Editorial note — FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER LXVII
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[Footnote 1: The late Lieutenant-General Sir W.K. Elles, K.C.B.]
[Footnote 2: A detachment of the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, at the particular request of the regiment, took part in the expedition, and did good service.]
[Footnote 3: The pay of the Native Infantry has been suitably increased since I left India.]
[Footnote 4: Jagirs are grants of land.]
[Footnote 5: Batta, extra allowances given to Native soldiers when proceeding on field service.]
[Footnote 6: During the Mutiny the casualties amongst the British officers with the six Punjab regiments which saw the most fighting amounted to 60 per cent.! Luckily, these were able to be replaced by officers belonging to corps which had mutinied. This supply, however, has long since been used up, and it behoves the Government either to provide an adequate reserve of officers, or to arrange for a sufficient number being sent out from England whenever India is likely to be engaged in a serious war.