§ Captain FULLERasked the Secretary of State for India if he will furnish a statement showing the caste composition of all those units of the Indian Army about to be Indianised and the provinces from which they are recruited?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe classes enlisted for the units about to be Indianised include Hindustani Musalmans, Musalman Rajputs, Rajputs, Jats, Punjabi Musalmans, Sikhs, Dogras, Gujars and Pathans. These classes are enlisted mainly from, the Punjab, the United Provinces, Rajputana and the North-West Frontier Province. The class composition, with approximate percentages, of each regiment or battalion and the provinces from which they are mainly recruited is as follows: 563W
3rd Cavalry: Per cent. Hindustani Musalmans 17 Punjab, United Provinces, and Rajputana. Musalman Rajputs 17 Rajputs 33 United Provinces and Eastern Punjab. Jats 33 Punjab and United Provinces. 5/2nd Punjab Regiment: Punjabi Musalmans 50 Punjab. Sikhs 25 Dogras 25 5/6th Rajputana Rifles: Punjabi Musalmans 28 Punjab. Hindu Rajputs 22 Rajputana and Punjab. Jats 50 5/8th Punjab Regiment: Punjabi Musalmans 50 Punjab. Sikhs 25 Gujars 25 Punjab and Rajputana. 5/10th Baluch Regiment: Punjabi Musalmans 50 Punjab. Pathans 25 North-West Frontier Province. Dogras 25 Punjab. 5/11th Sikh Regiment: Sikhs 60 Punjab Punjabi Musalmans 40 4/12th Frontier Force Regiment: Punjabi Musalmans 25 Punjab. Sikhs 25 Dogras 25 Pathans 25 North-West Frontier Province. 6/13th Frontier Force Rifles: Punjabi Musalmans 25 Punjab. Sikhs 25 Dogras 25 Pathaus 25 North West Frontier Province.