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SKETCH OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF BOMBAY.

REPORT ON THE PRESIDENCY DIVISION AND ADEN BY T. B. JOHNSTONE, M.D., DEPUTY
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF HOSPITALS.

I. —Presidency.

       The native troops employed in the Presidency Circle of Medical Superintendence, during
the year 1872 were—

STAFF AND DETAILS.

       During the presence of His Excellency the Viceroy, there were quartered in Bombay the
following additional troops:—

       2. The detachment of the 11th Regiment N. I. was stationed during the greater part
of the year in Bombay; it was, moreover, on duty at Poona from the 18th November to the
9th December. The wing of the 15th Regiment N. I. joined the Division, at Tanna, from
Mehidpore and Augur, arriving on the 10th January. This wing relieved the wing of the
10th Regiment N. I. The wing of the 15th has been stationed at Tanna till the close
of the year. No change occurred in the 19th and 21st Regiments N. I., which were
stationed during the year at Bombay. The 26th Regiment N. I., arrived at Surat, by
wings from Nasirabad; the first wing joined on the 22nd January, the second on the
11th March; this regiment relieved the 13th Regiment N. I., which marched on Ahmadnagar
on the 14th December 1871, and on the 21st January 1872, respectively. The men com-
posing the staff and details are generally passing, on leave, or detachment duty, or are
invalids of the season, who assemble annually in Bombay.

       3. The 19th Regiment N. I. gave a detachment to Mooria, the residence of the Political
Agent attached to the Chief of Jinjeera (Hubsee). This detachment is changed twice yearly.
The 21st Regiment or Marine Battalion gave small detachments to the Persian Gulf, Bassadore
and Bagdad, and to vessels in the Bombay Marine, viz., "Dalhousie," "Quangtung," "Con-
stance," Comet," "Hugh Rose," and the Turret ships.

       4. The following table gives the average strength of fighting men included in the an-
nual returns of the abovementioned corps and details:—

Table I.

against 2,412 of the preceding year.

       5. Of Regimental European officers the strength was as follows:—

Table II.

the same number as in the preceding year.