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2 ‘179. This Force has hitherto had no more than fifty-four Officers of all
3 grades including the Staff; but Government have
4 now resolved to add an additional Officer to the
5 Cavalry and Infantry Regiments and to each of the Batteries, This
6 will give an increase of eighteen Officers, making the whole number
7 seventy-two. On the other hand, non-commissioned European Officers
8 will no longet be attached to these Troops.
9 180. The Officers to whom the Chief Commissioner’s acknow-
10 ledgments are more particularly due are Brigadier Chamberlain, com-
11 manding the Force; Lieutenant Hughes, Captain Browne, and Captain
12 H. Bruce, of the Cavalry; Major Coke, Captain Henderson, and
13 Captain Wilde, of. the Punjab Infantry; and Captain Renny, of the
14 3rd Sikhs. P
15 181. During 1854 and 1855, discipline and good order in the Police
16 Battalions have been steadily maintained. The
17 6th Battalion, under Lieutenant Younghusband,
18 volunteered for the- Russian war. This Corps and the Jhelum and
19 Mooltan Police Battalions contributed also to the Patriotic Fund.
20 182. In March 1855, Zeman Khan, a Jemadar of the mounted Police,
21 with twelve of his men, fell into an ambush,of the Musaood Wuzeerees,
22 and were all slain. Zeman Khan was a Puthan of good family on the
23 border, and had distinguished himself in repeated conflicts with Hill
24 marauders, The Government have handsomely pensioned all their
25 families. °
26 183. The Officers of the organized Police- who deserve mention, are
27 Lieutenant Younghusband, Captain Lawrence, and Lieutenant Miller.
28 Number of Officers.
29 Police Battalions.