ملف ٥٢٥٧\١٩١٩ "بلاد فارس: اللجنة العسكرية" [ظ‎‎٩‎٦] (٥٣٤/١٩٩)

20
-k *
Ranks.
Officers
Senior n.c.os.
Vakil clerks
Clerks
Storemen
Armourers
Carpenters
Wheelers
Saddlers
Bootmakers
Tailors
Tinsmiths
Blacksmiths
Labourers
Total
Main Depots.
Area Depots.
transit Depots,
Burujird,
Tabriz,
Seistan
Dozdap,
Hamadan.
Shiraz.
Birjand.
Kerman.
Tehran,
Meshed,
Ispahan.
&nd Qasri
Shirin.*
hushire
huucbiA
AbbassJ
3
1
1
1
..
6
5
5
2
• *
• .
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
6
4
4
2
2
3
2
15
11
11
7
5
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
. .
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
4
3
3
1
1
5
3
3
1
1
. #
10
6
6
2
2
• •
5
3
3
1
2
. .
5
3
3
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
20
10
10
6
5
10
0
93
59
59
33
29
21
14
* The depot at Seistan is not a transit depot but an issue depot on a similar scale.
202 . The Commission recommend that the Ordnance Service officers and n.c.os,
be obtained from the army at large by volunteers as recommended in the case of the
Works Service in paragraph 193. Intending applicants for service in the Ordnance
doing a course at one of the large depots.
(xi.) Organisation of the Supply Service.
Duties.
203. The duties of the Supply Service are to furnish the army with its needs in
articles that are consumed, i.e., food, forage, fuel, oil, petrol, &c., as opposed to
articles that are used or worn, such as equipment, munitions and clothing,- which it
is the function of the Ordnance Service to supply.
Source of Supply.
204. The principal articles of supply as regards rations and forage are wheat,
barley, straw, meat, roghan, rice and fuel.
Wheat, barley and straw .—fin a normal year a good harvest will produce in each
military Rrea sufficient quantities of these commodities to provide for the needs of
e probable garrison. In certain districts, notably Kermanshah, Azerbaijan and
norasan, the normal surplus is considerable, but in the Northern, Southern and
ou -eastern areas a bad harvest would necessitate the importation of supplies h®
other areas. It may, however, be expected that ordinarily adjustments of supplies
Tv aV R n i a( ^ e th e area, by the issue of substitutes if necessary. Yezd
^ m 8 ^ 11 P ro( * uce insufficient for the civilian population.
ea n °r n< f ai l tr ^ a l are ns sufficient sheep will be procurable for all normal
main! S ’ ln non-tribal areas it may be necessarv to import sheep and
maintain flocks m charge of the supply service. \ F
In uorTt^L^lT ^ 11 s h. ee P'P^ 0 d u ri n S areas sufficient supplies will be procurable locally,
examni; SI hnl imP ° rtat b 0nS T 1 have to be In the Tehran district, for
are met S ImtnS 1S p prCK l l f ed lo , Cally and the need s of the civilian population
ments eTn’h?m!i 1 Lff^ Ce T f* 1 ® North-western and Eastern areas, but the require-
Heu whh tW P"T ai m fr ° m ^ he Cas P ian littora l or substitutes issued m
are normal exceptions sufficient should be procurable in each year if harvests
the oniv fuefohtt^ biff 11,7 u 00(1 being tbe usual form - In certain localities
that a hiffiment sfnnW * Tf t USh f . and stable litte r- It is, however, considered
will in some caseq bp Jen f 8 0und ln ea(: h urea for its requirements, though i
’ Lases ’ be necessary to transport considerable distances.