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‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 58. (From 1st to 31st May 1919.)’ [98r] (200/298)
The record is made up of 1 volume (145 folios). It was created in 29 Mar 1919-31 May 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 80
(Dy. No. 37503)
Word Code telegram No. 6638, dated 16th May 1919.
Keceived in War Section, 17th May 1919.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy,
To—The Right Hon’ble the Secretary of State for India.
Please refer to correspondence ending your telegram of 18th March
21566(N.R.W T .S.). Tigris Flotilla. Colonel Maxwell who was deputed by us to
inspect and catalogue livercraft fleet in Mesopotamia has returned with necessary
data. We propose circulating catalogue after printing to all persons interested.
2. Five paddle steamers impressed from Irrawaddy Flotilla Company have
been returned to Rangoon, and six 125 feet barges supplied from England, also
other small craft obtained from India, are now in Bombay and Karachi.
3. W e should be glad to learn whether negotiations with Lord Inchcape
have materialised, or whether we should now dispose of these crafts. If the
latter, we propose to offer craft obtained in India first to former owners, at
prices based as far as it may be practicable on calculations adopted by River-
craft Arbitration Committee. This basis will, we think, be higher than that
suggested in War Offices telegram 2330 M. R. 3 of February 3rd (N.R.W.S.)
but if negotiations with Lord Inchcape have reached further stage, we should be
glad to know proposals. In any event we should endeavour to obtain maxi
mum price possible, and, if former owners many of whom have shown desire
to re-purchase are not prepared to pay this, would offer these craft and those
obtained from England in open market.
We should explain that we have not the least desire to undertake respon
sibility of sale should War Office desire otherwise, provided that former owners
in India are given option of re-purchase at a reasonable figure. But we would
again strongly urge that this be secured.
Record copy to Q. M. G.
Qopy to Collection, G. S.
90
APPENDIX 81
(Dy. No. 37524)
Telegram P., No. X.-6042, dattd 13th May 1919.
(Despatched 0-35 p.m., received 9-30 p.m., 16th May 1919.)
From—The Gr. O. C., Baghdad,
To—The Secretary, War Office, London.
(Repeated Chief of the General Staff, Simla, and G. O. C., Cairo.)
With reference my telegram No. X.-5889, dated April, 14th (Dy. No. 27503)
*2 changes regret that the figures included 12 18-pr.
Q. F.* Guns and carriages which were
transferred to Britforce and 8 with carriages transferred to the Western Front.
Surplus available for India in your telegram No. 77390, dated April, 25th
(Dy. No. 29999) is reduced accordingly to 18-pr. Q. F. Guns 110, carriages 95,
and 60 B. L. guns nil, carriages Nil 60-pr. B. L. gnns available to be retained
vide your telegram No. 77391, dated^April, 25th (Dy. No. 30002) will bo
reduced to five guns and two carriages.
Working copy to G. S. (S. D. 1).
Copy to Q. M. G., D. G. O.
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- Content
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 May 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 3-8. The volume concerns:
- Military personnel issues, including the granting of leave, demobilisation of troops, and transfer of units from Mesopotamia to India
- Supply of animals to Force D
- Dispatch of water tanks from Mesopotamia to India
- A report on the performance of Kachin recruits in the 85th Burma Rifles (ff 32-33)
- Dispatch of units from Force D to respond to ‘disturbances’ in India and on the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
- Spread of the ‘Ikhwan movement’ in Bahrein [Bahrain], Kowait [Kuwait], and Mesopotamia
- Intelligence concerning public opinion in Mesopotamia, including: opposition to the British occupation; the preference of ‘leading men’ for direct British administration; and hostility towards the involvement of Sheikh Faisul [Shaikh Fayṣal bin Al-Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] in the post-war Government
- The number of troops required to occupy Mesopotamia
- Railway construction in Mesopotamia
- Reports of ‘serious disorders’ at Sulaimaniyah [Sulaymaniyah] and a ‘serious rising’ in southern Kurdistan led by Sheikh Mahmud [Shaikh Maḥmūd Barzanjī]
- Matters relating to the administration of Mesopotamia, including: arrangements for the financial management of British administration; conditions of employment for Army officers hired to work in the civil administration; and the creation of administrative provinces, including an ‘Arab province of Mosul’ and a ‘fringe of autonomous Kurdish States … with British political advisers’
- Maintenance of waterways in Mesopotamia
- Discussion of the creation of a daily train service between Baghdad and Basrah [Basra] carrying mail and passengers.
The volume also contains:
- Weekly return of sick and wounded dated 29 March 1919 (ff 10-11), 5 April 1919 (ff 64-65), 12 April 1919 (ff 108-109), 19 April 1919 (ff 112-114), 26 April 1919 (ff 129-130)
- Distribution and composition of Force D, including details of lines of communication and general organisation, 19 April 1919 (ff 24-38), 1 May 1919 (ff 78-89)
- State of supplies on 30 April 1919 (ff 66-67)
- Strength return of Force D on 12 April 1919 (f 120).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (145 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 147; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand 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 between ff 3-145; 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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