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File 4613/1919 Pt 7 'Mesopotamia: Land for Military Cantonments' [‎129r] (71/135)

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The record is made up of 1 item (65 folios). It was created in 10 Oct 1919-18 Nov 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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temporary Ctuiton of -ma huta was oraoted elaawfeere.
4,. ■ On examining the problem in more detail however,
i? mm found that the hire of land for a temporai'y Cantonment
would cioiit, nearly aa much m Its acquisition, while it would
be equally neoeaaary to erect expensive water and sanitary
works in a temporary Oimtonraent aa in a permanent one,
5. It was therefore decided to occupy the permanent
$ite as a temporary Cantonment* erecting to per ary hutting
throughout* and converting to permanent structures at the
rate of one tenth a year as soon as approval to permanent
erection could be approved.
6, The foregoing course in addition to the large
saving in rent for temporary occupation would it mm felt
allow of sanitary and engineering works to be commenced as
part of and in view of eventual permanent installations while
also permitting private enterprise in Clubs and recreation to
be undertaken on the same principles* It further ensured the
energies of units being devoted to permanent benefit.
?, Ab regards the site selected* further examination d
the (MA'mkJ&I site elicited the facts ~
(a) That for some months of the year the river in
flood mm several feet higher than the terreplain
and that embankment must run twelve high at least,
(hi That all amenities of life would be tinged
with gloom of this circle of embankments.
( o ) That the cost of land would be considerable.
(dll That it was contemplated to place more troops
here than In any other known Cantonment so that
daily training would be almost impossible, and that
the amenities of lif* much affected by dust and
crowding.

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This item consists of part seven of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to arrangements for a proposed British military cantonment in the vicinity of Baghdad.

The correspondence discusses the selection and purchase of suitable land, particularly the question of whether the land should be purchased by the British civil administration or by the War Office. Also discussed more generally is the provision of barrack accommodation in Mesopotamia and Palestine.

Correspondents include the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson), the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu), the Commander-in-Chief of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force (Major-General George Fletcher MacMunn in an officiating capacity, succeeded by General James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane), and officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the War Office, and the Treasury.

Included with this part is a plan showing the present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad.

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