[13] Now A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay.
[14] The first hint of a short service system was given by a Frenchman, and presented, by translation, to England in 1590.
[15] Besides a halfpenny per day per horse of his troop.
[16] Articles marked [16] were found at the Dragoon’s expense out of his arrears and grass money. Also the following articles (besides the clothing specified in Appendix E): Goatskin holster top at 1s. 6d.; Horse picker and turnscrew, 2d.; Pair of saddle bags.
[17] All articles marked [17] supplied, according to King’s regulation and custom, out of the Light Dragoon’s arrears and grass money.
[18] White Jacket added to the kit by the special request of the men themselves at the close of the Seven Years’ War.
Transcriber’s Notes:
1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently.
2. Where appropriate, the original spelling has been retained.
3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original.