Mss Eur F699/1/3/7/25

Contains docketed sets of papers numbered 501 to 515, originally in one bundle labelled ‘Military Secretary's Office No. 6. Papers on Miscellaneous Subjects Nos. 501 to 600’.

501. 'Suggestions relative to the Police Cavalry Corps now being raised at Allahabad'. 16 Feb 1858.

502. Memorandum by Major G.W. Williams of Organised Police and Auxiliary Levies, raised in the North West Provinces and in the Central Provinces. Allahabad, 24 Feb 1858.

503. Note by E. Campbell on Grant's proposal regarding Police Battalions in the North West Provinces. Undated [1858?].

504. Copy of notification of appointment of Officers to the Military Police, North West Provinces, Allahabad, 24 Jun 1858. Includes copy of Governor General's Order no. 212 of 1858, listing names of those appointed. Sent from Major General Richard J.H. Birch, to William Muir, Secretary to the Government of the North West Provinces.

505. Bundle of papers compiled at the request of the Governor General, 'showing what was done at the commencement of the mutinies and subsequently in dealing with offenders and in rewarding deserving men'. Includes list of documents; copies of various General Orders; copies of letters to individuals such as the Chief Commissioner of Oude, Secretary to the Government of the North West Provinces, General Wheeler, Deputy Adjutant General of the Army; copies of telegrams; and extracts from proceedings of Council. May-Dec 1857.

506. Memorandum by G.F. Edmondstone regarding case of Colonel Travers, Commanding Bhopal Contingent, and his application for leave. 7 Jul 1857.

507. Copies of correspondence with the Commissioners of Peshawur [Peshawar] regarding raising two Police Battalions for service in Oude and Goruckpore. Jun-Nov 1858.

508. Notification listing names of Officers of the Expeditionary Force, subsequent to dispatch from Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, whose services have been brought to the attention of the Governor General. Fort William, 1 Jul 1857.

509. Memorandum [by Major G.W. Williams] regarding Military Police, including schedules of rates of pay. Attached note refers to permanent lines being erected for accommodation of the Military Police. Includes printed copy of Gazette, Governor General's Camp, Allahabad, 23 Jul 1858, listing names of those to be employed in the Military Police, Noth West Provinces. Jun-Jul 1858.

510. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel E. Kaye, Bengal Horse Artillery, Allahabad, 19 May 1859, regarding the conduct and feelings of his Troops, and their statements before the Court of Enquiry.

511. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel E. Kaye, Bengal Horse Artillery, Allahabad, 25 May 1859, referring to loyalty shown by his Troops at dinner for Prince's birthday.

512. Printed article from the Bombay Standard entitled 'Proposed Reform in Civil Administration of the Staff in the Indian Army'. Undated.

513. Extract from the editorial column of The Englishman newspaper of Thursday 22 March 1860, regarding conditions on board ships bringing wives and children to India. Lists ships and numbers who died on board.

514. Printed pamphlet Memoir of the late Captain George Hare, Madras Army, Commanding 5th Infantry Hyderabad Contingent, forwarded by Captain H.O. Mayne, Apr 1859. Delhi Gazette Press, 1859.

515. Printed pamphlet Notes on the Breeding of Horses suited to the mounted branches of the British Army in Bengal with a view to the Punjaub as a Paddock Delhi Gazette Press, 1858.