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This is what Ian A Baxter says in his ''A Brief Guide to Biographical Sources'' 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 Works Department|Public Works Departments]]. They were recruited from the [[Town Major's List]] (called [[Effective Supernumerary|Effective Supernumeraries]] in Madras) which in turn was largely recruited from the NCOs of the Company's European regiments (see p 9) although occasionally NCOs of British regiments stationed in India were appointed to it.
In 1859 the [[Town Major's List]] became the [[Unattached List]], and when the Company's European regiments were amalgamated with the [[British Army]] in 1860 new recruits to the [[Unattached List]] were appointed solely from NCOs of British regiments stationed in India.
