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24 ANNUAL BEPORT OP THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL RESIDENCY
Consul it was eventually chanced, the Kerman mail coming direct from Baft
in two days and a subsidiary service being arranged between liaft and Saidaba?
From April till the end of tho year no delays en route occurred worth month)
ing, and letters took from nine to twelve days from Baudar Abbas instead of«?'*
previous three to six weeks. During tho summer the Boat Office was forced b
lack of transport to discontinue the carriage of parcels, and an arrangomeil?
was made with the South Persia Rifles whereby private parcels wore carried
by their tri-weekly caravans by the Saidabad-Tarum route. This unsatisfactory
system appears recently to have been discontinued. ™
British Interests.—The progress made by the Kerman Brigade, 8outh
Rifles, curing the year under report
8cm tk Persia Rifles,
be gauged by examining the following
statements of their strength and composition in March 1917 and March 19&
respectively
Kerman Brigade, South Persia Rifles only, March 1917.
British Non-
Commicsionod
British Persian
Unit. Officers and Perrian othsr
Officers. Officers.
TV arrant Ranks.
Officers.
1st Cavalry 3 5 14 500
2nd Infantry 2 6 11 610
2nd Artillerj 1 3 3 62
Supply and Transport Corps 1 1 12
Field Ambulance . • 1 2 26

Garrison Band 1 1 21
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Total 8 16 31 1,281

Kerman Brigade, South Persia Rifles only, March 1918.

British
Unit. , British Non-Commis­ Persian Persian Total.
sioned Officers
Officers. Officers. other Banks.
and Warrant
Officers.
1st Cavalry . 2 6 22 508 537
2nd Infantry • 3 3 15 476 497
8tfc n 1 3 18 639 661
2nd Artillery I 4 6 204 215
2nd Mounted Machine Gun 1 1 2 49 63
8<putdron.
2nd Field Company Engineers. 1 2 116 117

Field Ambulance 3 1 10 1SS 147
Pack Mule Corps 1 1 195 197
'Veterinary Hospital 1 1 1 28 31
8. P. R. Camel and Donkey 1 3 ••• 166 160
Corps, 8hjan.
Carried over 16 22 76 2,604 2/17

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