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In 1907:<br>
"Murree is only a sanitarium. The mountain batteries go from [[Rawalpindi]] to the Hazara Galis. Clifden, Sunny Bank and Kuldannah form one cantonment. Clifden is, in summer, filled with a large number of women and children from Rawalpindi and [[Peshawar]]. A British Infantry Regiment is located at Kuldannah, and another in a temporary camp at Gharial, which also receives detachments from the summer garrison of Rawalpindi. Barian, on the borders of this district and Hazara, usually has a British Infantry Regiment from Peshawar or [[Nowshera]]".<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626/page/n249/mode/2up Page 228], computer page 251 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909. Archive.org, available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| mirror from Digital Library of India]] website.</ref>
The Army summer camp known as Barian Camp appears to have developed into a more permanent cantonment . "Barian was a lovely one-battalion cantonment at six thousand feet".<ref>Google Books snipper search result: ''Unlikely beginnings: a soldier's life by Aboobaker Osman Mitha - 2003</ref> In 1920 there was a RAF Hill Depot established at Lower Barian.<ref>Snippet Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=55cBAAAAMAAJ&q=Barian,+Murree&dq=Barian,+Murree&hl=en&sa=X&ei=byvfT-CkFoWZiQfnlpiaCg&redir_esc=y ''Military history of British India, 1607-1947''] by Harbans Singh Bhatia, page 29 and Snippet Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xgAFAAAAMAAJ&q=Barian,+Murree&dq=Barian,+Murree&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4yvfT-f_I6-wiQfIxbmaCg&redir_esc=y ''The flying elephants: a history of No. 27 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, 1915-69''], page 96</ref>
[[Bara Gali]] about 40km from Murree, also was a small cantonment, occupied in the hot summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_431.gif "Bara Gali"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 6'', page 425.</ref>(Spelling variants: Bara Gali/Baragully)
Changla Gali was situated on the road from Murree to Abbottabad, 9 miles from the former and 31 miles from the latter place. It was the head-quarters of the Northern Command School of Musketry, also referred to as the First Circle School of Musketry.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280096/page/n298/mode/1up Page 229] ''Gazetteer Of The Hazara District 1907'', published 1908. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.</ref><ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=10&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_179.gif "Changla Gali"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 10, page 173.</ref> (spelling variant Changlagali). [[Ghora Dakha]] was a small cantonment on the road between Dunga Gali and Murree, 3 miles from the former and 15 from the latter place. During the summer months it was occupied by a detachment of British infantry.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_242.gif "Ghora Dakka"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12'', page 236.</ref> (Spelling variants Ghora/Gora Dakka/Dhaka)
[[Kalabagh (Murree Hills)|Kalabagh]] was a small cantonment on the road between [[Abbottabad]] and Murree. During the summer months it was occupied by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at Rawalpindi in the winter.
(Spelling variants: Kalabagh/ Kala Bagh)
[[Khaira Gali]] was a small cantonment on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, also occupied in the summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at [[Rawalpindi]] in the winter.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_213.gif "Khaira Gali]" ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15'', page 207.</ref> (Spelling variants : Khaira/ Khair/ Khyra Gali/ Galli/ Khyragilly/ Khyragully)
There was a Rest Camp at Tret.
[[Khanspur]] was a hill station where a detachment of British Infantry were stationed during the summer months. (Spelling variants Khanspur/ Khan's Pur)
Thobba, Murree Hills was a hot season destination for regiments<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr02owngoog#page/n283/mode/1up Page 219] ''The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1897'' Archive.org</ref> and c 1899 there was a Convalescent Camp at Camp Thobba<ref>''Navy and Army Illustrated'' June 17 1899, page 297.</ref>
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