File 5257/1919 'Persia: the Military Commission' [‎41v] (87/534)

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i a' «. o mprlipal examination for fitness, and the course lasts nine
by examination, including a n competitive and determines the seniority
Th* fPK ““ “utaVmt examinations and there are no pension’,
of the candidates. There ar « from the ranks. Suitable men are appointed
or gratuities. Omcers are ai y . • .1 t become officers.
aSpi T^Tlre f 1elec?e“from P the ranks and usually by seniority. There is an
n.o.„? Xof.” San. SSe'X"^ Stf
from regiments, ^ special enhstment ^ to and write Per
rKVnSX by peri. PromS.ion ieusu.U, by seniority.
The rates of pay are as follows in krans per mon .
Swedish Commandant
Other Swedish officers
Naib Sarhang
Yavar
Sultan I ..
Sultan II ..
Naib I ..
Naib II
3,000
1.500
1.500
1,200
900
650
500
400
Aspiran II
Aspiran III
Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. I ..
Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. II ..
Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. III ..
Sar-i-jugheh
Tabin I
Tabin II ..
230
220
120
100
80
60
60
50
The Swedish officers, in addition to the above rates of pay, get free quarters,
free servants, free fuel and light and free horses.
All other ranks receive sixteen seers of wheat per day plus a money allowance
of 1 kran per man per day. On detached duty the latter is paid to the men, but at
unit headquarters it is paid into a messing fund from whrch the men are ted.
Kitchens and bakeries are maintained by these units.
Men are housed in Government barracks where these exist, as is the case m most
places. Occasionally buildings have to be hired, which are paid for. from a supple
mentary budget.
Miscellaneous.—The system of drill and training is Swedish, the words of
command being translated into Persian. Owing to road guard and similar duties
which the force has to perform, the men get little training after they have done their
recruits’ course. There is no regular system of musketry training nor any
ammunition allowed for it.
Under its existing organisation the force has acquired an appreciable degree
of efficiency, and is probably the most useful force, controlled solely by the Persian
Government, which exists in the country. Its organisation goes considerably beyond
the scope of a road police, which is the ordinarily accepted function of a gendarmerie.
As it stands the gendarmerie is a military force, but without the training necessary
for serious operations.
55. Cost .—The annual cost of the gendarmerie, at its present strength, is about
30,400,000 krans.
(vii.) TKe Amnia.
56. General .—In many provinces there exists an Amnia or road police,
administered by local governors. The numbers and cost of these cannot be ascertained
accurately, but probably amounts to a million krans per annum. Their rates of pay
are variable, and in some cases they are a menace rather than a security to the routes
tney are supposed to guard.
Police Forces Proper.
a re S u ^ ar . P°^ ce ex t en ds only to the towns of Tehran, Kazv:
i ^ u ? ctlon s a re those of ordinary town police, but even
these towns it does not perform all police duties, such as guarding private houi
Its totaKfrln Tk 0n fTU le numbers of troo ps are used to supplement
58 ^® wedl 1 sh officers and 2,250 Persians, including officers.
Oro-aniser in chief with th * 6 P ?- llce c< ^ ls -‘ sts of a headquarters, under a Swedi
Meshed mm h The th ® P ol , lce , of T ehran (1,310), Resht (370), Kazvin (200) a
and in thetownPUrS S ^? dlsh °* cers act as instructors both at headquarti
Tabriz e P 01<e organisation is being extended
n c os 59 \vfrTwo e rdsTP Ve 7 , poli “ man is with a Russian rifle, officers a
n.c.os. with swords and automatic pistols, while a number of policemen cai