Receipts for Documents for the Military Department
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Registers of receipts for documents referred to the Military Department, giving originating department, description of document, date of receipt and signature or initials of the officer to whom referred.
By the end of the eighteenth century the East India Company had recognised that cadets for the technical branches of its armies needed a better training than that received under the 'direct' system, and from 1798, a number of artillery and engineer cadets were educated at the Royal Military Acade...
The East India Company first attempted to appoint veterinary surgeons regularly for each unit of cavalry and horse artillery, and for the bodyguards, in 1826. They entered by the same patronage method as the cadets and assistant-surgeons.
Until 1887, when the Indian Nursing Service was founded by Lady Roberts, wife of the then Commander-in-Chief India, nursing in military hospitals in India was carried out by medical orderlies detailed from regiments and other units. In 1903 the title was changed to Queen Alexandra's Military Nurs...
References to the Military Department from other Departments
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The volumes give the originating department, date referred, full text of the enquiry, and the date and text of the Military Department's reply. Each Volume contains an index.
Record of Despatches going through the Military Department
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The volumes give the Presidency, whether printed or manuscript, dates of receipt, of sending to Council and of approval by Council, subject, draft number, and whether any enclosure.
Lists of papers referred to the Military Committee, the Special Finance Committee, and the Joint Military and Special Finance Committee of the Council of India