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'Railways Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communications] Policy, Vol. II' [83r] (165/274)
The record is made up of 1 file (135 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1917-24 Jun 1918. 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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I'sombined with a fleet service completed up to full pro-
gramme tonnage of 2600 could be delivered at advance!
QHCM/W U*A/Vx
base da.ily. This could theoretically (group apparso
omit-Led) forco of 1 Cavalry and 8 Infantry divisions or 1
Cavalry and 10 Infantry divisions if looal production
,1s working successfully* Ov/ing to spamodic nature of
certain traffics from overseas and to difficulties
of transhipment at 2 points these estimates should be
reduced to 1 Cavalry and 7 Infantry divisions or 1
Cavalry and S Infantry divisions respectively.
I have assumed in mating above estimates that
scale and quality of equipment and personnel supplied
to railways will In future be Improved up to standard
essential for carrying heavy traffic efficiently.
Ir conclusion I would like attention drawn to following
points . If Tigris rout©: is maintained and until reliable
bridge is placed over Gurmat Ali River large proportion
of shipping must discharge at Nahr Umar, and each ship
discharging there will take on an average 1 extra day
on the round trip as compared with discharging at Magil ■>
Monthly loss entailed to shipping thereby estimated at
approximately 6,1 ship days, or equivalent of 3 round;
trios per month. As represented In wire T/24/23LD" Feb.
2nd from Government of India, Mesopotamia transport
commission, at present time locomotive position is
ed
consideriog: critical, and even if measures proposed; are
st once put in hand for some time to come no material
relief can be expected.,.
Transportation services cannot now cope wi + h
irmedietc requirements of force and forwarding of
certain important stores cannot be carried out. In Ky
opinion it would be a grave step to take to throw on
communi oat ions thus hampered further burden of tramp < -
ing construction material required for constructiiv
mm rah ~ Kut el Amara link. Although through rai> *y
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The file, marked secret, contains correspondence and notes regarding rail and river transportation in Mesopotamia [Iraq] during the First World War. The papers cover several matters, including:
- The construction, conversion, maintenance, and expansion of the railways in the region, including regular progress reports from the Director of Railways, Baghdad
- Military operations targeting the Turkish railways in Palestine
- Planning and progress of the Mesopotamia Transport Commission
- Supply of railway materials, rolling stock, and personnel
- Postwar railway policy in India and Mesopotamia
- The question of substituting oil fuel for coal supply in river and rail transport.
Correspondents include: the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Egypt; the Chief of Imperial General Staff; Director of Railways, Baghdad; the War Office; the Commander-in-Chief, Army Headquarters, India; the Major General Sir Henry Francis Edward Freeland, Chairman of the Mesopotamia Transport Commission; the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia; the Chief of the General Staff, India; the Director General of Movements and Railways, War Office; and the Assistant Director of the Inland Water Transport, Mesopotamia.
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- 1 file (135 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the rear to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 137; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are written in coloured crayon.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/788
- Title
- 'Railways Mesopotamia and L of C [Lines of Communications] Policy, Vol. II'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:136v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence