1 186 MILITARY FORCES OF RUNJEET SINGH.
2 Total regular troops, horse and foot, 27,752
3 Garrison corps, including the troops
4 employed in Kashmeer, — Cavalry, ... 3000
5 Infantry, variously armed and
6 equipped, 23,950 26,950
7 Contingents of Sirdars, consisting,
8 in the plains, principally of cavalry,
9 but in the hills of foot soldiers, 27,312
10 Total troops, horse and foot, 82,014
11 The artillery of Runjeet Singh consists of 376
12 guns, and 370 swivels, mounted on the backs of camels,
13 or on light carriages adapted to their size. For
14 these, there is no corps of artillery regimented, and
15 organized, as is the custom in European armies, but
16 there is a Darogha, at the head of a large establishment,
17 which if Runjeet Singh were making preparation for a
18 siege, could not be set down at less than 4 or 5000 men; but
19 in time of peace, or when no such operation was in agita-
20 tion, the number would be infinitely reduced. Several
21 of the corps of cavalry, and all the battalions of infantry,
22 have guns attached to them, the gunners of which are
23 borne on the strength of the respective corps. The
24 Jinsee, or heavy train only, is distinct from the rest of
25 the army.
26 The above accumulation of resources, and of force,
27 has grown up, and been produced entirely by the care
28 and exertions of the Muha-Raja. His father left him
29 nothing, but a body of Sikh cavalry, little superior to
30 that of his neighbours, who have all now been reduced