ABSTRACT
Meanwhile what would Napier do? Dalhousie suggested to Napier that he might try to reform the army. So the general set out on several tours of inspection. He wore his obviously dirty clothes, sported his huge beard, joked with the men, and abused the commissary officers who defrauded them. Napier demanded perfection in drill and on parade, and he praised the men for giving it to him (Figure 22.1). 1
A number of army reforms suggested themselves. 2 Many officers lived in bungalows, each one set in a large individual compound. So a military cantonment in India in this period could stretch for up to seven miles, resembling a whole town of widely spaced villas. And beyond the officer’s quarters lay still more bungalows for the civilian officials. Each building needed a
Figure 22.1 Napier as Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army: Illustrated London News, 2 March 1850.
