"مذكرات الحرب. مقر قيادة الجيش، الهند. [...] قوة المشاة الهندية «د». المجلد ٣٨. الجزءان ١ و٢. (من ١ إلى ٣٠ سبتمبر ١٩١٧)." [و‎‎٣‎٢‎٦] (١٠٠٠/٦٥٦)

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war and the reconstruction cf one small wharf ; and for this there Is an estab-
shment of 9 engineer officers drawing salaries aggregating some Rs. 12,000
a month, in addition to a large staff of subordinates,
I may say that the establishment was drawn up by myself and sanctioned by
the Army Command m \\ hm there was a great deal more vvork in hand, but
although the work has gradually dwindled to almost a negligible quantity, the
establishment remaii s.
8. As l consider myself still, in a measure, responsble, I beg to make the
following remarks and recommendUions :—
(i) Mr. (now temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) L. W. Lewis was brought
from India at. my urgent request, when I was Director-General
of Port Adminis'ration and River Conservancy. He is a very
senior and efficient officer of the Pub’ic Works Department, and
under '.he existing circumstances there is no more need for his
services in Mesopotamia than there is for mine.
(tV) Lieutenant Walton, LA.R., Burma Sappers and Miners, was brought
from Burma at my request and p’aced in charge of all surveys
on the rivers Tigiis and .Euphrates, and on that work being stopped
he was placed on the Hamar Lake. He is an excellent Burmese
scholar and could, I think, be more profitably employed with his
n giment in Mesopotamia.
Rangoon, and who were brought from Prince to join my staff at
Basrah ; Mr. Culbertson, whose substantive appointment is Assis
tant Port Engineer, Karachi.
I consider that Lieutenant Grant (in charge) along with. Liemtenant
O’Rorke, Mr. Culbertson and Mr. Mackintosh would be an ample engineering
establishment for the work in hand and in prospect, out if any of the surveys
and other investigations proposed by me in my reports on the conservancy of
the Shatt-el-Arab river, and the development of the Port of Basrah : aro
sanctioned, I wouM retain Captain Lakin and Mr. Bradshaw 7 *Smith.
Record copy to A.D. (Marine).
Copy to M.S.C., Q.M.G., G.S. (M. 0 .1, M.O. 3.)
Telegram P., No. X.-3750, dated 2tst September 1917. APPENDIX 395
(Despatched 11-20 P.M , received 8-30 A.U , 22nd September 1917.) (Diary No. 64232)
From'—The General Officer Commanding, Fctce “ D,” Baghdad,
To—The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
(Repeated C. I. G. S., London.)
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Captain I akin, I.A.R., was withdrawn from his regiment because
in civil life he is a marine surveyor, but there are now no marine
surveys in progress.
Messrs Mackintosh, Bndshaw 7 -Smith, and Musto, are civil officers
cf the Public Works Department brought from India for river
work.
There remain the following officers, Lieutenant J. G. Grant, R. E.
and Lieutenant G. M. O’Rorke, R. E , wffio are both experienced
dock and harbour engineers, who were previously on my staff in
Telegram No. T, L-333, dated- September 19th, from Caucasus Military
Agency raises the question as to whether, in the event of PrjevalskPs suggestion
being accepted, we should not withdraw our undertaking to maintain Baratofi’s
column on the Dialha.
In my oninion a purely defensive attitude on the part of the Russians would
ive the enemy the opportunity of leaving small containing forces strongly
ntren-hed opposite them and detaching the bulk of his troops to operate
vain^t Baghdad. My efforts have been consistently directed therefore to
rcouragin" the Russians to take the offensive even though it should be limited
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