File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)' [‎132r] (268/804)

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four, Indian followers one Persian nfflnnlc 1 ’t® ‘ h , ^° er 0ne ’ Brltlsh railk3
horses eleven, donkey one,' fourth lutantrvNI Ve llundrec * au( i nine,
four, Persian offio«£ ^ ?! lb ? h , offio ?« tw0 - British ranks
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fifth Infantry (Shim/and lar) MtLh o'Sc r B & V f 0rty - foUr > horses flve '
officers twen^r-two raffiis five hundred*and 0rankS f ° Ur ’ Persia “
Corps British^ranks two, Man officer one'
ranks one hundred and twenty-six, horses forty-three, mules two hundred and
nffi, y s ' reC ’ donkeyS n ! ne ’ . w fg? ons seven . -Band British ranks one Persian
officers two, ranks sixty-eight, horse one, donkey one Medical Cor™ = a
Sanitary Section British officer one, Persian officers ten, ranks one hundred and
° ne ’ Veterinar y Department Persian officer
one, ranks five, Supply and Transport British officer one, British ranks two
Indian followers tour, Persian officers seven, ranks eighty-nine, horses three’
Oidnance Depot British ranks one, Persian officers three, ranks five, horse one’
School N. G. Os British ranks nine, Persian ranks nine, horses three’
Signalling School Persian officer one, ranks one, total at Shiraz British officers
twenty-six, British ranks sixty, Indian officers three, ranks fourteen, followers
twenty-eight, Persian officers one hundred and five, ranks two thousand five
hundred and seventy-three, followers seven, horses four hundred and eighty-
seven, mules three hundred and sixty-seven, donkeys eleven, guns seven
machine guns six, waggons seven, levies Cavalry eighty, Infantry three hundred
and twenty-one, horses eighty, prisoners Kazerun fourth Cavalry Persian
officer one, ranks twenty, fourth Infantry Persian officers two, ranks twenty-
five. At Kerman first Cavalry British officers three, British ranks five, Indian
officer one, ranks ten, followers ten, Persian officers fourteen, clerks three,
ranks four hundred and forty-nine, followers forty-eight, horses two hundred
and forty-six, second Infantry British officers two, British ranks six, Indian
officer one, ranks five, Persian officers eight, clerks two, ranks five hundred
and 7, horses sixteen, artillery British officer one, British ranks three, Indian
officer one, ranks six, Persian officers three, ranks fifty-one, followers eleven,
horses two, mules twenty-four, Supply and Transport British officer one, British
ranks one, Indian officer one, clerk one, Persian ranks twelve, mules fifteen,
bullocks eight, donkeys seven, Medical Establishment British officer one,
Indian officer one, ranks three, Persian officers two, ranks fourteen, followers
twelve, Band British ranks one, Persian officer one, ranks twenty-one, escort
duty and recruiting second Infantry Persian officers three, ranks one hundred
and one, horses two, total at Kerman British officers eight, British ranks
sixteen, Indian officers five, clerk one, ranks twenty-four, followers ten,
Persian officers thirty-one, clerks five, ranks one thousand one hundred and
five, followers seventy-one, horses two hundred and sixty-six, mules thirty-
nine, bullocks eight, donkeys seven. At Sirjan Mountain Battery Indian
ranks five, followers one, Persian ranks eighteen, mules nine, second Infantry
Indian ranks two, Persian officer one, ranks ninety-five, horses five, Transport
Persian ranks six, mules eight, donkeys four, camels fourteen, Baft levies one
hundred and twenty, total Sirjan Indian ranks seven, followers one, Persian
officer one, ranks one hundred and ninteen, horses five, mules seventeen,
donkeys four, camels fourteen, levies one hundred and twenty. At Bunder
Abbas" British officers three, Indian officer one, clerks two, ranks ninteen,
followers ninteen, Persian officers seven, ranks five Hundred and seventeen,
followers five, levies seventy-nine.
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(Received with Army Department memorandum No, 7155, dated the 16th May 1917.)
Telegram P., No. 453-S. C., dated (and received) the 13th May 1917.
Prom— Lieutenant-Colonbl Dale, Saindak,
rp 0 The Chief of the General Staff, Simla (repeated General Officer Commanding,
Quetta, and Consul, Sistan).
Command of force was taken over by me to-day from Brigadier-General
'Tanner, who left this afternoon for Quetta.