'REPORT on the Working of the Line of Communication AND ON THE Withdrawal of the British Military Mission IN EAST PERSIA, 1919-20. GENERAL STAFF INDIA. [‎43r] (92/168)

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In the absence of the last ration certificate action to be taken in accordance
with paragraph 71, Lines of Communication Standing Order.
(8) The following line gear will be sent with the sick animal
in the case of horses and mules, head collar, head rope, eye fringe, fore
and hind shackles, two picketing pegs, nose bag, body brush and
curry comb, blanket or rug, surcingle, and roller with pade ; and
in the case of camels, nose peg, feeding cloth, leading rope, jhool,
brush, grooming glove and curry comb or hoop-iron scraper;
for which a receipt w r ill be given.
(9) If present with the unit on arrival at Duzdap, attendants will be sent
with animals, in the proportion of one to three or less animals, and will be
under the orders of the officer commanding the depot. They will be attached
to No. 1 Modified Dep6t Unit of Transport Personnel.
(10) No animals wdll be exchanged,
(11) Issues of animals will only be made on the orders of the Inspector-
General of Communications. This does not refer to animals being discharged
from sick lines.
(12) AH horses and mules will be isolated on admission, pending mallein
testing. The result of the test wdll be recorded on an In-Begister Form.
(13) Sick animals will be kept separate from healthy and contagious,
and infectious cases w ill be segregated.
(14) When animals are issued from the Depdt Out-Begisfer Forms
(Appendix II) will be issued, two copies of which w r ill accompany each animal
as a receipt and issue voucher.
(15) Any Government animals received into the Dep6t not bearing the
Government brand will be branded according to the rules laid down for that
class of animal.
(1C) Surplus and sick animals w r ill be banded over for entrainment to
Quetta as soon as possible.
(17) Separate orders regarding Depdt routine will be published.
(18) The personnel of the Dep6t will be provided by the Officer Com
manding, No 1 Modified DephtUnit of Transport under whose charge they will
remain. The Officer Commanding, No. 1 Modified Depot Unit of Transport,
will assist the Deputy Assistant Director of Veterinary Services, in addition
to his other duties, the T. 0. S., 7th Section, or until relieved of those duties.
(19) . Entraining Government animals. —No Government animals will be
despatched to India unless passed as fit by the Deputy Assistant Director
of Veterinary Services, Lines of Communication, East Persia, or a representa
tive detailed by him.
(2) All animals to be watered just prior to entraining.
(3) Seven days’ rations will be placed in each truck for the journey.
(4) All trucks will be disinfected before use.
(5) The floors of trucks will be covered w ith six inches of sand. Any holes
or clefts in the floor of the trucks will be closed with sacking.
(6) Horses and mules must be provided w 7 ith nose bags and camels with
the feeding cloth for the journey, and temporary arrangements for feeding
hhusa must be made in each truck.
(7) A five-gallon reserve of water for each horse, mule, and camel will
he carried in each truck in old oil drums, which will be returned to Duzdap
from India. Two empty petrol tins or two buckets will be placed in each
truck for w atering purposes, and will also be returned to Duzdap from India.
(8) All horses and mules must have passed the mallein test befoit
straining.
(9) Not more than nine camels, or, eight horses, or ten mules w ill be
placed in each truck. Buies for entraining camels given in Quartermaster-
General, India’s u Notes on Camel Management, 1919 should be observed.