Indian Expeditionary Force 'D', General Routine Orders (incomplete) [‎327v] (671/774)

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Medical
Hospital Equipment
Movements
Orders
Railways
Economy
Telegraphic
Addresses
Boots, Officers -
Repair of
Telegraphic
Communications
Money—Casual
Remittances
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167. It has been brought to notice that in some cases the ration of lime juice is
not being consumed.
As this commodity is introduced into the scale of rations for medicinal reasons
Commanding Officers, especially of Indian troops, are to ensure that the ration is drawn
and consumed.
168 Attention is invited to Army Council Instruction 408, of 1916. No indents
for articles of Government supply are to be submitted to the Red Cross or IP
voluntary organisations.—A-2200.
169. With reference to General Routine Order No. 42, of 12th January 1918
Indian Army Forms F-597 and 598, may be obtained direct from Advanced Base
Stationery Supply Depot, or D.A.D.S.S., Basrah, on application by officers commanding
units.—A-2054.
170. Officers are forbidden to travel, except on duty, in the areas of formation,
other than their own, without first obtaining the permission of the G.O.C. the area
0-1807.
171. List No. 7 of Appointments, Promotions, etc, has been issued to
concerned. P
172. The metre gauge Railway Station on the left bank Tigris E. p
and near the Bab-at-Talism, will, when completed, be known as Baghdad Fast Baghdad
The broad gauge Railway Station on the right bank Tigris, which up to the present
has been known as Baghdad, will in future be known as Baghdad West." I-(c) 153 2
m. The following telegraphic addresses have been approved and are to be taken
Hubs
FilU
Mobil!
Tab
into use :—
No. 1 ALT. Column ... EMCOLONE
„ 2 „ „ ... Emcoltwo
No. 3 ALT. Column ... EMCOLTHREE
„ 4 „ „ ... EMCOLFOUR
A-1471.
174. To para. 2 of the Annexure to General Routine Order No. 709, of 1917, add:—
All District Irrigation Officers (on subject of water regulation only).
A-188*.
F. F. READY, Major-General,
Deputy Adjutant-General.
Quartermaster General’s Branch.
175. Officers serving with formations, who wish to have their boots repaired by
the Ordnance Department, will send them to the Ordnance Officer of their formation
for transmission to the Ordnance Workshops, Baghdad. After repair the boots will be
returned to the Ordnance Officer concerned for re-issue.
Other officers will make their own arrangements for sending boots to, and removing
them from the Ordnance Workshops at Baghdad, or Basrah as the case may be.
Payment will be recovered on Form “ A ” ; in no case will boots be re-issued after
repair until Form A” has been signed by the officer concerned.
ie scale of charges will be as under :—
Rs.
a.
Half soled and heeled
Riveted
2
10
Half soled ...
,9 see
2
4
Whole soled and heeled
»9 • • •
3
6
Half soled and heeled
Hand-sewn
2
10
Half soled ...
...
2
4
Whole soled and heeled
... 3
12
Heeled
0
10
Hob-nailing toes
. ... ... ...
0
3
Hob-nailing soles and heels
• ... • • • ...
0
3
Q-24.
176. The following extract from War Office letter No. 114/Gen. No./5773, of 24th
November, 1917, is published for information and compliance :—
The Army Council have had under review the continued growth in Army
expenditure and the unparalleled scale on which it, with other national expenditure, is
increasing the financial burdens of the nation in the present and the future. The
Council fully appreciate the work that has already been accomplished in the field of
economy, both through the initiative of Commands and in response to their previous
appeals, but they are anxious to impress once more upon General Officers Commanding,
and upon all officers of whatever rank or seniority, the paramount importance of a
sustained effort for economy in both expenditure and man-power
The ( ouncil have had before them reports rendered by General Officers Commanding
in the course of last year which show many valuable results effected by careful
administration. The constant inspection of units with a view to saving personnel, the
careful scrutiny of establishments- of staffs and departments, the fullest use of existing
accommodation in lieu of hiring or billeting, strict control of the use of motor transport,
the prevention of waste of all kinds ,in regard to food-stuffs, stores and animals, close
supervision over the consumption of coal, light and water—these and other examples
will readily occur to General Officers ( ommanding It is not, however, the Council’s
object to deal in this letter with particular examples, but rather to emphasise the
fundamental principle that in existing circumstances the avoidance of waste, besides
eing a duty to the taxpayer, is also a matter of primary military importance in its
bearing on the nation s capacity to bear a prolonged strain. It must be remembered
that the cost of stores and materials represents mainly the wages of the labour employed
in their manufacture or in other services (such as sea or rail transport) of a civilian
character, and the amount of the expenditure upon them is therefore an index of the
extent to which the man-power of the nation is being absorbed in this direction. Such
in it aditureit ° U f measured in money, is ultimately man-power, and every economy
of in war here ease of man-power for more effective employment in the prosecution
of It should be realised that, with forces on the scale at present existing, economies
aggregate and importance in an individual case may have important results in the
the war ‘ he every saving effected assists directly in the efficient prosecution of
In connection with the above a letter is being issued to all concerned.