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Principal of the C. M. S. Boys school he excused himseif “ owing to lack of
time, but felt sure he would have found everything to his satisfaction.
VIII. Municipality. There was no change dur ng the year in the control
o this department. Improvements continue to be made by cutting new
thoroughfares through the town. But the alignments are ruthless and
as is the custom, the owners of affected property suffer in the interests of
progress.
Towards the end of the year the number of beggars frequenting the Ker
man streets was considerably augmented by the influx of poverty-stricken
villagers from the surrounding country. At the instigation of the Governor,
a local fund was raised to establish shelters where the genuine poor could be
housed and fed.
IX. Health. —With the exception of a certain amount of typhoid in the
middle of the year, the health of the town was generally good. At the end
of the year deaths due to “ heart failure ” became more frequent—a more
correct diagnose would probably have been ill-nourishment and exposure.
5. Military.
I. Colonel Ali Akbar Seyafipomh remained in Command of the Kerman
Brigade throughout the year.
General Rouh-Allah Mirza Jehanbani inspected the Brigade in December.
The anniversary of the coup d'etat was celebrated by the military on
22nd February. On this occasion invitations to attend the Review were
issued only to senior local officials. Foreign residents were not invded as
formerly.
The Military barracks at Sar Asiab, about 6 miles east of Kerman, are
nearing completion.
A Military Mission consisting of the French Marshal in Iran employ and
25 Iranian officers arrived in Kerman on 10th October, proceeding to Bandar
Abbas three days later.
II. Conscription. —The committee terminated its Kerman session on
6 th December. 300 conscripts were called up in October by the committee
and distributed among units in the Kerman Brigade. Conscription is not
popular among the inhabitants.
III. Internal security. —Security has been fairly well maintained through
out the province during 1937 by the military and the Amneih (Road Guards).
No attacks on motor transport are recorded.
In March a party of 6 Baluchi smugglers with three rifles and two bags
of sugar were arrested in Rudbar by the military and brought to Kerman
for trial.
In August a caravan returning to Rudbar from Kerman was attacked by
seven armed bandits about 14 miles beyond Mahun. One of the party was
killed and one wounded. The Road Guards eventually went m pursuit
but the raiders made good their escape with rials 240,000 (£3,000) m cas
and piece-goods valued 60,000 (£750).
In October a band of Baluchis of the Ismail Zai tribe attempted to
plunder the village of Farrah between Bam and Nusratabad on e a ican
road. In this case the Road Guards successfully drove off the raiders.
Early in December a band of about 150 armed Baluchis raided a n^er
of villages near Shahdad, 65 miles north east of Kerman A company oli-
fantry at once moved out from Kerman and are repor e ° . gcaT3e#
raiders up to the Dasht-i-Rudbar, but were unable to cu
6. Communications.
I Roads —The main roads from Kerman were maintained in
i. itoaas. ine mai bandar Abbas-Kerman road
^equate repair during the ^ Jh ^ d^A^ . g ^ con _
s increasing in importance. c \/„ t f this 350 miles stretch is a
reyed over this road in heavy ff excee din g ly well, and requires
natural surface which stands up to heavy tra 8 „ an2s a l on g the
little maintenance. There are however, permanent road gangs along
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