Administrative System of the Marathas c21.s2.26

c21.s2.26

One of Boyd's colleagues in the Peshwa's service was William Henry Tone, brother of the famous Irish rebel, Theobald Wolfe Tone, who had like his American commander served in the Nizam's army before joining the Peshwa's forces. The European adventurers who came to India changed their masters very frequently. A monthly account of the salary expenses of Boyd's Regiment has been published in the fifth volume of the Peshwas' Diaries.¹⁸ Boyd is there wrongly described as Mr. Bight, an Englishman. His regiment of trained infantry cost the Peshwa Rs. 26,242 a month and the officers and men were paid at the following rate: