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Indian Expeditionary Force 'D', General Routine Orders (incomplete) [290r] (594/774)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (379 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1915-10 Jul 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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GENERAL
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No General Re utine\
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ceember.
Routine Orders
BY
LIEUT.-GENERAL W. R. MARSHALL
COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF, MESOPOTAMIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
K.C.B.
Courts Martial
Discipline .
Dress—Officers
Health
Orders
Pay
Scale of Punishment
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5th 1917.
Adjutant General’s Branch.
0.832. No. 243,Labourer Onkar, Jail Labour Corps, was tried by Summary
Venera Court Martial, on the following charge :
" Deserting the Service "
untie sentence of the Court was “To suffer death by being hanged by the neck
The sentence was duly carried out at 6.30 a.m. on the 19th November, 1917.—A-1637.
. 833. ! a) The attention of all concerned is drawn to the instructions contained in
J he training and employment of Bombers,” pages 14, 15, 16. 17 and 18, as regards
precautions to be taken against accidents during instruction, •
(b) Attention is also drawn to General Routine Order, No. 1713, of 1916.-—A-1772.
834. To General Routine Order No. 1690, of 1916, as amended by General
Routine Order No. 593, of 1917, add
Deputy Assistant Director of Works.
Deputy Assistant Director of Local Resources.
835. In consequence of the prevalence of pneumonia and bronchitis among
Indian troops and followers, it is important that such men should be warmly clad
between sunset and sunrise.—A-1172[32. (
836. List No. 48 of Appointments, Promotions, etc., has been issued to those
concerned.
837. It has come to notice that men proceeding on leave, are in the habit of
drawing the whole amount of pay to which by their pay books they are shown to be
entitled before leaving, and thus money which has been brought out to this country is
taken back to India.
Such payments are to be restricted to the lowest possible limits. A-1397.
838. The powers of the Officers enumerated below, when dealing with offences
committed by natives of the country, are limited as shown in this order and all previous
orders on the subject are hereby cancelled :—
Assistant Political Officer.
(1) Those who have exercised the powers of a first-class magistrate in India
or Egypt, or who have already exercised such powers for not less than 12
months whilst serving in the Political Department in the occupied
territories.
Powers of punishment : —
Rigorous Imprisonment up to 2 years.
Fine 1,000
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
30 Lashes.
(2) Assistant Political Officers other than those mentioned in (1).
G.S.O. IL I (b), G.H.Q.
Powers of punishment : —
Rigorous Imprisonment up to 6 months.
Fine 200
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
30 Lashes
Director and Deputy Directors, Labour" .
Controller of Native Craft.
Adjutant Mahelas, Basrah.T
A.T.O. Mahelas, Baghdad.!
Officer-in-charge Pass Bureau, Baghdad.
Area ’ ommandants at the Base.
Administrative Commandant, Nahr Lmr.
Powers of punishment:—
Rigorous Imprisonment up to 3 months.
Fine 200
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
15 Lashes. \
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The volumes contain the General Routine Orders [until 25 September 1916 referred to as Force Routine Orders] by the Commander of Indian Expeditionary Force D between 28 December 1915 and 10 July 1918, along with annexures to these orders and lists issued with the orders. Topics covered include:
- Appointments and promotions
- Equipment and supplies
- Clothing and rations
- Arrangements for postal and telegraphic communications
- Changes to the organisation of Force D
- Details of those in receipt of honours and rewards
- Compensation awarded
- Interpreters: discharges, postings, and transfers
- Accounts and expenditure
- Pay and allowances
- Reports and forms to be submitted
- Details of Courts Martial
- Local temperature readings and other meteorological observations
- Lists of candidates who have passed the Field Service Tests in Arabic and Turkish.
There are also Orders of the Day relating to the above subjects, as well as two Special Orders of the Day containing messages to the armed forces from George V of Great Britain and Ireland (f 95) and Mary, Queen Consort of George V (f 367).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (379 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-188) and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 189-378); these numbers are printed 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 308a.
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