India in 1917-1918: A report for Presentation in Parliament in Accordance with the Requirements of the 26th Section of the Government of India Act

The period under review extends from April 1917 to December 1918 the months falling between the end of the financial year (March 31st) and the end of the calendar year (December 31st) having been included with the object of minimising the interval which necessarily elapses between the latest occurrences described in a Report and the date upon which that Report becomes available to the public. [...] It has seen the last desperate effort of the Central Powers : the threatened approach of the war to the borders of India : the rally of the country's resources to the Prime Minister's call. [...] But with the inauguration of the territorial recruiting system and the establishment of the United Provinces War Board in the middle of the year 1917 the recruitment of men The work of these Boards is described in a series of Reports to which reference is invited.11 from the Provinces expanded greatly. [...] John of Jerusalem and the British Red Cross Society the Indian Branch of which has been responsible for the provision of almost the whole of the supplies of comforts for the sick and the wounded since August 1916 has been the. [...] At first the direction and responsibility of the work degolved on the Royal Indian Marine but after some months the organisation for mine sweeping and patrolling was placed directly under the Naval Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies the Royal Indian Marine remaining resposible for the provision of suitable vessels and the supply of the requisite personnel to man them.