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Medical History of H. M. \5th Hussars. 





Section IV. 



Duty and employment— specifying whether these are in any respect so severe as to be 

 likely to prove prejudicial to the health of the Troops. 



Duty and Employment. 



This subject has been considered in the Sanatory report : 

 here we shall enter more into the detail, as well as quote from 

 the report to the Secretary at War. 



Dr. Burke alludes to the greater sickness in Cavalry 

 Corps in the Bengal command, and this we consider attribut- 

 able, in this country, to the nature of the duties the Dra- 

 goon has to perform, for even with every care, attention and 

 modification, it entails much exposure. That those per- 

 formed by the 15th Hussars have been mild, is evinced by 

 the small proportion of acute disease and few deaths ; had 

 tlfe rigour of severe, harassing, or protracted drills been 

 superadded, it must soon have had an unfavourable influ- 

 ence. 



The duty and employment must vary and fluctuate, there- 

 fore the following is given as the nearest approximation to 

 those usually ordered. 



Days. 



Sunday, 

 Monday, 



Tuesday, . . 

 Wednesday, 

 Thursday, 



Friday, .. 

 Saturday, . . 



Morning. 



Evening. 



Church parade, Line duties, and 





Surgeon's Inspection at 10 a. m. 



Line duties. 



Riding School, or Adjutant's drill 





and Line duties, 



Inspection drill for awkward 





men, and line duties. 



Brigade exercise and line duties. 



Do. 



Watering order and line duties. 



Do. 



Squadron drills or Riding school 





and line duties 



Foot parades under arms and 





line duties. 



Field exercise, or Adjutant's drill, 





and line duties, 



Instructing drill for awkward 





men, and line duties. 



Watering order and line duties. . . 



Inspection of saddlery, or ne- 

 cessaries and line duties. 





The Barrack and Line Guards alone take nearly 50 men 

 for those duties, and the sentries are much exposed, whereas 





