RAWALPINDI: General Sir Frank W. Messervy ... Commander-in-Chief Pakistan Army, has issued the following Special Order of the Day to all ranks of the Pakistan Army: `Today [Aug 15] marksthefoundationof theDominionofPakistan and of the Pakistan Army. The units of our Army have a great history and tradition behind them. ...

With such a background and such splendid material I have no fears as to the efficiency of the Pakistan Army. ...` General Messervy has sent the following message to General Sir Rob Lockhart, Commander-in-Chief Army of India: `... The units and personnel which now form the Dominion Armies have fought and won many a victory together ... on many battlefields in Europe, Africa and Asia. Their dead lie honourably together, f allen in a just cause.

`Ourearnesthopeandprayeristhat,inspired by this great tradition, the Armies of India and Pakistan will continue in the same spirit of goodwill and friendly co-operation. Those of us who have been separated from their old Regiments and Corps would wish to send a special message of remembrance and friendship to their old comrades-in-arms.` Dawn Karachi