V.
sick of each per cent. of strength "present," and of the total deaths per cent.
of total strength. For the sake of comparison, the corresponding statistics of
the four preceding years are also given:-
| STATEMENT No. IV. | |||||||
| STRENGTH. | PER CENT. OF STRENGTH. | ||||||
| Present. | Absent. | Total. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Daily sick. | ||
| 1876 | Artillery | 512.6 | 84.4 | 597. | 225.32 | 1.34 | 5.26 |
| Cavalry | 9,830.2 | 2,371.5 | 12,201.7 | 124.73 | 1.05 | 3.66 | |
| Infantry | 43,498.4 | 6,353.9 | 49,852.3 | 143.02 | 1.58 | 3.94 | |
| 1875 | Artillery | 493.4 | 112.0 | 605.4 | 231.86 | 1.48 | 5.59 |
| Cavalry | 9,841.5 | 2,351.5 | 12,193.0 | 119.18 | 1.03 | 3.61 | |
| Infantry | 43,282.1 | 6,714.0 | 49,996.1 | 129.76 | 1.78 | 4.15 | |
| 1874 | Artillery | 516.9 | 93. | 609.9 | 217.64 | .97 | 4.41 |
| Cavalry | 9,753.6 | 2,400.7 | 12,154.3 | 128.0 | 1.04 | 4.20 | |
| Infantry | 42,603.6 | 7,122.2 | 49,725.8 | 133.08 | 1.67 | 4.23 | |
| 1873 | Artillery | 501.3 | 108.4 | 609.7 | 228.66 | 1.31 | 4.61 |
| Cavalry | 9,815.9 | 2,290.3 | 12,106.2 | 122.10 | 1.12 | 3.84 | |
| Infantry | 43,108.5 | 6,374.0 | 49,482.5 | 133.60 | 1.89 | 4.24 | |
| 1872 | Artillery | 533.8 | 88.1 | 621.9 | 224.9 | 1.92 | 4.85 |
| Cavalry | 9,811.9 | 2,348.1 | 12,160.0 | 128.1 | 1.28 | 4.06 | |
| Infantry | 42,996.5 | 6,675.5 | 49,672.0 | 157.3 | 2.18 | 4.65 | |
During 1876, the rate of "admissions" and "daily sick" was highest in
the Artillery, and the statistics of this arm of the service for the four preced-
ing years show similar results. It will be noticed, too, that the rate of admis-
sions and daily sick in the Artillery has varied but slightly during the quin-
quennial period, of which the ratios have been fully recorded in the preceding
statement. The higher rate of admissions observable in the Artillery is very
probably due to this branch being located in stations along the North-West
Frontier, in which the climate is trying and the duties arduous.
Addmissions
and daily sick
highest in the
Artillery.
The Infantry comes next in order for the high rate of admissions and
daily sick; but is not so very much in excess of the Cavalry in respect of the
latter, and this remark holds good for the four preceding years, The expla-
nation I offered last year regarding the Cavalry having the lowest rate of admis-
sions and daily sick may, I think, be accepted as being generally correct; that
explanation was, that the Cavalry soldiers were more healthy from the nature
of their duties and from the fact of their being recruited from a better class;
while they also were more comfortably circumstanced as regards their dietary
and clothing, and on this account are consequently better able to resist the
effects of climate.
Admissions
and daily sick
of the Infan-
try were
lower than
in the Artil-
lery but high-
er than in the
Cavaly.
It will nevertheless be noticed, that, while there was a marked difference
in the proportion of the admissions, though somewhat less so in that of the
daily sick, between the three branches of the service, the death-rate varied
but little, and, as recorded in the reports of former years, it will be seen that
the highest rate of mortality was in the Infantry, then in the Artillery, and
lastly in the Cavalry.
Little differ-
ence in the
death-rate of
the three arms.
| STATEMENT No. V. | ||
| Strength. | Death-rate. | |
| Hindoos | 44,017 | 1.54 |
| Mussulmans | 18,356 | 1.31 |
| Christians | 297 | 1.68 |
12. Statement No. V exhibits the composition of the Native Army according
to caste or religion, and
as borne on the Regi-
mental rolls on the
31st of December 1876.
The death-rate of these
several classes is also
shewn. It will be ga-
thered that, of a total
strength of 62,670
borne on the rolls on the 31st of December 1876, 70.23 per cent. were Hindoos;
Caste or reli-
gion of the
men in the
Native Army.
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