29,551
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Indian Army Followers
:The second category, the menial followers, were the attached followers, including regimental followers, the latter being those attached to infantry or cavalry regiments. These were either public or private followers. The public followers were those deemed essential to the mobilization of a unit as a fighting formation and therefore paid from the central exchequer, such as a langri (cook for Indian troops), bhisti (sweeper) and mocha (saddler). Private followers were paid from mess funds, deductions in wages etc- barbers, dhobis (washer men), mess bearers (waiters), tailors and blacksmiths. Officers paid for their own servants, a personal bearer (valet) and a syce (groom)
20 March 1917: the conversion of mule drivers from follower to combatant service.
<br>23 April 1918: a set of concessions were announced for the Army Bearer Corps.<ref>The information in the section ndian Indian Army Followers is taken from an article by Radhika Singha, "Front Lines and Status Lines: Sepoy and Menial in the Great War 1916-1920" refer External links above, including pages 60, 86 and 88.</ref>
Also see Historical books online, below.
==Records==
