No. 37. — 1888.] capture of Colombo. 



391 



Engineers. 



Foenander, captain commanding ; Duperon, captain-lieutenant ; 

 Luzon, captain-lieutenant ; Walberg, sub-lieutenant; Ulembeck, Cheva- 

 lier, Hernian, and Welsinger, cadets ; Keller, sergeant in charge of the 

 works. 



Invalids. 



Heicom, lieutenant in command, and 43 officers and soldiers. 



Scouts. 



Van Mittemann, captain commanding, and 500 Chalias. 



Commissariat. 

 Van Stroure, captain, and Jonson, dubash. 



Armoury. 

 Nette and Demere, captains. 



Surgeons-Majors of the fortress, subordinate to the Surgeon- General : — ■ 

 Pool, Switz, and Heyden. 



In addition three companies of Sinhalese, each 100 strong, retainers 

 of the Disava, and an European corporal for each company. 



There were besides one company composed of the clerks and two of 

 citizens. 



Memoranda relative to the Military Stations, the Organi- 

 sation and the Pay of the Troops of India in the 

 service of the Dutch East India Company. 



All the invalids of the infantry or artillery were placed at the 

 Disavoni to guard the warehouses outside the Fort, at the several minor 

 posts in charge of the Disava in the department of Colombo, of the 

 captain of the coast in the district of G-alle, and the Disava of the 

 Disavoni of Matara. This branch of work was no concern either of 

 the colonel commanding at Colombo or the major commanding at 

 G-alle. 



Trincomalee had but one military station, where the whole adminis- 

 tration fell to the major in command. When there were detachments, 

 either of native or European troops, they were subject to the control 

 of the chiefs of the district. 



The Malay troops were all on the same footing, and companies 

 of a hundred men their full strength. 



They were composed of a major of their nation, captain of the first 

 company, of an European officer in command, and a drill sergeant or 

 corporal, one captain, one lieutenant, one native sub-lieutenant, six 

 sergeants, six corporals, two drummers, a fifer, and 80 fusiliers. 



85—90 F 



