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fulfil the prescribed conditions. Indents for ribbon required for
this purpose will be submitted forthwith to the Chief Ordnance
Officer, Lahore.
2. Claims for the medal and clasp on behalf of all eligible per
sonnel will be submitted in accordance with the following instruc
tions. The usual channel for official correspondence will he observed
in the submission of all claims.
3. The claims of all personnel will be prepared on the prescribed
form (D. D.—Medal-79), printed copies of which can be obtained
from the Manager, Forms Press, 166, Dharamtalla Street, Calcutta.
No other form will be used for the submission of claims.
4. The claims will be submitted, in duplicate, to the Assistant-in-
Charge, Medal Section, Defence Department, South Block, Imperial
Secretariat, New Delhi. TJhe names of K. C. Os., K. C. I. Os., I. C.
Os., V. C. Os., British and Indian warrant officers will be entered *n
order of rank, and those of British and Indian non-commissioned offi
cers and men, civilians and followers will be entered in alphabetical
order. The rolls of officers and other ranks will be kept separate,
and in all cases the names will be typewritten or hand printed. Offi
cers commanding units and local heads of departments (the A. D. S.
and T. of the district in the case of B. I. A. S. C. officers) will take
particular care to ensure the correctness of the rolls and of the
several entries therein, before submission, as they will he held respon
sible for the validity of the claims put forward in each case.
5. Officers commanding units concerned of the Indian Army will
prepare the rolls of those entitled to the medal and clasp, including
therein officers and others of other units or departments entitled to
the medal and clasp and who at the time of the conclusion of the quali
fying periods for the medal, were borne on the strength of, or attached
to, their units. The claims of attached officers and men will be pre
pared on separate rolls and forwarded to the officer commanding
the unit to which they permanently belong for inclusion in the rolls
of that unit and for onward transmission. In the case of attached
personnel who qualified for the medal and clasp with another unit,
the officer commanding should take steps to ensure that their claims
are forwarded to such unit for verification and onward transmission.
6. Claims from the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department,
Military Accounts and other civil Departments will be submitted t'o
the Medal Section through the heads of the department concerned.
7. Civil personnel of the categories mentioned below who
rendered full time active service within the geographical and
time limits laid down, are eligible for the award of the medal and
clasp :—
(a) Police, frontier corps, frontier constabulary, and district
levies.
(b) Civil officials of Government.
(c) Civilians, other than Government servants, who were em
ployed in various capacities with the forces of the Crown.
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