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Scouts (and levies and militia) in the British Empire meant a locally raised standing paramilitary, not part of the British Army or British Indian Army, under the command of a local Chief or commissioner, but with attached British officers. Scouts were internal and border security units composed of locals, officered by British officers. [1]
Scouts (including Militias and Levies) were locally raised standing forces responsible for security and border control usually in border areas, these forces were under local control but were financed in whole or part by the Raj. [2] [3]
All are locally raised standing high mountain and border security units of the Indian Army, they are composed of locally recruited personnel. [4]
Scouts in Pakistan are part of the Frontier Corps (1878), inherited from British India, with the sole exception being the Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts, a recently raised (2003) border and internal security force under the direct control of the Pakistani Ministry of the Interior. [5] [6] [7]
The following list of scouts includes their year of founding if known.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Country Studies. Federal Research Division.
