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Cory of a letter No. 1340, dated the nth September 19 2 1
f ro,. Mr. R.E.L.Wingate, I.C.S., Political Agent, Muscat, to
the Hon'bla the Political Resident, Persian Gulf.
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I have the honour to forward a report by captain E .D.
MsCartl.y, Conmandant Muscat Levy Corps, on the
months working of the corps*
This corps was brought to Muscat for two ;nsio
reasons : -
To provide a means af defence for the state against
it3 enemies, in particular against the Oman tribes /
.;cm whose attacks the c(^st towns were never safe
unless as was the ecs.a with Muscat and Liuttrah they
were protected hy Indian troops..
(^) lo enshia us to withdraw our regiment which we were
maintaining at great expense for the defence of the
Sultan in Muscat and Mutt rah.
At the time the proposal was brought forward it was
pointed out that the local materia] was unreliable, and that
ir ^ucreus^proved successful^, t wo^ e fe^sTblt^o
take in hand the recruitment of local men.
Captain McCarthy's report gives in detail the historv
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cu o.he corps up to date. In addition to improving the con~
dition and efficiency of the Sistan^ contingent in the most
remarkable and successful manner, he has been able even at this
Gariy date to commence the recruitment of local material,
and his efforts in this direction have been attended by success
which is as amazing as it is unexpected. He draws the con-
elusion for reasons which he has given at length, that the
ev-utual replacement of the majority if not of all of the
L1 Cor] tingent bjb local material is the goal to be aimed
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