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It appears language qualifications for officers were required before being sent on active service. For an example, see [[128th Pioneers]].
==Dogs==
"In the Indian Army dogs were practically part of the Officers equipment, because they slept on our beds and ensured that mauraders didn’t steal our arms and gave the alarm if anybody came in".<ref>Lt Col R. Banks [[15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|15th Sikhs]] [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/lt-col-r-banks/ Audio: 1980 Interview], with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/082.pdf transcript] Indian Army life and career 1914-c 1937 Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge.</ref>
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