'Report by Brigadier W. S. Delamain, C.B., D.S.O., on the operations of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" up to 14th November 1914' [‎front] (1/8)

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SECRET .
This book is the property of the QoyerniDent
of India, and is intended only for the personal
information of the individual to whom issued
and of those officers under him whose duties it
affects. He is personally responsible for its
safe custody and that its contents arc disclosed
to those officers and to them only.
To appear in Annual Returns.
See Rules below.
REPORT
INDIA CFFi
BT
Brigadier=General W. S, Delamain, C.B., D.S.O., on the
operations of Indian Expeditionary Force " D "
up to the 14th November 1914.
Case 10848.
GENERAL STAFF, INDIA, 1915.
DELHI
SUPERINTENDENT GOVERNMENT PRINTING, INDIA
1915
Rules for the Custody and Disposal of Secret Documents.
This docutneTit is to be treated as a " SECRET " work,
and will be kept in tbo pergonal custody of the official to whom
it is issued or subsequently transferred, in accordance with
the orders contained in King's .Regulations and the Official
Secrets Act.
2. When an official, to whom secret documents have been
issued, vacates his appointment, or is transferred, or is relieved
of his duties for any period, the documents in his possession
must be personally made over to his successor.
3. An officer to whom secret documents are issued will keep
a list of such documents in his charge, which list will be
compared when taking over the documents with the receipt
form then siened. Any deficiency noticed then, as at any
other time, should at once be reported through the usual
channel to the isming authority and immediate steps taken
to trace the missing document and fix the responsibility for
its loss.
4. All officers who receive secret documents will farnish
to the issuing authority a certificate on A. F. A-24) on the let
December for such documents.
6. Attention is directed to the letter reproduced opposite.
Copy of a letter from the Adjutant General in India, to the
Lieutenant-Generals Commanding, No. t)64i-A., " Officers—
Discipline," dated Fort William, the 17th March 1.904,
It has come to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief that,
notwithstanding the very clear and precise orders which have
from time to time been issued to ensure the secrecy of docu
ments, there have been instances recently where the most
reprehensible laxity has been shown in the observance of those
orders.
2, This laxity can obviously only have arisen from a want
of adequate appreciation of the responsibility resting upon
those to whose care these important secret documents have
been entrusted, and in order that there may be no misunder
standing in the future as to the serious nature of these respon-
sibilities, the Commander-m-Chiof wishes all concerned to be
informed that he intends to take the severest notice of any
future neglect of the orders.
3. Under His Excellency's directions a copy of this letter
will be attached to all documents, the secret nature of which
may necessitate their being issued for the personal inform
ation of those ooncemed.