File 1093/1915 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- H.M. Consul at Mohammerah’ [‎51r] (95/142)

granted >»e, (tihioh jjoald not have oondtitated a oreaX
in mg eervioe), had been exceeded. I accordingly, and
with a view to volunteering mg eer ices m connection
witn the war, applied tnat mg privilege leave -e-e be
converted to nine montns combined leave. It will be
underatood that the outoreah oj war thus caused me to
exceed the si: weeks privilege leave I had taken and
also put me in the position of aaving to pay my own
passage bac'z to India.
I may incidentally mention that 1 was also put to
some expense in providing myself with outfit for Kashgar
and tnat I did not, as I should hue ~one if I had been
expecting to return to India, provide myself with a
return ticket. If ind ed it had not been for the assurance
that I should ve entitled to Travelling allowance to
Kashgar at the expiry of my leave, I should not /iave
taken leave avail at tnat time.
In your letter under reference, the second reason
for my passage to India not being provided at public
expense is stated to be that it was understood that Qy.
my return to duty had not caused me inconvenience. In
this regard I would submit that I asked to be sent to
the Persian lulf because I felt that I should oe more