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:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=srUIAAAAQAAJ Volume 3], published 1826, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=srUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA535 page 535]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=scJCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''A collection of facts and documents relative to batta, &c. with other pending questions concerning the Indian Army, compiled from the proceedings of the East India officers A.D. 1793 to 1796, the general orders and other official sources; with short arguments and marginal notes for current use'']. Calcutta , Samuel Smith and Co. 1829 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lYTcRScE2JQC&pg=PR1 ''Inquiry into the state of the Indian Army : with suggestions for its improvement and the establishment of a military police for India''] by Walter Badenach. Captain, Bengal Army 1826 Google Books
*"Diary of Samuel Hickson 1777-1785" in ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume 49 ,Part 1 1935'' is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, commencing computer page 12. Computer page 13 documents the hardships suffered by new recruits. (Note the website details for this volume record the language as bengali) Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the retired list of the Indian army''] by Major David Price 1839 Google Books. Recruitment into the East India Company Army in London in 1780 is mentioned on [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA11 page 11]
*[https://archive.org/details/nedfortescueorro00forruoft ''Ned Fortescue; or, Roughing it through life; a story founded on fact''] by EW Forrest, late Her Majesty’s Indian Army. 1869 Archive.org. It seems likely that the author arrived in India c 1841 and took part in actions during the 1840s and 1850s, from the [[Sind Campaign]] to the [[Indian Mutiny]]. Ned meets a recruiting party for the East India Company on [https://archive.org/stream/nedfortescueorro00forruoft#page/26/mode/2up page 26]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yE0MAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Remarks on the Native Troops of the Indian Army''] by Major John Jacob 1854 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=B_Y2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Opinions on the Indian Army : (originally published at Meerut in 1850, under the title of "Musings on military matters.")''] by Colonel John Studholme Hodgson Bengal Army. Brigadier, late Commanding the Punjab Irregular Force 1857 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RCRYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Observations on a Scheme for the Re-organization of the Indian Army''] by Brigadier-General John Jacob 1857 Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7br8zk71?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Replies by Brig. Genl. John Jacob, C.B., &c. &c. to questions regarding the reorganisation of the Indian Army''] 1858 Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b50033?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Records of Clan Campbell in the military service of the Honourable East India Company 1660-1858''] by Sir Duncan Campbell, (London 1925) Hathi Trust Digital Library.
