'Military Lessons of the Arab Rebellion in Palestine 1936' [‎44v] (93/294)

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students* strikes, hotels were at a standstill vith^no tourist traffic p oc
port workers had struck in the transit sheds at Jafxa ? the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Pair
at Tel Aviv was in a state of decay; and all were made use of to accoia.
modate troops, Jerusalem presented the most difficulty, since it con- wi1
tained the largest concentration of troops and many of its schools, I a c
hospices etc,, were foreign owned. Here the appointment of a Town se.
Major, who worked in the offices of the District Administration, por
facilitated matters considerably. It was also necessary to appoint op(
Claims Officers in the areas to assess damages to property and, in close' th<
co-operation with the civil authorities, to deal with extensive and
complicated claims from billet owners of every imaginable race and
creed. Before the coming of the rains in early November it was essentia; ^
to get all troops under cover, and this presented a formidable problem
as the end of the rebellion saw many prospective billets reverting to ca .
their normal uses. In the end however most units were found billets of ^
some sort, while the rest were provided with temporary hutments erected
in a very short time by utilising the entire R.E. resources of the Force
for the purpose. Rer
THE SERVICES |
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Survey Service 1 th<
A Corps Survey Section accompanied the Emergency Force from England l
Prior to its arrival the Government Survey Department at Jaffa took the gu]
place of a military survey service.
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Chaplains and G rav es S ervices
The organization of the Chaplains Service was normal and calls for Qai
no special comment, except perhaps to mention the work of the Chaplains
in conducting tours of religious sites which did much to occupy the
troops in the time which occurred between the end of the rebellion and th
the evacuation of the Emergency Force. i- n
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No G-raves Service was required, since all burials were carried out ne
in the military cemetery at Ramleh under arrangements made by the R.A.F, mu<
General Hospital at Sarafand. Pa;
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Medical Service
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An account of the work of the medical service is contained in
Appendix VI. r^ r
Pay Service
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Up to September pay duties were performed by army pay offices in w i
Egypt. kith the arrival of the Emergency Force, Command and Regimental an
Pay Offices were opened in Palestine, the former in Jerusalem and the me
latter in Haifa.
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Provost Service en
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It is an interesting reflection upon the high standard of disciple
under conditions of long hours and hard work to note that no military wh
police were required in Palestine prior to the arrival of the Emergenc) ^
Force. In the latter appropriate Corps, Divisional and L. of C. Provo^ at
units were included. [ as
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Labour and Hirings Service I S V
The duties of these services were carried out by civil government wo
officials in conjunction with officers of the administrative staffs?
Tov/n Majors and Claims Officers. Convict labour was used to a certam
extent, though the government
being used to provide labour.
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