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25. The total strength of the Indian Army at the present time amounts to about 76,000 British troops and about 129,000 Indian troops, making a total of about 205,000 men. These are distributed according to the following table:

Actual Strength of Combatant Troops of the Army in India
September 1, 1923.

[[12 column table]]
|   |British Army|Indian Army|Total|
|   |British|   |   |British|   |   |Brit   |Grand|
|   |   |Other|Indian|   |   |Other|Indian   |ish|Indian|Total|
|   |Offi|Ranks|Ranks|Total|Offi|Ranks|Ranks|Total|Ranks|Ranks|Army|
|   |cers|   |   |   |cers|   |   |   |   |   |in|
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |India|
|Cavalry|189|4622|   |4811|288|   |10879|11167|5099|10879|15978|
|Artillery|559|10823|12386|23768|Included in figures of the British Army.|11382|12386|23768|
|Tank Corps|59|945|   |1004|   |   |   |   |1004|   |1004|
|Sappers and Miners|   |   |   |   |95|202|7586|7883|297|7586|7883|
|Indian Signal Corps|   |   |   |   |125|2096|3152|5373|2221|3152|5373|
|Infantry|1158|43357|1826|46341|1588|   |102890|104478|46103|104716|150819|
|Total|1965|59747|14212|75924|2096|2298|124507|128901|66106|138719|204825|

III. ROYAL AIR FORCE IN INDIA.
1. The Royal Air Force in India began with the formation of a flying school in 1912 at Sitapur.  The staff was provided by officers of the Indian Army who had learned to fly at their own expense while