Trucial Oman Scouts

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS). It contains correspondence concerning:

• Request to forward the documents of two Arab officer cadets to the Commander of the TOS (1)
• Request for a once only allotment of 50,000 rounds for the recently formed Medium Machine Gun troop (2)
• Proposal for a new communications system (3, 6, 12, 15)
• Proposal to increase the number of officers in the TOS by creating vacancies for additional British officers (4)
• Arrangements for the transfer of the Desert Intelligence Officers to the TOS (5)
• Proposal for including socks in the clothing scales for the TOS (7)
• Application to join the TOS (8)
• Scales of accommodation for Arab medical centres for Arab ranks of the Aden Protectorate Levies and the TOS (9)
• Proposals for dress and embellishments for the TOS (10)
• Development of permanent accommodation at Sharjah for Arab troops in the TOS and for the boys' school (11, 13)
• Proposals for the reorganisation of the TOS and the creation of a police wing (14)