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Diary No. 10 of the Military Attache, Meshed, for the week ending the 9th
March 1912.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Communications,
Railways.
83. Tashkend Line. Snowdrifts .— A passenger train was brought to a stand
still on the 21st February by a snowdrift at verst 1,920, but was extricated after 2
hours delay by a gang of workmen carried on the train.
84. Kokand-Namangan Branch. —Passenger and goods traffic has now been
opened provisionally between Chust and the right bank of the Syr Darya.
History.
85. Disorders .— A sharp faction fight has occurred at the village of Karmysh
in the Khojent district, 6 persons being killed and 12 wounded before any efforts
to separate the combatants could be made.
A case of Lynch law is reported from Assake in Ferghana. Seven persons
were awaiting the investigation of a charge of robbery against them by the Civil
Administration when the inhabitants, who had been terrorised by the robbers for
a considerable period, set on them and killed them all.
86. Capture of brigand—One Mahmud Khan, as associate of Joju of Daragez
notoriety, who had been committing robberies in Trans-Caspia, was surrounded
by the mounted scouts of the 17th Turkistan Rifle Regiment and captured together
with eleven of his band. He was conveyed to Askhabad prison where Joju himself
is confined for assault on a civil guard. The sentence of Joju expires shortly and
he will be at liberty to add to the tale of the embarassments of the Khorasan
authorities.
87. Aviation.—The aviator Syedef has been carrying out experiments
in bomb-dropping from an aeroplane at Askhabad. He has also successfully made
flights carrying two passengers.
88. Malaria in Turkistan.—The sanitary authorities at Tashkend have been
turning their attention of recent years to the prevention of malaria in the Tashkend
district, apparently without great success as 40,000 cases were registered in 1911
against 46,000 in 1909.
89 Bokhara.— M. Somof, appointed Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bokhara some time ago,
was recently expected to arrive there to take over his duties from M. Ryeshetof
who has been acting for him for about a year.
Enthnography.
90 Popular Education at Tashkend.—By the ^utumn of the current year,
the Tashkend Town Council hopes to have 53 primary schools for 50 pupils each
ooen at Tashkend. The total expenditure on popular education for the year
1912-13 amounts to 94,321 rubles, towards which sum a subsidy of 21,250 rubles
will be contributed by the Ministry of Education.
Military.
91. Materiel. Two of the 6 Maxim guns, recently received at Charjui, have
been despatched to Petre-Alexanderovsk.
A large consignment of small-arms ammunition has been received at the Arsenal
at Tashkend, and a large number of rifles, together with ammunition, has been
despatched thence S. by rail, and to Semiryechia by cart convoy.
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