INDIAN TROOP TRAINS.
J n e— ' m ~ ® Stringent army orders have now been a issued for the stricter regulation of 8 British troop movements by rail as a con- [. sequence of the troop train scandal last »■ June, when a number of men belonging to a territorial drafts died from heat-stroke on j a troop train journey from Karachi for • tho headquarters of various divisions in Northern India. The various officers con- ( cerned with the arrangements are to be selected from those having previous In- [. dian experience. A British officer is to v accompany _ all parties of over 20 men. e Provision is made for ice and ah neces--0 sary comforts during' journeys, and , arrangements that are to be observed will j ensure for European, troops travelling by g rail in the hot weather the fullest possible » 8 measure of- safety in passing tln'origh the sweltering plains of India, ' % \ ii I— .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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