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other remains are still to be found in the valley. The following number
of houses are said to represent the Armenian community :
Khoi
Salmas
Urumieh
500
1,500
500
The arsenal is one of the many buildings inside the Ark. The arim
Military. an( ^ stores are kept in low vaulted godowns
i W< ? smtet * for the purpose and remarkably
TV,, f n store ' kee P er > * General Officer, tonk pride in his work. X
ne following arms and ammunition were in charge :
Werndl rifle (in boxes still unopened)
Other weapons, cha sepots, percussion guns, etc.
Total
1.500
1,000
2.500
Werndl cartridges
Other rifle ammunition
Shot and shell, etc., for 7 and 9 centimetre Euchatius
Other ammuniiion for old cannon
Rounds,
150.000
200.000
1,000
qr, -• 1,000 tO 1,500
i 1 n r f ™ nmted °{ a quantity of old belts, expense pouches leg-
ntfP’ 1 n° tents ’ s P are wheels for gun carriages, all in good order ’ Tin
Officer Commanding the Artillery said he had 6 Euchatius and a number
o old cannon to look after. Guns, horses and ammuntion are all under
separate commandants. The battery as a unit does not exigt, units of
men, guns, etc., taking its place.
The following troops were in garrsion :—
Artillery
Infantry
Cavalry
30 men, no horses.
* • • • 150 men employed as police
(one regiment is sup
posed to be maintain
ed).
' • • * • • A few men as persona'
bodyguard to the Gov.
ernor.
in ttp 6 ir up:e v an Potion in Azarbaijan, and is strategically
m the same position towards Uruimeh as Marand is to Tabriz. Its valley,
18 i r le V 0n | i and ? miles broad ’ su PP° rt s numerous and large vil
lages, well watered by the Kotur Chai and various mountain rivulets.
It comes after Urumieh as an agricultural district, and, situated on the
mam loads between Urumieh and the Aras, and Tabriz-Trebizond, it
has become the chief centre of north-west Azarbaijan. Although surrounded
by mountains, the lofty range of the Mesho Dagh on the south and the
A\ arautDagh on the west, both covered with snow in November, and a high
snow-range on the north, yet the valley is easily approached by good roads,
and is well m touch with Tabriz, Urumieh, the Turkish and Russian fron-
’ akk- -u-T t?! -? i f r0Utes d ± ver g e t0 the Aras, viz., to Shah Takht,
asa a , argiula^ and Julia ; two other tracks also cross the mourn
aiI ^ 1 ' ) f weei i and Karaziadin, one by Siavas, the other by Chors^
useiul for mter-village communication.