramping Disciplined Legions Are Not The Beef And Porridge And PotatoReared 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.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 EverIncreasing Scope And Labour, Till It Became The Great ShakoClad Army Of The Line That Vanished For The Most Part In The Tragedy Of 57.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 UncalledFor Mutiny, That Buried In A Month The Tradition Of A Century.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.About The Publisherforgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At Www.Forgottenbooks.Comthis Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses StateOfTheArt 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.