Mutiny records : Correspondence

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1YI, ] MUTINY UEOOllBS. 139

2useful in arranging and abstracting the numerous important

3records of the late rebellion found in the palace, as well as in

4the duties of his office.

5Enclosure (2) to 200-

6Extract, from Field Force Orders.

7No. 1371 .—Lieutenant E. L. Ommanney, 59tli Regiment

8Native Infantry, is appointed to the charge of the King of

9Delhie, under the orders of Mr. C. Saunders, Officiating Agent

10to Lieutenant-Governor.

11Lieutenant Ommanney will have entire charge of the

12King, and the officer on duty over His Majesty’s person is di¬

13rected to comply with the arrangements that may be made for

14his safe custody by that officer.

15207 - From Meutenant E. IT. Fjsks, Offg- Secretary to the

16Chief Commissioner, Punjab, to O. F. EdM 0 S’STONE,

17Esquire, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign

18Department,—No. 69, dated Lahore, 14th October 1857.

19I am directed by the Chief Commissioner to acknowledge

20the receipt of your despatch tnar-

21No. 227. dated 14th July l 85 ? ginallv noted, and to submit,

22(US, Part I, page 208). for tJje infomatloll 0 £ the Right

23Hon’ble the Governor-General in 'Council, copy of correspond¬

24ence from the Commissioner of Peshawur regarding the re¬

25moval of a regiment of European Infantry from the Peshatvur

26Valley.

272. It appears to the Chief Commissioner conclusively

28shown that this measure was not practicable. It was only by

29the presence of these troops that we maintained our possession

30of the country. Diminished as their effective power has been

31by sickness, the removal of one regiment would have been a

32*Xotk. _The 3 regiments muster measure of extreme hazard. At

331,507 meu, of whom 405 were sick this moment the strength of

34on tlu. utu instant. the effective European Infantry

35barely exceeds 1,100 men* and that of the four Punjab Reg¬

36iments 2,117.

37Proposed re¬

38moval of a

39regiment of

40European In

41fan try from

42tho Peshiwar

43Valley.

44I inpractica*

45bility of the

46measure.