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Inspectors 29, Permanent-way Assistants 51, Shipping stores 1, travelling
station Accounts 1, traffic 3, total Inspectors 90.
Interpreters, Chinese 16, two to speak Canton and remainder Shanghai
dialect. Jemadars crane 10, Lock five, points 9, Shunting 63, total Jema
dars 147. %
Keymen 229, Khalasis Used by the British officials to refer to a non-European labourer, especially one employed on a ship. loading and unloading 50, Bridge 408, Engine
107, total Khallasis 565, Labourers 2,535, Labourers masons 106, lampmen 26,
levellers 25, lifters and repackers 53, machinemen 63, permanent nay and
maintenance mates 177, Labourers mates 91, Motor Mechamcs 5, Steam
engine Mechanics 6, Mistris bench fitter 3, boiler 3, blacksmiths 13, brick-
burner 3, bricklayer 20, carpenter 13, coppersmith 3, electric 2, erecting shop 6,
fitter 23, foundry 2, machineshop 7, millwright 7, painter 2, patternmaker 2,
springsmith 1. trimmer 2, total mistris 112, Moehis 10, Moulders and brass-
moulders 44, Loco Munshis A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. 11, number-takers 9, engineering overseers 32,
engineering sub-overseers 63, letter painters 17, pattern makers 30, plane-
tablers 10, Loeo. platers 12, pointsmen 276, porters 40, shunting porters 111,
quarrymen 46, rivetters in gangs of six 193, shunters, European 8, shunters,
Indian 20, Signallers in charge 3, springsmiths 21, Stationmasters, Indian 14,
Assistant, European 12, Assistant, Indian 94, total Stationmasters, 120, Stone
masons 4, depot storekeepers 4, Loco* storekeepers 3, Stokers and hammermen
100, engineering supervisors 18, supervisors of labour 41, surveyors 20,
sweepers 431, timekeepers 104,tinsmiths 9, toolsmiths 12, tracers 27, trimmers
11, trolleymen 286, turners 88, typists 21, stenotypists 12, watch and ward
keepers 92, wheel tappers and gangers 38, clerks for depots and camps 28,
telephone orderlies 7.
Officers’ pay and Accounts Assistant Examiner of Accounts 1, Stores,
Assistant Superintendent 1, other Officers 2, Construction companies techni
cal officer 1, non-technical officers 7, Railway depots and campsJiCamp
Commandants 2, Camp Adjutant 1, Quartermaster 1, other officer 1.
Engineering and maintenance District and Assistant Engineers 14, Iraffic
District and Assistant Traffic Manager 1, Railway Transport, A. D. Railway
Transport 1, R. T. O. 9, Indian Officer 1.
Grand Total officers 43, other ranks 13,728.
This cancels previous demands and assumes reinforcements will arrive by
January 1st. It allows for 873 time-expired men by January 1st. New
construction companies numbers 122, 123 and 124, are included in above
figures. Eor numbers required for these companies see my R-3286 (3186 P)
October 18th (Dy. No. 83119). This demand includes reinforcements required
for construction companies already in Mesopotamia. Training camps from
which they should he supplied will be notified as soon as information received
from Railways. Maintenance men should be supplied proportionately from
all camps, reference my letter, October 15th, 27522-5—R-3. Survey parties
demanded in my telegram October 18th (Dy. No. 84837) R-3241 will count
against this demand, Survey khalasis Used by the British officials to refer to a non-European labourer, especially one employed on a ship. ranking as labourers. Demand for
signallers being verified.
Railways have not yet replied to yourletter, October 9th, 198M.K. (Dy.
No. 81824) regarding trade categories. Categories urgently required are
boilermakers, assistants Boilermaker, chargemen, boilermaker shed chargemen,
fitter shop chargemen, trimmer chargemen, oil and stationary, engine drivers,
carpenter, shop foremen.
Last four boats for which credit given, Barela arrived October 24th>
Barjora, October 25th, Elephantct) October 26t>h, Bankura^ October 28th. No
credit given for any reinforcements en route.
Working copy to A. G.
Copy to M. S. C., Q. M. G., G. S. (S. D. 1.)
APPENDIX 271.
DIARY No. 91934.
Word Code telegram, No. A.-9595, dated 14th November 1918.
(Despatched 7 p.m., received 4 p.m., dated 15th November 1918.)
From—The General Officer Commanding, Baghdad,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
Your letter 25th May, 04730-2-A. G., Mob. 2 (Diary No. 41638), and
continuation my A.-2413-10, August 16tb, 1918, (Diary No. 71611), reference .
my remarks on paragraph 2 (e) of scheme request information whether my
plan has been approved. British personnel to take up employment on railway
in this country.
Working copy to A. G.
Copy to M. S. 0., Q. M. G., G. S, (S. D. 3., 8. D. 1.)