1819.] 



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learn their drill. It will be observed that the soldiers discharged for 

 these causes, were, only, 19 years of age, on the average, and had 

 served only 1 year and 10 months. 



The cause of the discharge of 1,077 soldiers, is not detailed. The 

 omission is to be regretted, as it prevents us determining the exact 

 numbers discharged for each crime, &c., but they seem to have been 

 enlisted and again discharged at a like youthful age to that of the 

 men, whose crimes and physical ailments are recorded. 



Of the 1,077 thus discharged, viz. : 



Their average age at date of 



discharge, - 

 Their average service at date 



of discharge, - - . 



579 



Hindoos. 



454 



Mabome- 

 dans. 



44 



Christians. 



1077 



Total. 



Yrs. Ms. 



Yrs. Ms. 



Yrs. Ms. 



Yrs. Ms. 



23 10 

 5 3 



24 0 

 5 7 



24 3 

 6 2 



23 11 



5 5 



Their average age when 

 enlisted, - . . - 



18 7 



18 5 



18 1 



18 6 



these 1,077 soldiers were discharged before they were 24 years of 

 age, after, only, b\ years' service. 



Only 110 soldiers, in five years, or five in ten thousand annually, 

 received their discharge at their own request. They had served 5J 

 years, and were 24 years of age, on the average, at the date of their 

 discharge. 



Altogether 663 soldiers are recorded to have been discharged for 

 crimes, viz. : 



Whose average age at date of 

 discharga, - - - - 



"Whose average service at date 

 of discharge, - 



W 



Hindoos. 



271 



Mahome- 

 dans. 



55 



Christians. 



663 



Total. 



Yrs. Ms. 



Yrs. Ms. 



Yrs. Ms. 



Yrs. Ms. 



23 0 

 4 5 



24 1 

 5 6 



23 4 

 4 6 



23 7 

 4 10 



Their average age when 

 enlisted, - 



18 7 



18 7 



18 10 



18 9 



It would, however, appear from these tables that some ofiences 



