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80 CHAPTER V.
appointments, their service in the Army being counted for civil
pension, and they received an allowance not exceeding half their pay
in civil employ according to the circumstances of each case.
(<?) Special concessions were also given in the matter of leave
and pay to Government servants called up for general training in the
Indian Defence Force.
(f) The 20th Deccan Horse, of which His Exalted Highness
is an Honorary Colonel, were re-armed with new pattern swords at a
cost of Rs. 10,000 before proceeding to the War. Chargers were also
presented to the Officer Commanding and five other officers of the
20th Deccan Horse.
(y) 167 Mules, 150 cavalry horses, and 35 artillery horses
belonging to His Exalted Highness’s Army were sold to the
Government of India to assist the work of mobilization and the State
Army remained temporarily short of strength in consequence.
Financial.
The financial contributions to the prosecutiom of the War consist
partly of subscriptions to the War loans and partly of free gifts.
(a) Subscriptions to the War Loans are as follows —
Rs.
4 % Loan of 1916-1917
5 7 Loan of 1929-1947
/o
54 % War Bonds repayable 1921
39,00,000
75,00.000
50,00,000
Total ... 1,64,00,000
(//) The free gifts amount to Rs. 1,93,19,600.
The major subscriptions are :—
Towards the payment of the War charges
of the 20th Deccan Horse and the 1st Rs.
Hyderabad Imperial Service Cavalry
Prince of Wales’s Relief Fund
1,53,00,000*
1,00,000
* This is exclusive of the pay of officers and men of the Imperial Service Cavalry.
appointments, their service in the Army being counted for civil
pension, and they received an allowance not exceeding half their pay
in civil employ according to the circumstances of each case.
(<?) Special concessions were also given in the matter of leave
and pay to Government servants called up for general training in the
Indian Defence Force.
(f) The 20th Deccan Horse, of which His Exalted Highness
is an Honorary Colonel, were re-armed with new pattern swords at a
cost of Rs. 10,000 before proceeding to the War. Chargers were also
presented to the Officer Commanding and five other officers of the
20th Deccan Horse.
(y) 167 Mules, 150 cavalry horses, and 35 artillery horses
belonging to His Exalted Highness’s Army were sold to the
Government of India to assist the work of mobilization and the State
Army remained temporarily short of strength in consequence.
Financial.
The financial contributions to the prosecutiom of the War consist
partly of subscriptions to the War loans and partly of free gifts.
(a) Subscriptions to the War Loans are as follows —
Rs.
4 % Loan of 1916-1917
5 7 Loan of 1929-1947
/o
54 % War Bonds repayable 1921
39,00,000
75,00.000
50,00,000
Total ... 1,64,00,000
(//) The free gifts amount to Rs. 1,93,19,600.
The major subscriptions are :—
Towards the payment of the War charges
of the 20th Deccan Horse and the 1st Rs.
Hyderabad Imperial Service Cavalry
Prince of Wales’s Relief Fund
1,53,00,000*
1,00,000
* This is exclusive of the pay of officers and men of the Imperial Service Cavalry.