File 600/1905 Pt 1 'Aden Hinterland: Treaty with Dthala' [‎444v] (150/174)

, „ T^rotjosals in the memorandum, which are on
6. I entirely agre c j an neighbourhood, about half
the principle of employig ^ ^ ^ or der. The strength of the levy has
being fr° m , tracts ,™ m as possible, and I hope that 40 men for a generally hilly
been placed as low a P , considered excessive. They will he fairly
frontier of 60 mlles them wi ii b e continually on the move. The rates of
bard-w r orked, as -ii -Up accented by respectable tribesmen. Less
pay are the smallest that -*ll o he a^epted^y^ ^ riff _ raff who ^ |
pay, if taken a ‘ all ^ h ^ t y he k inferior position, would be likely to get
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levy. The entertainment of the hi ^ rova i 0 f the Resident. The men
charge, but ^ismissa w ^ Id ^ pose a n allowance of practice ammuni-
would be taught to sn , Tjpoiild be required. They would not wear
tion would he necessary bu no tall be served out. This would
r £ e °T he 0 ffiven free. A statement "embodying the conditions of serviee in
have to be given i « -i- „ ofatpyrient are herewith submitted, and
ItusuttG^ernment will'favourably consider the proposals I have ventaed
to put forward. a . . , ,
i i fn-p q Ipw for the Amiri and Shaibi borders
8. Th ®® e ti ^ 0 P°^ a S de in °the memorandum of a British officer to superin-
f T’hut if the levy is increased by entertaining men to watch the demarcated
tend, hut it the levy is or even the Haushahi border alone, it would be
frontier toget ter won cons iderable proportion of the whole, perhaps a
in the event of any additional levies heing ^^^^L Zfatant
their employment in his district.
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Foemation or an Arab lew eor erontier patrol duties, with Bead-
QUARTERS AT DTHALA.
The portion of the frontier to he superintended from Dthala as a centre
would extend from the River Bana on the north-east to Jebal Warwa on
Baushabi border on the south-west. The length of the boundary ^ ies
these two places is about 60 miles, allowing for the curves and irre 'll ^
of the line. No portion of it is, however, more than 3 0 “ lle ® dar l ii ne
road from Dthala. The greater portion, say, four-fifths, of the boundaj^
is in country only fit for men on foot to work m, that is, on the g ,r dian .
of the Shaibi, or in the narrow valleys and gorges on a ? d “® ar . th ® " ^ ftn move
Bxpert hillmen, such as nearly all the tribesmen round Dthala are, c
about in such a country with far greater freedom and eelen 7 {ot
mounted men. The only piece of flat country near the boundary,
the work of mounted men, is that between Lakmat-ash-Snub an i, e f 0 re,
forming about one-fifth of the total distance mentioned. 1 Y, ’ „te d men
propose that the Arab levy at Dthala should consist of one-fiith moun