File 160/1916 Pt 3 'German War: Persia; Sir P Sykes' mission. Officers for South Persia Military Police; South Persia Rifles' [‎27r] (58/374)

No. 31 op 1919.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
POST AND TELEGRAPH ESTABLISHMENTS.
To
THE BIGHT HONOURABLE EDWIN MONTAGU,
Sis Majesty s Secretary of State for India,
Delhi, the 20th November 1919,
Sir,
We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No.
11 -Telegraph, dated the 11th October 1918, forwarding, for our observations
and recommendations, a representation addressed to you by Dr. P. 0. Woollatt
of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, regarding bis pay and allowances
while holding the appointment of Medical Officer of the South Persia
Rifles.
2. As intimated in our telegram No. 2264, dated the 23rd April 1919, we
referred the matter to the Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles, and enclose
a copy of the correspondence with him on the subject. The prayers of the
Memorialist are dealt with below.
( 1 ) That the charges brought against him be unreservedly withdrawn.
These may be summarised as:—
(a) Unsatisfactory work,
(b) Insubordination, and
(c) Refusal to curtail private practice, -y-
With regard to this prayer and the charges stated therein, we would in
vite your attention to the remarks conveyed in paragraphs 6 to 11 of the letter
from the Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles No. 540-2-A., dated the 14th
May 1919. In view of what is therein stated we are inclined to the opinion
that, in spite of previous good service, the attitude adopted by Dr. Woollatt
during the latter part of his service was distinctly insubordinate, and that
there is nothing which would warrant our ordering the Assistant Director,
Medical Services, South Persia Rifles, to withdraw his official statements.
( 2 ) That he be granted some Imperial Decoration or Order.
As the Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles, has definitely decided not to
recommend Dr. Woollatt for a decoration, we do not consider that this prayer
need be considered further.
(3) That he be granted pay as originally sanctioned by the Inspector-
General, South Persia Rifles, prior to the 21st May 1917, the date on which
he was granted a temporary commission in the Indian Medical Service.
As Sir P. Sykes definitely promised that Dr. Woollatt should receive pay
at the rate of 300 Tumans a month from the 15th November 1916 to the 20th
May 1917, and as the latter was actually paid at that rate during the above
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