Field Message book of Frederick Phillimore Howell-Price - Part 1

Fivecav Strength on 18/10/18
British   Ind     Egypt   Horses
2647    2520      345     6746
Fourcav
Brit       Ind    Egypt    Horse    Donks    Camels
3174   2524     326      8186      960           50

  681     460}      45      2656        32           less
          36}                                               @ Shtora
———————————————————————
2493    2028     281     5530       928           50
———————————————————————
                                                           daily
Shtora troops @                                 lorries
(1) Mobile Men 9 lbs grain animals        5
(2) "    "      "      9 Gn 6 Tibs                   8
2 echelons @ (1)               10
                       (2)               16  
Balance Fourcav    12 lorries

53 lorries being left Ausdiv
10 @ Damascus 25 @ Semaleh 18 @ Beirut    

Ref local artificers

Fitters           6
Blacksmiths  2
Clerks          (1)
ref Spares see Lt McCraith.
Ausdiv
Brit      Nat    P/w    Horses    Donks    Camels
4184    261      56      5797        133           64
Men rationed over breakfast
24^th draw fresh bread 23^rd
(afternoon) start convening
midday meal 24^th

Feeding Strength Damascus.
Brit     French     Egyptian     Indian
8794         24            760         261
Horses      Donkeys      Camels
9071             174               172
80 tons for Mobile
120  "     "   Full ordinary
55 Camels 1 day for men less meat
385   "        7   "        "             "
40100 "      5 days for ^580 camels
40     "  for Escort 1sqd'n 5 days
___
580
  60      Spare & extra for them.
640      Say 650 camels
            to take 7 days
[*1950 for 7 days grain for Div & Convoy.
total for 7 days men & grain animals 2600.*]

Fivecav
120 lorries 90 on road only
require for 6 echelons @ 7 each
                  to reach Aleppo = 42

require for 4 echelons to reach
                      Alexandria =      28
                                                70
Say 7 extra for Alex trip             7
 "    13   "      " Trip. alep trip     13
Can be worked                         90

Ausdiv
120 lorries = 90 on road
Can do mobile ration men and
animals to Hama, after that
men full mobile and up to 6 or
7lbs grain
Fourcav & Corps Troops etc
145 156 = 105 116 on road
80 for Fourcav
18 {for details at Damascus & Semaleh end
18 Corps Troops etc
116

If I get 90 more lorries
Say 75 working can put
onto Aleppo-Alex run say
40  to carry grain at mobile
35  to complete mobile for
 __  Ausdiv
75    
Fourcav Feeding strength 
Brit   Indians  Egyptian   H. Mules
3007  2303      415              8806
Donks    Camels
  110         69
as at 25^th.

Feeding Stgth left at Damascus.
Brit     Egypt    Indians    H&M     Camels
5000     300      1100       3000      150
Includes 11^th Bde approx figures,
P/war 10,300 rationed locally.
left at Semakh 8
Damascus 12
P/W             7     7
C.C.S.                1
Kuneitra.            4
Adv Hqrs               Men        Horses
Road Party Stgth.   320            333
Balance  Total
M.T
 

FX 1069 27/10 To Fivecav
With regard your further 
move aaa 25 lorries will
be placed at your disposal 
On and after 31^st inst aaa
You will take over supplies
and be responsible from
that point.
Descorps
AusDiv Feeding Stgth
Brit        Egypt      Horses     Donks   Camels
5400       200        7000          200        100 

Convoys left Tripoli
1600 on 24^th 
1100 on 25^th
0600 on 26^th
0600 on 27^th
0600 on 28^th
0600 on 29^th
Convoys left Hama
3 on 23^rd           over b/fast 29^th
1330 on 25^th                           30^th
0600 on 26^th                           31^st
1336 on 26^th                             1^st
0930 on 27^th                             2^nd
1330 on 27^th                             3^rd
1000 on 28^th                              4^th
1400 on 28^th                          5^th
              29                            6^th
                 30                            7^th
 

Adv. Corps Hqrs
35 Cars. incl No 3 L.C.P
21 corps
√ 150 gals at Beirut  RHQ Fourcav,
√ 150    "    at Tripoli   "      Ausdiv
√ 250 @ Homs
√ 450  "  @ Homs daily Convoy
6 artillery lorries out
of action require
repairs
A Vauxhall front
main spring.
 

G.R.O No 4175 of 3/7/18 is
amended as follows
For Rum (@ discr of GOC on  )
recom Med Officer                    ) ½ gill
Read
Rum                                             ½ gill
or Tea                                           ⅓ oz.
& Sugar ( at disc GOC on recom )  ⅔ oz.
                                       M.O.     )
√  Issues of rum to be restricted }
to Bona Fide Rum drinkers         }
√ Fourcav lorries to be 
loaded as available.
Afules Daq  2 lorries of
this Corps to be 
returned.
 

THIS WAS 
MY 
DARLING
DADDY'S
BOOK
 

P.3.
Headquarters 
Anzac Mtd. Div.
The Pay Office have queried 
my appointment as Adjutant to
Anzac Div. A.A.S.C.
I took up duty as above
on 26^th March 1916. and the
entry appeared in Anzac Div'l
Orders about or prior to 
that date.
Might I be given the
number and date of the order
for reference, please.
FPHowellPrice
Major
A.A.S.C
Hqrs. D.M.C.
14/1/19
 

I was S.O. 4^th A.L.H.Bde
before the times mentioned
but left the 4th Bde on
transfer to Anzac Div A.S.C
on 1/6/17, and was S.S.O.
Aust Mtd Div from 21/7/17.
Might this matter
be investigated please,
and the acquittance roll
with my Signature for
amounts mentioned be
produced for examination.
Reference debit for
overpayment, no record being 
held of my appointment to
Adjutant, the A.A.G. has
been written to asking for 
the Anzac Order in which
same appeared
This was about 26/3/16
FPHowellPrice
Major
DaD.S.T.  D.M.C.
3/1/1919

Paymaster
A.I.F. in. Egypt
Cairo.
The Field Paymaster has 
presented the following debits
for entry in my Pay Book.
13/7/17  8/6170 Cash payment }
              Sgd by E.L. Durham     }
£ 18 - 6 - 8
7/9/17   9/13434 Cash p'ment }
            Sgd by F.L. Flannery    } 55 -
                                       Total   £73 - 6 - 8
Debit Voucher No 15374
These show for
drawing whilst with the 
4^th A.S.C., which is in 
France, and to which I 
was never attached