The Views and Opinions of Brigadier-General John Jacob ...

Smith, Elder & Company, 1858 - Great Britain - 467 pages

The Secret of our Rule in India	1

On Missionaries and the Interference of the State in matters	8

Reduction of Civil Salaries	14

Minute on Objections urged against the Abolition of Forced	21

Calculation of Labour Rates in certain Districts	34

A Navigable Canal to the Indus and the Requirements of Kur	40

Remarks on a Railway to connect the Indus with the Seaport	43

Travellers Bungalows and Serais	49

The Military Board and Audit Department	219

The Point and	225

European and Native Soldiers on Service	231

Directions for a Saddle	232

Penetration of Jacobs Ironpointed Rifle Balls	275

Memoir of the First Campaign in the Hills North of Kutchee	287

Subsequent Proceedings on the North West Frontier of Sind	317

Memorandum on the Principles of Procedure on the North	349

Remarks on the Revenue System of the NorthWest Provinces	55

Artificial Encouragement to Agriculture	71

TankDigging	78

On the Arming of a Free People and on the true Principles	93

The Defects of the Bengal Army	101

Comparison between the Systems obtaining in the Armies	117

Remarks on the State of the Native Army of India in general	124

Silidar Horse	135

On granting Compensation to Silidar Corps	164

Three Memoranda on the Constitution of the Sind Irregular	170

Carriage Arrangements of the Sind Irregular Horse	189

The Vices of the Seniority System in the Native Army	211

Military System introduced for the protection of the North	356

Disarming of the NorthWest Frontier of Sind	362

PAGE	401

Military Requirements in the Expedition to the Persian	407

Supplies from Bombay	413

Three Extracts on the present Condition of India	419

A Scheme for the Reorganization of the Civil and Military	425

Reply to some Observations on the Scheme of Reorganization	439

PAGE	447

353	455

Suggestions towards the Permanent Defence of the NorthWest	466

Title	The Views and Opinions of Brigadier-General John Jacob ...
Author	John Jacob
Edition	2
Publisher	Smith, Elder & Company, 1858
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	16 Oct 2007
Length	467 pages

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