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The camels carrying stores to the first two depots would return
to Nushki and would be available for the equipment of troops ; those
for the 3rd and 4th depots would proceed to Robat to assist in
stocking the last section of the road and to avoid congestion on the
road back to Nushki.
The total thus comes to 6,960 camels for stocking the road.
Assuming that camels can be collected at Nushki at the rate of
one camel corps a day after the 15th day of mobilization and that
echelons of 1 camel corps (880 useful loads after deducting spare,
etc.) start on alternate days commencing from the 16th, the last
echelon would leave Nushki on the 30th day and the first echelon
of troops might start on the 32nd day. Allowing 32 days for
the march to Nasratabad and for echelons of the strength mention
ed above, a division, less mounted troops and with all camel
transport, might be concentrated in Sistan in 32-{-32-1-36^=100,
say 120 days or 4 months from the date of orders to mobilize.
4. An advance from Enzali.—Pa t II, fa ag aph 80.
Any calculations regarding the rate of development along
routes in Northern Persia must be very approximate, as the data
available are so uncertain. The first step to be taken would pre
sumably be to stock a depot at Kazyin for the supply of troops
en route to Tehran or Hamadan, Kazvln is a town of 40,000
inhabitants, and fair quantities of supplies are available in
the surrounding district, while large quantities could be imported
from the Zinjan district, distance 40 miles.
As Kazvin is in effective occupation by Russian troops there
should be no difficulty in collecting supplies for the leading
detachments. To supplement these, however, a line of supply from
the base would probably be necessary later on. It is hard to say
what class of transport would be used for this purpose. Local
transport is entirely pack and consists of camels, mules and
donkeys, of which very large numbers work along the road to
Enzali. It is probable, however, that these would be supplemented
by housed carts or motor transport from Russia.
The 3rd Caucasian Army Corps has a strength of 49,200 men
15,380 animals (Table C), and it can be concentrated at Enzali on
the 34th day from the date of orders to mobilize [Part II, para
graph 42 (2)] ; it will require 200 tons per dicn to supply it with
rations, grain and fodder. (S. S., N.-W. F., Table B.) These 15,380
equipment animals carry 9 days' food for men, less 2 days' meat on