ملف ٤٢/ ١٩٣١ "ادعاءات الإغارة في مناطق نجد-شرق الأردن" [و‎‎٣‎٠‎٢] (٩٣٠/٦٠٨)

The strength of the Bair and Azraq Posts hat
been placed at 8 foot and 8 oamel constables oach,. a. 1?,
2 NoCoO.Bc The strength of 8 foot constablee is
minimum to supply a permanent guard« Th© 8 camel
constables are to enable th© post to keep in t.-aoh \iixh
the surrounding tribes $ pass on order to Sheikhs and
so on®
Those garrisons are dependent on the erection
of a small post at each place,, for which £P*2*500 each
has been budgeted for. It is really cheaper to sreet
posts, apart from its tactical advisability, as othen-dee
the garrison has to be much stronger 0 Moreover, without
a lock up store, it is difficult to keep a firm check
on petrol and spares* while the Wireless Set, spare parts
etc* deteriorate rapidly if kept in tents c
So much for posts* Returning lo th,.? an
mobile forca. It will be rioted that six aimed oars havs
been budgeted for, whereas four armed cars only were
asked for by the Trans-Jordan Government in their budget
submitted in the autumn of 1930 e
As a result of two years experience with
cars in the “Iraq deserts, it was decided that three
armed cars were the minimum which could safely operate
alone, for the following reasons 0 .-
IN ACTION . The cars were trained to fight re. ..o kly in
fonnationo Vdaile a machine gun has great fir© power at
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