Mss Eur F699/1/3/7/19

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 376 to 400, originally in one bundle labelled ‘Military Secretary's Office No. 4. Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects Nos. 301 to 400’.

376. Papers relative to the withdrawal of two of Her Majesty's Infantry Regiments from India. Consists of extracts of letters to the Governor General in Council dated 7 Jun 1854 and 29 Nov 1854, and copy of letter from Charles Wood, India Board 15 Nov 1854, together with letters from Thomas Waterfield, India Board to Charles Canning, 20 Nov 1858 & 21 Nov 1858.

377. Draft of Charles Canning's speech on presenting the Victoria Cross to Major James Innes, 1 Jul 1859. Together with newspaper cuttings reporting the presentation.

378. Rough copy of Charles Canning's speech on presenting the Victoria Cross to Major James Innes, 1 Jul 1859.

379. Memorandum by Major General Richard J.H. Birch, 20 Apr 1859, giving his opinion on a scheme for a Retiring Fund in the Madras Army. Also letter from Lord Harris on the scheme, 20 Apr 1859.

380. List of vacancies in the Ordnance Commissariat Departments. Undated.

381. Copy of plan and description of Fort at Tirhol or Tirowl, 19 Jul 1858, by Captain R. Colls, 32nd Light Infantry, and Lieutenant J. Birney, Bengal Engineers.

382. Statement of 'Hill Regiments and Irregular Corps, all these Corps are armed and some few have been lately embodied'. Undated.

383. Letter from Major H.W. Norman, Allahabad, 3 Sep 1858 to Major General Richard J.H. Birch, regarding Native Artillery Troops and Companies which have remained faithful.

384. Incomplete letter relating to position of Persian Interpreter, and request of Sir Henry Somerset. Undated.

385. Printed Governor General's General Order, Fort William, 23 Jan 1856. Relates to Court of Enquiry at Bolarum regarding assault on Brigadier C. Mackenzie.

386. Copy of Memorandum requesting information from Major General Whitlock regarding operations near Kirwee. 2 Jan 1859.

387. Printed statement showing 'List of the Corps of Bengal Engineers as it stood on 1 May 1857; showing the services of the Officers in connexion with the suppression on the Revolt up to June 1858'. Consists of list of named individuals, including those killed or wounded.

388. Handwritten statement showing 'List of the Corps of Bengal Engineers as it stood on 1 May 1857; showing the services of the Officers in connexion with the suppression on the Revolt up to Dec 31 1857'. Consists of list of named individuals, including those killed or wounded. With six copies of printed list.

389. Memorandum and minutes regarding four Companies of European Invalids, quartered at Chunar. Undated.

390. Draft of Governor General's Minute on the Bengal Artillery and augmentation of European Officers for Artillery. 30 Jan 1857.

391. Abstract of Minutes taken by Lord Dalhousie, dated 5 Feb 1856, headed 'Military Establishment in India'.

392. Memorandum relating to deficiency in Officers and men in the Madras Regiment of Artillery. Undated.

393. Statement of Costs of increasing the Army of Bengal by two Officers. Undated.

394. Draft of Minute by Hon. John Peter Grant, regarding arsenals and magazines being in a Fort, or in some place defensible by a small number of men. Marked 'Draft of this minute by Mr Grant was never recorded'. Undated.

395. Printed letter no. 66, Fort William, 14 May 1859, to Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for India. Relates to objections raised by the European Troops of the East India Company to the transfer of their services to the Crown.

396. Copy of Draft of Dispatch no. 652 from Major General Richard J.H. Birch to the Acting Adjutant General of the Army, before Delhi, dated 15 Jul 1857.

397. Draft of Minute, and Memorandum, regarding Command at Fort William and Calcutta, Mar 1859.

398. Extracts of printed Minutes of Consultation relating to Command of Native Regiments, Dec 1858. Also printed Memorandum regarding Retiring Fund in the Madras Army, received from Lord Harris.

399. Report of enquiry into statements that Troops travelling by water to the Upper Provinces in 1857-1858 suffered from insufficient accommodation, medical, and Commissariat arrangements. 22 Apr 1859.

400. Quarterly return of the General State of the Bombay Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Somerset. 1 Jul 1857.