UNDER TEN 1 • VICEI~ 0YS Reminiscl:-~Fces of JA GURKHA by MAJOR'"Ilel-I.I"Ll.GEL Woodyatf:C..B UNDER TEN -VICEROYS Fro~Nlisjlira General

Home , William Birdwood

UNDER TEN 1 • VICEI~ 0YS REMINISCl:-~fCES OF JA GURKHA BY MAJOR'"ilEl-I.i"ll.GEL WOODYATf:C..B UNDER TEN -VICEROYS Fro~nlisjlira GENERAl. BRUCE DISGUISED .\SA N.\TIVE CLERK. UNDER TEN VICEROYS THE REMINISCENCES OF A GURKHA. BY MAJOR-GENERAL NIGEL WOODYATT, C.B., C.I.E. COLONEL 7TH GURKHAS \VITH 16 ILLUSTRATIONS

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED 3 YORK STREET ST. JAMEs•s LONDON S.W.r. G3 MCMXXII Printetl in Grtt~l Britain 6g Butler & Tanner Frome and London TO MY WIFE WHO, WITH HER BRIGHT COMPANIONSHIP, HAS EVER BEEN THE LODESTAR OF MY LIFE; AND WHOSE LOYAL AND LOVING HEART, IN ALL THINGS GREAT AND SMALL, HAS REJOICED IN MY SUCCESSES, CONSOLED IN MY SORROW AND SOLACED IN MY _ DISAPPOINTMENTS, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I. WHY I BECAME A SOLDIER • .. 13 II. THE CALL OF INDIA 29 III. INDIA IN THE EIGHTIES 38 IV. THE DUFFERINS AT SIMLA . 49 v. LoRD DUFFERIN AND THE AMIR 56 VI. LORD ROBERTS . 63 VII. I JOIN THE GURKHAS • 79 VIII. WINSTON THE OUTSPOKEN 88

IX. KITCHENER AND CURZON 106 X. KITCHENER AS I KNEW HIM 127 XI. THE HUMAN SIDE OF "K." 1-47 XII. THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL 158 XIII. THE " LITTLE :MAN " • 171 XIV. RUNNING A DURBAR CAMP ·189 XV. SEDITION IN INDIA 203 XVI. PUNISHING THE BUNERWALS 217 XVII. A STUNT FOR THE VICEROY, 231 XVIII. THE THIRD AFGHAN WAR 243 XIX. TERRITORIALS IN INDIA 255 XX. SOME TRIALS OF A COMMANDER 272 XXI. GENERAL DYER AND AMRITSAR 282 XXII. INDIAN UNREST AND " BIRDIE " • 295 INDEX . 313

7 ILLUSTRATIONS FACDIG FAGB GENERAL BRUCE DISGUISED AS A NATIVE CLERK Frontispiece THE AUTHOR, WHEN G.O.C. LAHORE DIVISION, AND MOUNTED ON HIS HUNTER-CHARGER" WARRIOR," WINNER OF SIX FIRST PRIZES IN THE RING, WINTER OF I9I!)-20 40 AN IS-POUNDER R.F.A. GUN CROSSING A RivER ON A RAFT PROPELLED BY Two HORSES SWIMMING 8o LoRD CURZON, WHEN VICEROY OF INDIA, ON HIS SHOOT IN THE DISTRICT OF GARHWAL, SEPTEMBER, I903 IIO

LoRD KITCHENER AND HIS PERSONAL STAFF, DELHI, I903 • 144 BRIGADIER-GENERAL THE HoNOURABLE C. G. BRUCE, C.B., M.V.O., LATE 5TH ROYAL AND 6TH GURKHAS AND OF MOUNT EVEREST FAME I6o

GENERAL SIR BABER SHUM SHERE, }UNG, BAHADOOR RANA, G.B.E., K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., NEPALESE ARMY I66 NEPALESE EFFIGY, MADE OF WooD AND CLAY, IN FRONT OF QUARTER GUARD OF PASU PATTI PRASSA BATTALION OF NEPAL CONTINGENT AT ABBOTTABAD, I9I5-I9 168 MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HILL, C.B. I76

PIPERS OF 2/JRD QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S OWN, GURKHAS, PLAYING IN A VILLAGE IN FRANCE, WINTER OF I914-15 • 186 GENERAL HIS HIGHNESS MAHARAJAH SIR CHANDRA SHUM SHERE, }UNG, PRIME MINISTER AND MARSHAL OF NEPAL, CHRISTMAS, 1920 220 QUETTA STAFF COLLEGE CHRISTMAS CARD, I9I9, AT END OF FIRST TERM HELD AFTER THE GREAT WAR • 248 BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. E. H. DYER, C.B., INDIAN ARMY • 290 THE STREET IN AMRITSAR CITY, PuNJAB, WHERE MISS SHER• WOOD WAS LEFT FOR DEAD BY THE REBELS IN APRIL, l9I9. 292 "MAHATMA." GANDHI, THE INSTIGATOR OF NoN-CO-OPERA• TION 298 GENERAL SIR WILLIAM BIRDWOOD, BT., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O. 306

9 THE TEN VICEROYS

I. THE MARQUIS OF RIPON assumed charge 8th June, I88o

2. THE EARL OF DUFFERIN 13th Dec., 1884 " 3· THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE 1oth Dec., 1888

4• THE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE , " 27th Jan., 1894 5· BARON CURZON OF KEDLESTON " " 6th Jan., 1899 , , reappointed 13th Dec., 1904 6. BARON AMPTHILL assumed charge 3oth April, 1904

7. THE EARL OF MINTO- II 18th Nov., 1905 8. BARON IIARDINGE OF PENs HURST. 23rd Nov., 1910 9· LoRD CHELMSFORD , 4th April, 1916 IO. LORD READING , " Ist April, 1921

11 INDEX

Abbottabad, 159, 167, 168, 256, Asquith, Mr., and Kitchener, 209 260 Aylmer, Gen. Sir F. J., ~62 Brigade, 216-7, 236 Ceremonial Parade at, 58 Bahadur, Sir Jung, 161 Mountain Warfare School, 256, Baluchistan Force, 249 260,265-6 Bannu Brigade, 247, 249 Abdiir Rahman, 6o, 61, 252 Baring, II2 • and Grand Review at Rawal Barrow, Sir Edmund, II4, 205-7 pindi, 6o, 61 Basil Mission, 212 and Lord Dufferin, 6o Beatty, F. M., II9, 120 Afghanistan, Amir of (Abdiir Bedford, Duchess of (Miss Tribe), Rahman), 6o-1, 252 and jackals, 76 (Amanullah), 252 Bennett, Mr. Hugh, 127 (Habibullah and Kitchener), Rev. J., and Kitchener, 127 154-5 Beresford, Lord William, 45, 46, Afghan War (znd), Incidents in, so. 51, 88 32, 179-80 Besant, Mrs., 283 (3rd), 243, 249-53, 267, 287 Beynon, Gen. SirW.,227,236,246 Bannu Brigade, 247, 249 Bhim Sen Thapa, 161 Fort Baldak, 250, 251-2, 253 Bird, Lt.-Col. W. D., 122 Kabul Mission and Treaty, Birdwood, Gen. Sir William, 72- 300-1 3,117,142,15I,3o6-11 Sardar Abd-ul-Quds, 252 and Anzacs, 307-9 Waziristan, 245 • in Australia, 310 Militia, 243, 247, 249 and sniper, 310 Ailsa, Lady, 84 his sympathy, 3II Aldershot, 1st Dorsets at, 31 Birkett, J., 19 Review by Duke of Cambridge Bishop, Barry, 74. 85-7 at, 34 Blackwood, Lady Helen, 52- Almora, 8o-1, 181 - Blood, Sir Bindon, 98-9, 100-3, Kitchener at, 133-5. 135-6 104 Queen Alexandra's Own, II5 on Gladstone and Beaconsfield, Ambala, March to, 39, 40, 41-3 101 Ambela. Campaign, 220 Boileau, Lt.-Col. Ridley, 122 Amritsar, 261, 282-4, 289-91, Bond, C.R.A., 66, 68-9, 79 293-4 Brassey, Lady, and Kitchener, Open rebellion at, 284, 290 137 Anderson, Gen. Sir C., 246 Brodrick, St. John, II3 Armstrong, Lt.-Col., 262 Brooking, Gen. Sir Harry, 249 Arthur, Sir George, Life of Lord Browne, Brig.-Gen. A. G. F., Kitchener, IIS 140 Arya Samaj, 297 Sir Sam, 32 313 UNDER TEN VICEROYS

Bruce, Brig.-Gen. the Hon., and Clifton, Major, 231 Gurkhas, 160, 172, 173, Collett, Col., 57 179, 18o Collins, Maj.-Gen. Stratford, 133 Bruckman, Lt. R. T., 268 Colvin, Sir Auckland, 83, 301 Brunker, Major, 67, 69, 79 in camp, 84-5 Buckle, Lt.-Col. (of W. Kents), Bassett, 84 203-4 Connaught, Duke of (and Bulkely, Rivers, 18 Duchess), 110, 112 Bunerwal Campaign, 217-25, Cookson, Gen., 206 298 Corbet, Reginald, 17, 18 Heat stroke, 223 Cornwallis, Mabel, 107 Bushman, Sir Henry, 44 " At Home," 106 Cornwallis West, Mrs., 18 Call,an, Mr., 200-1 Coronation Durbar (George V), Cambridge, Duke of, 103 189 Aldershot Review, 34 Court, Willie, 19 at Malta, 33 Crauford, Brig.-Gen., 209 Inspection at Wimbledon, 33- Creagh, Gen. Sir O'Moore, 175 4 Crewe, Lord, at Durbar, 195 Campbell, Mrs. Colin, 99 Curzon, Lady, 99 ~ Sir Frederick, 216, 221, 224, Lord, 129 . 231-2 Camp in Garhwal Hills, 112- Capper, Maj.-Gen. T., 120-26 3 on commissions to native offi Curzon-Kitchener contro cers, 123 versy, 114 on industrial unrest, 124 Durbar, 110-2 on political crisis between his North-West Frontier France and Germany, 124 policy, 244-5 Sir J. E., 67 his resignation, 114, 150 William, 133 Carmichael, Lord, 202 Dacca, 200, 201 Casson, Lt.-Col. W. F. S., 279 Military diversions at, 201-2 Cecil, Lord Edward, 209 Dalbiac, Major, 54 Chaman, 249-50 Dalhousie, Lord, 81 Chamberlain, Neville, 72 Davies, Newnham, 115 Chance, Capt., 259 Davis, Col. C., 68 Channer, Gen., and Gurkha Mr. J. S.C., II2-3 sentry, 91 Dehra Dun, 94-5, 136, 159, 168, Cheape, Leslie, 196 215 Chelmsford, Lord, 231-2, 288 Delhi Brigade, 214, 262, 264 Lady, 231,232 Demobilisation of Indian units, Cheshire Militia, 16, 29 248 Cheshires (2nd), joined at Pesha- of British troops, 272 war, 32, 40 their discontent, 272-3 Chisholm, "Jabber," 45-7 an ultimatum, 273 Chitral Campaign, go Dera Ismail Khan, 243, 247 Cholmondeley, Tom, 19, 29 Derajat Independent Brigade, Christian, Brig.-Gen. G., 236 242-3, 249 Churchill, Winston, 99-101 Hot weather headquarters of, Clements, Gen., and " K.'s " 247-8 appointment to Gurkhas, Dillon, Gen., 67 II7 Donald, Sir John, 243 INDEX Dongola, S.S., 207, 210 Garhwalis, 86, SS Drake, Col. H. D., 122 and Gurkhas, S5 Duff, Col. Sir Beauchamp, 133, Lord Roberts' opinion of, 86 139, 150-1, 212, 216, 224 Gartside-Tipping, 66, 67 and Kitchener, 150-1 Gaselee, Gen. Sir A., 148 Dufferin, Lady, 51-2 Lady, and " K.," 149 and " The Begum," 52 Ghadr Party, 213, 2S3, 304 Lord, 50-2, 58, 64 Gillespie, Gen., x6o and Amir of Afghanistan, Gosling, Col. G., 269 6o, 61 Gough, Maj.-Gen. Sir Hugh, at Rawalpindi Review, 58-6o v.c., 67. 70, 7S Durbar, 1903, uo, II2, 136 Greaves, Sir George, 93-6 I9II (King George V Coron- Greece, Prince George of, 208 ation), 189-96 Green, Col., and bagmen, 76 Ceremony, 192-3 Grey, Sir Edward, 204 Cholera in camp, 196-7 Gurkhas, 79-87, 95, 159, 171-BS Fire in camp, 194-5 Ancient customs, 163 Homage at the fort, 193-4 Annual festival, Dasehra, 1S6 Visitors' camps, 189-90 at Almora, So Dyer, Gen. R. E. H., 236, 282- at Amritsar, 293-4 86, 290 at Dharmsala, 79-So Dyson, Miss Ada, 84 Attachment to officers, 184 Chief's Cup, 133-4 Eardley-Wilmot, Col. Revel, 63 Football and, 87, 183 Earthquake in India, 137 Garhwalis and, 85-6 Egerton-Warburton, Rowland Height of British officers with, E., 19 175 Elephants swimming, 43 Highlanders and, I 79 Elgin, Lord, 98 Kalinga Fort, 16o Enemy subjects, internment of, Khud racing, 171-3 2!1, 212 King of (Prithwi Narain) and Erskine, Col., 84 Nepal, 158 EsherCommittee, 278,301,302-4 New battalions raised, 88, u6, Evatt, Brig.-Gen. J. T., 86 159, 185 Pani pathya, 165 Faithful, Capt., xo6 Popularity of, 17S-9 FitzGerald, 93, 129,147• 151, 207 Prisoners of war, 18o his influence with " K.," 151 Sense of duty, 163 "Flying sentries," 213 Temperament of, 177 Football, I 7 "The Little Man," 135, 171 and Gurkhas, 87,183 1j3rd, 88 4th, at Rawalpindi (x8S4-5), Gandhi, 283-4. 288, 296-7, 299 62 and Home Rule, 296 7th, date of raising, 116, 162 Interviews with Viceroy, 296 and Moplahs, 299 Hamilton, Hubert, 133. 13S, 141, Outbreak at Delhi, 284 147 Passive resistance movement, Ian, So, 3oS 283-4 Vereker, 18o his policy, 2SS, 299 Mrs. W. G., 70 Racial hatred, 288 Hamlet, Mr., of Winsford, 17 Gannon, Maj. J. C. R., uS Hardinge, Lord, 130, 194. 215 316 UNDER TEN VICEROYS Harris, Col., So Khilatat movement, 284-5, 288 Hastings, Lord, and Nepal, 159 Emigration scheme, 284-5 Haswell, Col. J. F., 268 Kennedy-Craufurd-Stuart, Maj., Hay, Col., 62 286 Hayes, Horace, 51 Keyser, Lt.-Col. F. C., 36 Henry, Col., 102 Khud racing (Gurkhas), 171 Hepper, Sir Lawless, 237 · King-Harman, Col., 74 Hewett, Sir John, 189, 192, 194 Kinloch, 66 Higson, Will, 19 Kitchener, Lord, 45, 88, 106-57, Hill, Maj.-Gen. William, 89, 92- 307 6, 112, 127, 176 appointed Colonel of 7th and Gurkhas, 176-7 Gurkhas, II7 and Vplunteers, 97-8 arrival in India, 127 Illness and death, 98 at Almora, 133-6 Hoare, Reggie, xoo and Mr. Asquith, 209 Hornby, "Monkey," 19, ~9-30 and his personal staff, 151 Horse racing, 45, 46-7 at :Meerut Rifle Meeting, 93, Hudson, Paddy, 55 149 Hume, Charlie, 66 at Quetta, II 6 Hunter Committee, 292 behaviour to ladies, 137 Hunting in Cheshire, I 7-9 a" big man," 150-1 at Delhi, 56 and Birdwood, 307 Empress of Austria, 18 and cholera cases, 140 " green collars," 19 Curzon-Kitchener contro- and jackals, 68, 76-7 versy, 114 at Lahore, 279-Bo Durbar (1903), no, 128, 136 Peshawar Vale Hunt, 67-8 his chivalry, 154 at Peshawar, 75, 77 his early life, 127 at Poona, 275 his 1909 farewell speech, 155 at Quetta, n8 his hobbies, 153 and Sir Hugh Gough, 78 his humour, 137-8, 153 Tarporley Hunt, 18-9 his introduction to Gurkhas, Hutchinson, Maj. H. D., So, 88, .175-6 go, 91-2, 184 . his journey to Naini Tal, 148-g Dbert, Sir Courtney, 49 his opinion of Nepal, 185 Ilbert Bill, The, 49-50 his peculiarities, 153-4 India in early 1916, 225 his powers of persuasion, 154 Indian Army, Future of, 303 his re-organisation of army Native Officers, 304 in India, 129 Red._uctions in Cavalry of, his schemes, 130-1, 141-4 305-6 . Indian Army, pay regula Civil Service, Future of, 302 tions, 141-4 Staff College established, 120 Quetta Staff College, 142 Staff Corps, Application for, Secretary of State for War, 53. 57 209 Irvine, Lt.-Col., l'II.F.H., 68 Views on esprit de c01'ps in Jhansi Brigade, 240 army, 143 Johnson, Col. Frank, 45, 47• 263 Views on the German men Jones, John, 19 ace, 139 Maj., and Lord Roberts, 72 Views on localised units, - Rhys, 30 138 INDEX

Kitchener, Lord (contd.) Marri Expedition, 261 Views on the Russian bogey, Marriott-Smith, Col., 270 139 Martin, Gen. Sir Alfred, 171, 270 Visit to Quetta, 116 Maxwell, Frankie, 147, 214 " Kitchener Test," the, 133, Lady, 152 214,264 Meerut Rifle Meeting, 93 · General Walter, his malaria Meyer, Sir Wm., and." K.," 153 campaign, z8o-1 Middleton, Bay, 18 Midleton, Lord, 114 Lahore, Bishop of, 62 Miles, Brig. -Gen. P. J ., 26g Cantonments, z8o-1 Minto, Lord, 151 Command, 274, 279 Mohmands, Fighting the, 227- Serai, 44 35, z68 Landour, 94-5 " Live wire,'' 227-30 Lang, Lt.-Col. E. M., 271 Visit of Lord Chelmsford, 231- Lansdo~. 89 3 Lord, 88 Montagu, Mr., on Waziristan, Lefroy, Bishop, 62 245 " Leg-pulling," 68-70, 73-4, 79 Morley, Lord, 117 Leigh, Mosley, 19 Mountain Warfare School, 256 Leiter, Mrs., uo Muhajirin, 219, 284 Littledale, Bo., 19 Multan, S.S., 207-10 Lloyd, Sir George, 274 Multan, 127th Baluchistan In- Lady,274 fantry, 286 · Locke-Elliott, Gen., 128 The Buffs, 269 Lockhart, Sir W., 108 " Multan Lamb, The,'' 269 at Meerut Rifle Meeting, 93 Plague at, 261 Lomax, Lt.-Col., 100 23rd Rifle Brigade, 26o"-1 Long, Miss, 103 Mussoorie, Sham fight, 95-6 " Long P.,'' 44 Mysore, Maharajah of, 267 Lotteries, Indian, 45, 55 Lovett, and The Malabar, 36 Nepal, the Army, 161, 165-6, Lucas, 173 168-70 • Lucknow, 210 Bishop of, 84 and the Gurkha, 158 Lumsden and his" Guides," 221, Hostilities with, 159 King of(" Maharaj Adhiraj "), 233 100 . Lyttleton, Alfred, 113 Star, 169 · McCall," Jackal," 67 Treaty of Segowli, 159 Mackenzie's hoax, 104 Various tribes of, 162-3 Maclagan, Sir Edward, 281 Nicholson, Field-Marshal Lord, Maclaren," Boy,'' 100 87,108,197-9 McMahon, Sir H., 119, 204 Nightingale, Maj., 173 Macmaster, Hugh, 84 North-West Frontier policy, 244 "Maharaj Adhiraj,'' King of Nugent, Oliver, 67 Nepal, 16o, 163 Malabar, H.M.S., On board of, Ochterlony, Gen., 159 35-8 O'Dwyer, Sir .Michael, 226, 281, Malabar, The (newspaper), 36 287 Markham, Brig.-Ge~ .• 67 Lady,226 Marshall, Tom, 29 Orman, Capt., and his cat, 75 318 UNDER TEN VICEROYS Ormsby, Brig.-Gen. Vincent, 86 Rahman, Abdiir, 6o-1, 252 Outbreak of War, 1914, 203 Ramsay, Maj.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Henry, 81-3 · Pani pathya, 165 Sir John, 39, 81 Parks, Col., 133 Rawalpindi Review, 58-9 Patiala, Maharajah of, 99 Rawlinson, Lord, 118 Patterson, A. B., 84, 85 Rawson, Harry, 19-20 Patton, Col. H. C., 39-40, 67 Reading, Lord, 296, 302 Peshawar, Arrival at, 39 Reform Act, 295-6 to Ambala by road, 39, 40, Reid, Sir C., 183 41-3 Rhys Jones, 30 Joined 2nd Cheshires at, 32 Ripon, Lord, 49 Transferred to 30th Punjabis Lady, 5o at,66 Roberts, Lady, at Almora, 73 Vale Hunt, 67-8 a supper incident, 64 Valley of Death, 32 Fancy dress ball, 65 ·Philipps, Ivor, 175 Lord,63-4, 70-5, 8o,88, 175 Phipps, Charlie, 15, 16,19 Admiration for Gurkhas, & Co., 15-6 162 Playfair, Col., 263, 264 Antipathy to cats, 74-5 Pole-Carew, Col., 63, So at Almora, 73, 85, 86 Poona, Arrival of new troops at, at Meerut Garden Party, 72 . 276-7 at Meerut Rifle Meeting, 93 Accommodation for families, Cold weather touring, 71, 93 277-8 Silver wedding ball, 65 My departure from, 274 his sympathy, 72-3, 311 Hunting at, 275 . Robertson, jimmy,84 Officer accoDl1Ilodation at, Ronaldshay, Lord, 238, 239 275-6 Lady, 238 W.I.T.C., 275 Roos-Keppel, Sir G., 220 Poore, Brig.-Gen. R. M., 240-1 Rose, Hugh, 174, 175 Lady Flora, 152-3, 155. 241 Ross, Herky, 84 Porteous, !,4j. (9th Gurkhas), Rossetti, Signor, and Bagpipes, 176 186 Power Palmer, Col. (" Long Rowlatt Bill, The, 283, 286 P."), 44 Running and Racing, 20-8 Powis, Lady, and Kitchener, at Chester, 29 136-'7 Shrewsbury Steeplechase, 2o-2 Prinsep, Arthur, 82 Russell, Sir Baker, 99-100, 101- Punjab Frontier Force, 305 3. 108 Lady, 103 Quds, Sardar Abd-ul, 252 Letter from, 253 St. John, !Iaj., and Fort Bal Quetta, II7-8, 189-90 dak,253 Journey to, 250 Sandford, Ffolliott, 21 Kitchener at, n6 Sanford, Maj.-Gen. G. E., 33, Stafi College, 142, 151 98 Satterthwaite, Capt., 259 Racial hatred, 288-9 Scott, Sir C., II4 Racing (Horse), 45, 46-7, 279-Bo Sedition in India, 212-3, 257, W.I.T.C., 275 284, 288, 291, 297 Radnor, Earl of, 168, 216, 262 Ghadr Party, 213 INDEX

Segowli, Treaty of, 159 Territorials (contd.} Seymour, Lord Edward, inter- Efficiency,259,261-2,268 view with, 31 Indian Defence Force. 270 Shea, Lt.-Col., 12Z ·· "Kitchener Test," 264-5 Sheikh Budin, 247 Marti Expedition, 261 . Shepherd, Col., 270 N.C.O.s, 26o Sheringham, Maj., 49, 61 Numbers in India, 256 Short, Bertie, 45, 48, 55 Numbers under my command, "Shorts," 174 256 Shum Shere, Sir Baber, 166-8 Officers of, 259, 262-3, 264-5, Sir Bir, 161 267-70 Sir Chandra, 164-5.167-8 Regiments employed, 25g-6o, Gen. Padma, 58-9, 166, 169 262-3,264-5,267-?0 . his gallantry, 58 Reserve of Officers, 2 70 Gen. Sir Tej, 166 Responsiveness of, 261 Simla, Ball and Levee, 50 Right fighting spirit, 268 Rides to and from by night, Stations of, 26o-1, 262, 264-5, 53-4 266, 270, 28o Ordered to leave, 55 Tough customers, 265 Tabooed, 53 Weak points of, 257 Sinha, Lord, 288 Welcome to, 267 Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir Horace, Thompson, 69 91, 175 Thorburn, 98 Smith, Col. L.A., and decanter, Thynne, Miss, 52 103-4,214 Tillard, "Eliza," 62, 173 Solon, 44, 49 Tirah Campaign, The, 108, 174 Stafi College, Quetta, 120 Tomkinson,Jamie,l9 Stewart, Sir Donald, 54, 65 " Torrie,'' Maj., 206--7 his daughters, 54 Totalisator, 275 Strachey, Maj. the Hon. E., 26o Training, 23-5 Capt. (Col.) Jack, 83-4· 179. Tribe,Archdeacon,76 189-<)0 Troopships, 34 Sir John, 81 Turnbull, Col. T. E., 26o Suffolk, Lady, 99, 214 Lord, 214 Vansittart, Col. Eden, 159 Svaraj, 296 Villiers-Stuart, Lt.-Col. W., 266 Sydenham, Lord, 282, 288 Voyage to India (1914}, 207. S.S. Multan, 207, 210 Tank, 244 Teck, Duke of, at Durbar, 195 Walker, :Uaj.-Gen. Sir H. B., 308 Territorials, 255-71 Wana, 243 Arrival in Bombay, 266 Isolation of, 244, 246 Astonishment of Indians at, Ward, Col. John, 264 257 "Warrior,'' hunter-charger, 279 Casualties, 268 Waterfield, Lt.-Col., 12Z Conducting parties, 257 Watson, Sir John, and his son, Constant \'l"ithdrawals from,' So . 258 Waziristan,245 Difficulties and disappoint 3rd Mghan V{ar, 243, 249, ments, 256, 257-9, 26o, zso, 253 265,267 lfilitia,243.247.249 Disparity in age, 26o Webb-Ware, Lt.-CoL, 178-g UNDER TEN VICEROYS Weekes: Maj. H. E.,·236 Wingate, Sir Reginald, 209 West India Turf Club, 275 Wood, Col., 270 " Whereas," 263 Woodall, Maj. H. W., 259 \Vhifien, Maj. Goodman,. 259 Woodhouse,lsobel, 106,107 White, Sir George,.JI, go, 93, 104 "Wood-Smith," Mrs., 208 Wilbraham, Squire, 19 Woodyatt, Rev. Edward, 13-4~ Willcocks, Gen. Sir James, 128, 30 210 Mrs., 13, 14-5. 32 Williams, :Maj.-Gen. Sir God H. C., 27 frey, 210 Wombell, George, 43 Willingdon,Lady,238-g Lord, 238, 266 Y.M.C.A., 200-1, 266 Wilson, Field-Marshal Sir H., 89 at Dacca, 2oo