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which require, among other qualifications, that the recruits accepted must be Turkish
S TurklthTaTffuage^* and ^ t0 read ^ Write ’ ° r at leaSt P erfectl y to understand the
Volunteers for service in the gendarmerie will be enlisted for four years, conscripts
tor hve, and men who have prevously completed their term of service with the colours
m the nidham.f (active army) for three only. Gendarmerie conscripts who serve for five
years m the force will pass immediately into the radiff (General Military Reserve)
without passing through the lutiyat (reserve of the nidham).
onditions of promotion to the non-commissioned grades, and to second lieutenant-
ships have been announced which at present seem rather like counsels of perfection.
of all ranks has been greatly increased^ That of a mounted private is
now G.b. R 350 a-month; of an unmounted, G. S. P. 200 ; and a mounted
be entitled W t-' 1 re0eI - Ve ln ^ tur ® G - S - P - 9 , 00 P er mensem. Junior officers and men will
be entitled to pensions after fifteen years approved service. Advances will be made
to mounted men to enable them to buy their horses, and these will be recovered by
with dism^ssalT * helr ^ ^ acce P tance of bribes or even gratuities will be punished
The old municipal hospital outside the north gate has already been fitted up as
a gendarmerie training school, and a fourfold course of instruction has been instituted
viz., in—
(a.) Duties of privates ;
(6.) Police station duties ;
(c.) Guard-house duties ; and
(d.) Duties of officers.
ntr„’ Wlth re fe r e n ? e fo the local gendarmerie the British vice-cousul at Karbala
(Munammad Hasan Mohsm) writes under date the 17th February
• <£ The tha ; fc have P f late taken place m Karbala and the tangible
^ C ^ n . be seen m . ev e r y branch of the administration are sufficient
FX. rl h old condltlons are gradually disappearing. Bribes and bakhshishs have
fallen down to 50 per cent., officials pays are paid regularly every month, changes are
made to improve the situations and not to render them worse as it was the case in
constitution^ ^ there ^ n ° W m ° re SenSe ° f j ustice than there was before the
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, P r + esenfc a dail y, drilling of the troops and gendarmes together takes place
letlhan nVmS even’’^ g ° ^ ^ ^ and this funCti °' 1 was “y
6. There seems to be a strong feeling here in official circles that a force inter
mediate m character between regular troops and armed police is required in order to
deal successfully with the refractory tribes of the province. The vali lately informed
me that he had asked for a specia force of 4,000 mounted men, and that his application
had been well received by the Ministry of War, but rejected by the civil departments.
On a reference from the central Government a discussion on the subject was held in the
bara! at Bagdad about the middle of January last, and I hear that one of the schemes
afterwards propounded to the vali was for the creation of a camel corps, || about 1,000
strong, which should be at the disposal of the civil authorities. The author of the
scheme of whose identity I am not aware, but who appears to have been a native of
frak was of opinion that Akual of Najd could be obtained in sufficient numbers on pay
bll T "'."Tn’ m0lUS1V !’ f0 L men and beasts - rifles and ammunitions being supplied
by the Turkish Government The author also recommended that the tribes should be
completely disarmed that cultivating Arabs should be registered, and that the manage-
ment of the tubes should be improved in various ways
The problem with which the Turks are grappling in Irak is an old one on the
orth-west fiontier of India, where it has been solved by the formation of the Khyber
will be rejectecTiiiXX mg t0 ° bSei Ve whether sult able Afghan candidates, hitherto, I believe, accepted,
t See Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, vol. ii, p. 869.
t Compare Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, vol. ii, pp. 843-4.
! ® x P! anatiGn of th e incident mentioned in last Summary (V, 7 ad fin).
Gulf Lzetteer, voTii p 6f5! Um ^ ° n Camels alread >' exists i[1 the Hasa sanjak. See Persian
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