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‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’ [44r] (92/119)
The record is made up of 1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps). It was created in 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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APPENDIX XVIII.
Copy of a letter No. E.S./547 of the 7th May, 1918, from Deputy Director of Works (Electrical and Mechanical),
Basrah, to Lieut. Campbell Rogers, Assistant Political Officer, Baghdad.
Subject .—Your deputation to India in connection with purchase of pumping plants,
1. With reference to Administrator, A.D. Scheme, letter No. 8029, dated the 28th April, 1918, attached
hereto is a copy of the general specification for these pumping sets. This specification is to be taken as a
general guide only, and you are at liberty to depart from it in any detail which will facilitate the supply of
plant from India, but radical alterations are not to be made in the specification without my approva .
2. Every endeavour is to be made to obtain pumping sets having oil engines as prime movers. The
type of oil engine suitable is the Horizontal slow speed type, burning crude or refined oil. High speed direct
coupled sets are not to be accepted without my sanction.
3. Twelve pumping plants having steam portables as prime movers are to be inspected and shipped as
soon as possible, and a telegraphic report is to be forwarded from time to time informing the A., A.D. scheme,
the approximate number of pumping sets driven by oil engines and steam engines which are obtainable a,n
definite instructions regarding the further supply of steam driven pumping sets will be sent to you.
4. Copies of telegrams No. Q 2/5350, dated the 26th April, from General, Baghdad to C.G.S., India,
and Works telegram No. W/1808, dated the 6th May, 1918, to War Section, Simla, are attached for information
Each pumping plant should be given a serial number and all component parts, packages, &c., of each set
should bear the number in addition to the package number on the manifest.
Example
A.A.D.
1 Set number.
35 Package number.
5 You will note that the specification calls for pumps capable of dealing with a maximum head of 35 feet
•fi o cnntirm lipari of 60 ner cent of this figure. The actual working heads on pumps will probably be 17,
22 and 35 feet The bulk of the low lift pumps available in the Indian market wU deal with heads varying
fr 0m i 6 to 35 feet, with reasonable efficiency'when working at difierent speeds. You should arrange as fer
as possible that all pumps are suitable for working on these different heads by sending suitable pulleys and
or any other matter in connection with plant and
machine^ unto demand am Jbe acidressed to Revenue, Baghdad, and repeated to Works, Basrah, and not
to Col. Pitkeathly personally. ,
7. These instructions modify those contained in A.A.D. letter No. 8029, dated the 28th April, in so far
as thev concern intimation of shipping, &c.
8 1 attach hereto a list of firms and people in India who may be able to give you information and advice
rega ffi7cop7c“thfettter and enclosures should be handed to the Secretary, Munitions Board, on your arrival
in India.
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The volume contains an illustrated report, with maps, correspondence and statistical data included as appendices, for the Army Council on Mesopotamia [Iraq], prepared by Sir John Prescott Hewett for the War Office, dated 10 March 1919. The report focuses on: a) the administration and expenditure of agricultural and irrigation schemes put in place in Mesopotamia for 1918 and 1919, and administered by the Imperial Government; b) the extent to which expenditure on agriculture and irrigation schemes, charged against Imperial Army Funds, is necessary for the prosecution of war; c) infrastructure development in Mesopotamia (facilities at Basrah [Basra] port; railways; telegraphs, telephones and post; water supply; electrical and mechanical installations), and questions of their financial support through military and civil funds.
The appendices include: maps illustrating the scope and geographical detail of the agricultural and irrigation schemes; correspondence providing context into the circumstances surrounding the need for and implementation of the schemes; statistical data, including: irrigation scheme expenditure; capacity at Basrah port; valuation of the dockyard; admission rates for Indian troops and followers with scurvy for the years 1916, 1917 and 1918; valuation of telegraph apparatus, telephone lines.
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- 1 volume (53 folios, 5 maps)
- Arrangement
The report is divided into paragraphs numbered 1 through to 82, with paragraph subjects and page numbers provided in an index preceding the report (f 3v). A list of the appendices, numbered I through to XXVIII follows the report (f 35). Appendices I-IV are maps (ff 52-56), enclosed in the sleeve at the back of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 57; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:6v, 7v:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:16v, 17v:18v, 20r:20v, 21v:23v, 25r:26v, 28r:29v, 30v:51v, back-i, back
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