[17] On the 23d of May 1821, His Majesty King George the Fourth was graciously pleased to authorise the SEVENTY-FIRST to bear on the regimental colour and appointments the word “HINDOOSTAN,” in commemoration of its distinguished services in the several actions in which it had been engaged, while in India, between the years 1780 and 1797. [18] In consequence of the renewal of the war with France, in May 1803, the British Government introduced the “Army of Reserve Act,” which was passed in July following, for raising men for home service by ballot, and thus caused certain regiments to be augmented to two battalions. Volunteer and yeomanry corps were also formed in every part of the kingdom, in order to preserve Great Britain from the threatened invasion. [19] Number of men which arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in January 1806, under Major General Sir David Baird. ----------------------+------------------------------+----------------- | | Number landed, BRIGADES. | REGIMENTS. | including | | Recruits for | | India, attached. ----------------------+------------------------------+----------------- 1st. Commanded by { | Twenty-fourth | 600 Brigadier-General { | Thirty-eighth | 900 Beresford. { | Eighty-third | 800 | | 2d. Under Brigadier { | SEVENTY-FIRST, 1st battalion | 800 General Ferguson. { | Seventy-second | 600 { | Ninety-third | 800 | Fifty-ninth | 900 | Company’s recruits | 200 | Seamen and marines | 1,100 | Artillery | 200 | Twentieth light dragoons | 300 | +----------------- | Total | 7,200 ----------------------+------------------------------+-----------------