Native Infantry.—A single battalion of native infantry is organised in four double companies, and has a complement of nearly twenty British officers, one medical officer, sixteen native officers, and eighty non-commissioned officers. The strength of the rank and file varies from 800 in the Punjab and Bengal to 720 in Madras and Bombay. To facilitate transfers in war time, the infantry, with a few exceptions, is organised into groups of two or three linked battalions, having a common regimental centre. Each battalion has a reserve, varying in strength from 218 to 160 men.
Native ranks and duties are:—
Subadār-Major.—Principal native officer of the battalion and confidential adviser of the Commanding Officer on all matters relating to the native ranks. He also commands a company.
Subadār.—Company commander.
Jemadār.—Subaltern.
Havildār-Major.—Sergeant-major.
Quarter-Master-Havildār.—Quarter-master-sergeant.
Havildār.—Sergeant.
Naick.—Corporal.
Sepoy.—Private.