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*[http://archive.org/stream/armybookforbrit00daltgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''The Army Book for the British Empire: A Record of the Development and Present Composition of the Military Forces and their Duties in Peace and War''] by William Howley Goodenough and James Cecil Dalton. HMSO 1893 Archive.org. Includes [http://archive.org/stream/armybookforbrit00daltgoog#page/n472/mode/2up "The Army in India"] page 442
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6OcKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR6 ''Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as It Is''] by John Mercier McMullen, a late Staff Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry (1846) Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HS0zN8ZFqUcC&pg=PR1 ''The British Soldier: An Anecdotal History of the British Army from Its Earliest Formation to the Present Time''] by J.H Stocqueler 1857 Google Books
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HS0zN8ZFqUcC&pg=PA283 Appendix: "The Soldier’s condition from “Enlistment” to “Pension”"] pages 283-315 with the [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HS0zN8ZFqUcC&pg=PR8 Contents of the Appendix]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=3nkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''The British Army in India: its preservation by an appropriate clothing, housing etc''] by Julius Jeffreys, formerly Staff-Surgeon of Cawnpore 1858 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sioAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''‪Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Sanitary State of the Army in India‬: ‪With Précis of Evidence‬''] ‪Presented to both Houses of Parliament 1863 Google Books. Contains information on many topics including
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/worldsstoryhisto02tapp#page/216/mode/2up "Sunday in the British Army in India"] by Rev. Arthur Male, (written sometime after the defence of the Residency of Kabul, on the 3rd September 1879) from ''The world's story; a history of the world in story, song and art, Volume II India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine''] ed. by Eva March Tappan (1914) Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/soldieringandsc00forbgoog#page/n11/mode/2up "A Penny A Day"] page 9; [http://archive.org/stream/soldieringandsc00forbgoog#page/n33/mode/2up "Soldiers’ Wives"] Page 30 from [http://archive.org/stream/soldieringandsc00forbgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Soldiering and Scribbling: A Series of Sketches''] by Archibald Forbes 1872 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsinrank00murrgoog ''Six Months in the Ranks; or, The Gentleman Private''] [by E.C.G. Murray] 1881 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b21355885 ''The Prevention of Disease in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Campaigns''] by Andrew Duncan Surgeon, Bengal Army 1888 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21355885#page/22/mode/2up Page 22 onwards]. The age of 25 is most suitable for campaigning in the tropics, and no man should be sent to India under age 20.
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n7/mode/2up ''Social Life in the British Army''] by "A British Officer" Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. 1899 Archive.org
**[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n83/mode/2up The officer in India, page 55],[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n137/mode/2up The soldier in India, page 94], [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n119/mode/2up The soldier’s wife’s view of India, page 81]
*[https://archive.org/details/britisharmyfromw00vivirich ''The British Army from Within''] by E Charles Vivian 1914 Archive.org. Includes
**[https://archive.org/stream/britisharmyfromw00vivirich#page/24/mode/2up "The Way of the Recruit"] Chapter II, page 25.
*[https://archive.org/details/queensdaughters00butlgoog ''The Queen's Daughters in India''] by Elizabeth W. Andrew and Katharine C. Bushnell 1899 Archive.org. Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments
**[https://archive.org/stream/queensdaughters00butlgoog#page/n19/mode/1up Regimental brothels] page 15. These were set up under the Cantonment Act 1864. Also see [[Public health]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HS0zN8ZFqUcC&pg=PR1 ''The British Soldier: An Anecdotal History of the British Army from Its Earliest Formation to the Present Time''] by J.H Stocqueler 1857 Google Books
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HS0zN8ZFqUcC&pg=PA283 Appendix: "The Soldier’s condition from “Enlistment” to “Pension”"] pages 283-315 with the [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HS0zN8ZFqUcC&pg=PR8 Contents of the Appendix]
*[https://archive.org/details/lecturesontactic00dykerich ''Lectures on Tactics for Officers of the Army, Militia and Volunteers''] by Lieut.-Colonel F H Dyke. Fifth edition (updated) 1891 Archive.org. Also includes a section on Organisation.
*[https://archive.org/details/manualofmilitary00greauoft ''Manual of Military Law. War Office 1907''], published by HMSO. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/manualofmilitary00greauoft#page/n11/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/stream/manualofmilitary00greauoft#page/712/mode/2up Index]. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112105403002?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Manual of Military Law. War Office, 1914. Reprinted 1917''], HMSO. Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112105403002?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 Contents], [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.35112105403002?urlappend=%3Bseq=849 Index].
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