"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [ظ‎‎٩‎٨] (٣٩٦/٢٠٣)

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL RESIDENCY
Consul it was eventually changed, the Kerman mail coming direct from Baft
in two days and a subsidiary service being arranged between Baft and Saidabad
From April till the end of the year no delays en route occurred worth mention
ing, and letters took from nine to twelve days from Bandar Abbas instead of the
previous three to six weeks. During the summer the Bost Office was forced by
lack of transport to discontinue the carriage of parcels, and an arrangement
was made with the South Bersia Eifles whereby private parcels were carried
by their tri-weekly caravans by the Saidabad-Tarum route. This unsatisfactory
system appears recently to have been discontinued.
British Interests.-— Wiq progress made by the Kerman Brigade, South Pe r8 i a
Rifles, during the year under report may
South ersia i es. be gauged 'by examining the following
statements of their strength and composition in March 1917 and March 198
respectively
Kerman Brigade, South Persia Rifles only, March 1917.
Unit.
British
Officers.
British Non
commissioned
Officers and
Warrant
Officers,
Penian
Officers.
Persian otker
Banks.
*
1st Cavalry
« •
8
5
u
' 500
2nd Infantry . „
•
2
6
11
610
2nd Artillery . . ,
• •
1
3
s
62
Supply and Transport Corps .
•
1
1
1..
12
Field Ambulance . . .
.
1
...
2
26
Garrison Band
•
...
1
1
21
Total
8
16
31
1,231
Kerman Brigade, South Fersia Bifles only, March 1918.
Unit.
\ British
Officers.
British
Noti-Commis
sioned Officers
and Warrant
Officers.
Persian
Officers.
Persian
other Banks.
i Total.
let Cavalry . .
2
5
22
508
537
2nd Infantry •
3
3
15
476
497
6tb » ...
1
3
18
639
661
2nd Artillery . , ,
1
4
6
204
215
2nd Mounted Machine Gun
Squadron.
1
1
2
49
58
2nd Field Company Engineers .
1
• • •
2
116
119
Field Ambulance , ,
3
1
10
133
147
Pack Mule Corps ,
1
1
195
197
V eterinary Hospitai
1
1
1
28
31
S, P. R, Camel and Donkey
Corps, Sirjan.
1
3
...
156
160
Carried over ,
15
22
76
2,504
2,617