12
12. Such
a.
character is very
different from
That
given by the
The
Major General, who does not hesitate Major General
to
speak of
aw
entire absence
of septem
My field
We fuld no81 28. Gps 1871.
and discipline in the Police, and a
to gourral disorganizations 1" which general
Mr. Creagh "admitted most unreserve
Mence
as
he
says, he came to the
conclusion that Mr. Creagh
Avas
altogether unfitted for so important
a.
-charge, and that under the circums
stances the only
Aras
Carro e
open to him
"to offer. Mr Creagh that leave
of absence which he accepted!"
13. It is not eas
easyy,
havever, to
very
reconcile that statement with the
opposite assertion in despatch No 102
h
13.
222
of the 7th November 1876. Paz. 8- in which the Major General represents
Mr. Creagh feeling "his want of system
"and power of Cornmand, and as "found he could not carry
"duties
تومان
he
on the Police
Chief satisfactorily he applied
"I leave of absence" which was Now, so far
no
I can learn,
learn, the
granted.
Major General mist have forgotten the real carise of Mr. Creagh's
application,
viz:
that he was in
informed
by the Colonial Secretary, and as he unot naturally have inferred
in
conformity with the General's instructions, that, if he did not apply for leave ho would probably be
superseded by Mr Alices. This
appe