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                      Answer No. 128.

20. (a) Combatants—

Muhammadans	214
Tamils	130
Telugus	207
Canarese	10
Pariahs	28
Brahmins	4
Rajputs	11
Mahrattis	3
Uriya	1
Indo-Britons	6
Native Christians	72
Other castes	31
TOTAL	717

(b) Non-combatants—

Tamil

1

(c) Authorised camp followers—

Muhammadans		12
Tamils		6
Telugus		4
Other castes		7
	TOTAL	29

Number in each caste or class who would
smoke ganja if allowed.

(a) Combatants—

Muhammadans		14
Tamils		13
Telugus		7
Brahmins Rajputs		2
Other castes		9
	TOTAL	45

(c) Authorised camp followers—

Muhammadans           2

Nothing is known of charas in the regiment.

24.  The same numbers would drink bhang, if
permitted, as would smoke ganja. None of them
would eat bhang.

25.  The use of charas seems not to be known
in the regiment.

Use of ganja and bhang on the decrease. Rea-
sons—(1) The older sepoys, who chiefly use
them, are gradually taking their pensions and the
recruits do not use them. (2) They are difficult to
get in Burma and sixteen times more costly than
in India. (3). They can only be used on the sly,
for their use is strictly forbidden regimentally,
along with all other intoxicants or stupefiers.

28. Ganja—Average allowance per diem about
1 tola, probable value 2 pies.

Bhang.—One tola bhang mixed with water,
with milk, sugar, black pepper, khus khus added,
makes a drink for 4 men; cost 3 annas. They
would drink this in the hot weather for coolness, if
allowed, which they are not.

32.  Social custom. Said to increase the appetite
and promote digestion; would be used on the sly
by men before engaging in the "Talim-khana," as
a stimulant.

Religious custom. Would be used by a few
Muhammadans and Rajputs at the Mohurrum
and Holi festivals respectively, in order to si-
mulate the habit of "fakirs," who use them at
such times.

33.  I do not think there is much opinion in the
Native Army about the practice. Use of one form
not more in disrepute than another. The man who
plants a ganja tree and the man who cuts it for
use, is worshipped. No woman may go near a
ganja tree; if she do, the flower, they say, dies,
and the flower is the drug.

They do not appear to worship the plant itself.

39. Hemp plant is not smoked.

41.  No. Destroys the intellect and makes people
lazy and indolent, although stimulating at first.
Vide answer to question 32.

42.  No. Absolutely harmful, because moderate
use impossible; habit increases and man becomes
its slave.

43.  Yes.

44.  Refreshing. Soon produces intoxication and
causes hunger. Wants to be perpetually eating,
from faintness.

Want of it produces longing and uneasiness.

45.  I am unable to answer this question, as no
case of habitual moderate use has come under my
observation during my service.

46.  I am unable to discuss this question as no
case of habitual excessive use has come under my
observation.

[Questions 45 and 46 answered by Medical
Officer.]

49. No.

51. No.

No connection.

53.  Have not seen any cases in this regiment.

No.

54.  Ganja might be used for this; bhang makes
cowardice and trembling.

55.  No evidence.

                    Answer No. 129.

20. (a) Combatants—

Sikhs	427
Afridis	237
Dogras and Hindus	113
Panjabi Muhammadans	117
Hindustani	15
TOTAL	909

(b) Non-combatants—

None.

(c) Authorised camp followers—

Sikhs	5
Dogras and Hindus	38
Panjabi Muhammadans	15
Mehtars.	10
TOTAL	68