<P> The mountain batteries had already lost their numbers two years earlier . Under the 1903 reforms they were renumbered with twenty added to their original numbers . The army had very little artillery (only 12 batteries of mountain artillery), and Royal Indian Artillery batteries were attached to the divisions . The Indian Army Corps of Engineers was formed by the Group of Madras, Bengal and Bombay Sappers in their respective presidencies . </P> <P> The Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force, composed of cavalry squadrons and infantry companies, was renamed the Queen's Own Corps of Guides (Lumsden's) but stayed numberless . The new regimental numbering and namings were notified in India Army Order 181, dated 2 October 1903 . </P> <P> In 1903 the title of the Indian Staff Corps was abolished, and thereafter officers were simply appointed to' the Indian Army .' A General Staff was then created to deal with overall military policy, supervision of training in peacetime, conduct of operations in war, distribution of forces for internal security or external deployment, plans for future operations and collecting intelligence . Functions were divided along British lines into two branches; the Adjutant - General, dealing with training, discipline, and personnel, and the Quartermaster - General, dealing with supplies, accommodation, and communications . In 1906 a General Branch was established to deal with military policy, organisation and deployment, mobilisation and war plans, and intelligence and the conduct of operations . The Chiefs of the staff branches answered to the Chief of the General Staff, whose post was held by a lieutenant - general . To provide training for staff officers, the Indian Staff College was established in 1905, and permanently based at Quetta from 1907 . </P> <P> With no intermediate chain of command, army headquarters was weighed down with minor administrative details . Divisional commanders were responsible not only for their active formations, but also for internal security and volunteer troops within their respective areas . On mobilisation, divisional staffs took the field, leaving no - one to maintain the local administration . Supporting services were insufficient, and many troops intended for the field force were not moved from their old stations into the areas of their new divisional command . These defects became clear during the First World War, and lead to further reorganisation . </P>

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