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This is what "Ian A Baxter" says in his "A Brief Guide to BiographicalSources" under the heading:-"Departmental and Warrant Officers of The East India Company?'s Armies 1708-1861, and the Indian Army 1861 -1947"

"Warrant officers in the Company?'s armies held the ranks of [[Sub Conductor]] and [[Conductor]], serving mainly in the [[Ordnance]], [[Commissariat ]] and [[Public WorksDepartments]]. They were recruited from the [[Town Major?'s List ]] (calledEffective Supernumeraries in Madras) which in turn was largely recruitedfrom the NCOs NCO's of the Company?'s European regiments (see p 9) althoughoccasionally NCOs NCO's of British regiments stationed in India were appointed toit. In 1859 the [[Town Major?'s List ]] became the [[Unattached List]], and when theCompany?'s European regiments were amalgamated with the [[British Army ]] in 1860new recruits to the [[Unattached List ]] were appointed solely from NCOs NCO's ofBritish regiments stationed in India. [[Conductors ]] were eligible for promotion to Departmental Officer, ie DeputyAssistant Commissary, Assistant Commissary etc, and these grades wereeventually given complementary honorary officer ranks ranging from HonoraryLieutenant to Honorary Major."