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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 60. (From 1st to 31st July 1919.)’ [101r] (206/252)
The record is made up of 1 volume (124 folios). It was created in 10 May 1919-31 Jul 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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The services of these men are urgently required in connection with the
foundation of an efficient service such as will meet both Military and Civil
requirements, and will help materially in the return to India of some of the
permanent Staff belonging to and urgently required by the Indian Govern
ment.
It is desired that these men, if obtainable, should arrive in Mesopotamia
on or as soon as possible after October 1st 1919.
Their contracts would commence from the date of arrival at Basrah.
The conditions of service are as shewn in the attached Contract Porm.
The following Cadre of the Civil Telegraph Department shows the men’s
prospects if permanently employed.
Director—
Executive Engineers ......
Assistant Engineers ......
Inspectors, 1st grade ......
Do. 2 nd grade ...•••
Do. 3rd grade ......
General Service Operators . . . , .
Charge Allowance payable to General Service Operators
Charge allowances ......
Do.
Do. .......
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
per mensem,
800—50—1,250.
500—25—750.
450—15—540.
350—15—440.
250—15—340.
200—15—350.
150.
100 .
50.
25.
The following are the appointments offered :—
(1) Fifteen telegraphists on three year contracts, at Bs. 250 per month,
with prospects of permanent employment on expiry of Con
tract.
Conditions as shewn in attached Contract Form.
Qualifications : —
Age between 21 and 25.
IJnmarried.
Medically fit.
Morse sending and receiving at not less than 28 words per minute.
Qualified Wheatstone Operators.
Elementary Technical knowledge.
(2) Five telegraphists on three year contracts at Rs. 300 per month,
with prospects of permanent employment. Conditions and
qualifications same as under (1) but:—
Age between 25 and 30.
Must have practical experience of repeater working. Must have
passed British Post Office Departmental Technical Examination.
(8) Three Wheatstone Machanics on three year contracts, at Rs. 250
per month with prospect of permanent employment on expiry of
contract conditions as shewn in attached Contract Form.
Qualifications
Age between 25 and 30.
Unmarried.
Medically fit.
Thorough knovledge of Wheatstone, Creed and Cell Instruments.
As you are aware the Telegraph Department is at present under the
control of the Army in the same way as the Railways.
Working copy to Q. M. G.
Copy to A. G., D. G. P. & T., G. S. (S. D. 1).
APPENDIX 112
(Dy. No. 65531.)
Word code telegram No. 65531-A.G.-3, dated 29th July 1919.
(Despatched 8 p.m., 29th July 1919.)
From—The Commander-in-Chief in India, Simla,
q 0 —The General Officer Commanding, Force “ D/’ Baghdad.
The General Officer Commanding, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Cairo.
The General Officer Commanding, Bushire Field Force.
Shortage of R. E. Officers for work on North West Frontier has become
very serious. Can you possibly spare any from your Force. Quite possible
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The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 1 and 31 July 1919. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: telegrams, memoranda, and tables.
An index to the contents of this volume can be found at folios 3-7.
The volume concerns:
- Supply of food, weaponry, construction materials, and other items to Force D
- Military personnel issues, including reinforcements, demobilisation, and travel and accommodation arrangements for families of soldiers
- Railway construction in Mesopotamia
- Intelligence concerning a planned ‘Pan-Islamic upheaval after Ramzan [Ramaḍān]’
- Discussion of the activities of the King-Crane Commission
- Discussion of propaganda produced by ‘Feisal’ [Fayṣal Al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] calling for the ‘complete Independence of Arabia’
- British censorship of telegrams, photographs, and newspapers
- Disposal of surplus weaponry by Force D
- Report on the conditions in South Kurdistan following the defeat and capture of ‘Sheikh Mahmud’ [Shaikh Maḥmūd Barzanjī]
- Financial administration of Mesopotamia
- Matters relating to the government of Mesopotamia, including: requests by Arab officers for a ‘purely national Civil Government in Mesopotamia’; British opposition to greater involvement of local populations in government; and the usefulness of Mesopotamia for British policy in the wider Middle East
- Assessment by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. of the conditions in Basrah [Basra] and Nasiriyeh [Nasiriyah] (ff 54-55)
- Discussion of violence in Central Kurdistan, including: the killing of administrative officials by ‘local Gendarmerie’; reports of Kurds near Amadia [Amadiya] ‘attacking Christian villages’; and British preparations for ‘quietening the district’
- The appointment of Colonel William Nafew Haskell as the Allied High Commissioner in Armenia
- Events in Persia [Iran], including: the surrender of high profile rebels: the activities of Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] tribes; and British attempts to recruit Persian Kurds to fight ‘in case of incursion by Bolsheviks’.
The volume also contains:
- Weekly returns of sick and wounded for the weeks ending 24 May 1919 (ff 9-10), 31 May 1919 (ff 16-17), 7 June 1919 (ff 39-41), 14 June 1919 (ff 67-68), 21 June 1919 (ff 77-78), and 28 June 1919 (ff 92-94)
- Ration strength of Force D on 10 May 1919 (ff 36-38), 5 July 1919 (ff 43-44), 12 July 1919 (f 58), 19 July 1919 (f 81), and 26 July 1919 (f 109)
- Distribution of Force D including details of lines of communication, 1 July 1919 (ff 110-122).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (124 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 124; 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-122; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
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- ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 60. (From 1st to 31st July 1919.)’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:123v, back-i
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