Letter from Florence Baird Smith to her father. Baird Smith has gone to take command of the troops in the Sahranpur and Muzaffarnagar Districts (about 1500 men and over 10 guns). Their duty is to guard the river frontier between the two districts. An appreciation of Baird Smith's services before...
Letter from Major-General Pears, India Office, to Florence Baird Smith enclosing a letter from the Government of India and Baird Smith's insignia of the C.B. [not present].
Baird Smith was stationed in Roorkee as Director General of the Works and Superintendant of the Canals, N.W. Provinces when news came of the outbreak of the mutiny at Meerut. He at once took measures to improve the defences of Roorkee.
After the incidents of 13 May, Baird Smith has arranged with Lieutenant R.C.B. Pemberton for a half-hourly Sapper Patrol after dark and with the Darogoh for a Police patrol. The Sapper magazine can supply some additional arms, ammunition and powder. Lookouts have been posted on different roads to...
Baird Smith has received letters from Robert Spankie, Magistrate and Collector at Saharanpur, who is in good spirits. Spankie expected the Treasury guard to rise in the night of 14 May, but thought he was strong enough to beat them. Brownlow is Spankies right-hand man. Baird Smith has talked with...