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File 4097/1914 Pt 3 'Mesopotamia: administration; personnel; military officers appointed to civil administration' [‎175r] (358/709)

The record is made up of 1 volume (346 folios). It was created in 30 Jan 1916-4 Feb 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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No. 1006-Est. A., dated Simla, the 14th May 1918.
From— Major W. G. Neale, Assistant Secretary to the Government of India in the
Foreign and Political Department,
To Captain A. T. VvIlson, C.l(l.G., C.I.E., D.S.O., Officitaing Civil Commissioner,
Baghdad.
The Government of India have had under consideration the question of intro
ducing a uniform system for regulating the salaries of superior officers serving under
the Civil Administration of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia.
2. Such officers may be divided into the following main classes :—
(1) military officers who held no substantive civil appointment at the time
of their transfer to employment under the Civil Administration ;
(2) military officers who, at the time of their transfer, held substantive
civil appointments in other Departments, e.g., the Political Depart
ment of the Government of India, the Bombay Political Department,
etc., but who at the time of their transfer were temporarily serving
in the Army or in a Military Department ;
(3) military officers who. held substantive civil appointments at the time
of their transfer, and who were then actually in civil employ;
(4) civil officers holding substantive civil appointments, but who, at the
time of their transfer, were serving in the Indian Army Reserve of
Officers ; and
(5) civil officers actually holding their civil appointments at the time of
their transfer to Mesopotamia.
Under present arrangements, officers belonging to classes (1), (3) and (5) enu
merated above continue to draw the pay and allowances which they would have
drawn but for their transfer to employment under the Civil Administration, and
in addition, draw the sanctioned “ Mesopotamia ” allowances. As regards cases
falling under classes (2) and (4), the present practice is not uniform : some officers
in addition to the “ Mesopotamia ” allo wance draw the pay and all owances to
which they would have been entitled/but for their transfer to jSTesopotamia, whileX'"
others draw the pay and allowances oi their military rank.
3. The Government of India have now decided that with effect from the 1st
May 1918 officers belonging to classes (2) and (4) above referred to shall ordinarily
draw the pay and allowances which they would have drawn in civil employ in India,
but for their transfer to employment under the Civil Administration, together with
such Mesopotamia " allowance as may be sanctioned in each case. It is recog
nised that the application of this rule will cause hardship to certain officers and you
are therefore authorised to refer such cases, with your recommendations thereon,
to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.
4. As regards future procedure, you should report, in the monthly statements
prescribed under the orders* cited on the
margin, all appointments! to, and reversions
from, employment under the Civil Ad
ministration in order to enable the Gov
ernment of India to notify the formal trans
fers of service of the officers affected from military to civil employ and vice versa.
In cases in which you consider that the ordinary rule will operate harshly, you
should add such recommendations as you may have to make regarding salary.
♦Foreign and Political Department Memo-
No. 1930-Est.A., dated the 10th November
1917.
flncluding appointments of Military Gov
ernors and Deputy Military Governors.

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This volume contains requests for skilled personnel from British civil and military authorities in newly occupied territory in Iraq written between 1916 and 1920, to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the Government of India. The papers primarily consist of letters from Basra or Baghdad requesting the secondment or requisition of staff to Iraq from India. The letters discuss the various roles required as well as their pay and tenure. The roles range from police superintendents to postal clerks, police officers, medical staff and a range of other military personnel.

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1 volume (346 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

The subject 4097 (Basra and Mesopotamia) consists of 5 files, IOR/L/PS/10/513-517. The files are divided into 7 parts, with parts 1, 2, 3 comprising one file each, parts 4, 5 comprising the fourth file and parts 6, 7 comprising the fifth file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 348; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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