THE RANKS.--The native ranks and their respective duties are as follow:-- _Risaldar-Major._--The chief native officer of the regiment. The badge of his rank is a crown worn on each shoulder-strap. He commands a half-squadron, and is the confidential adviser of the Commandant in all matters relating to the native ranks. _Risaldar and Ressaidar._--Half-squadron commanders. The badge of the former is three stars; of the latter, two stars, worn on each shoulder-strap. _Woordie-Major._--Native adjutant. He is generally a Ressaidar. _Kot Dafadār._--The senior non-commissioned officer of the regiment. _Dafadār._--Sergeant. _Solutri._--Veterinary subordinate. _Sowar._--Trooper. NATIVE ARTILLERY.--A native mountain battery has an establishment of five British officers, three native officers, and 253 non-commissioned officers and men. The armament consists of six 2.5 in. R.M.L. guns, carried on mules. The only native field batteries now maintained are those of the Hyderabad Contingent. Each battery consists of two British officials, two native officers, and 128 non-commissioned officers and men. The armament consists of two six-pounder S.B. guns and two twelve-pounder howitzers. NATIVE INFANTRY.--A single battalion of native infantry is organised in four double companies, and has a complement of nearly twenty British officers, one medical officer, sixteen native officers, and eighty non-commissioned officers. The strength of the rank and file varies from 800 in the Punjab and Bengal to 720 in Madras and Bombay. To facilitate transfers in war time, the infantry, with a few exceptions, is organised into groups of two or three linked battalions, having a common regimental centre. Each battalion has a reserve, varying in strength from 218 to 160 men. Native ranks and duties are:-- _Subadār-Major._--Principal native officer of the battalion and confidential adviser of the Commanding Officer on all matters relating to the native ranks. He also commands a company. _Subadār._--Company commander. _Jemadār._--Subaltern. _Havildār-Major._--Sergeant-major. _Quarter-Master-Havildār._--Quarter-master-sergeant. _Havildār._--Sergeant. _Naick._--Corporal. _Sepoy._--Private.