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Force, and I am of opinion, therefore, that the time has arrived when the limited numbers in classes should be abolished.
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I have accordingly to recommend that the numbers be unlimited and that after 12 months' service an Indian
that is if he is 8 Constable shall, if his conduct is good
be promoted to 2nd. class,
months clear of the defaulter sheet and that after 5 years service he shall, if likewise 3 months clear of the defaulter sheet, be promoted to the 1st. class. I may mention that since the taking over of the New Territory up to the present time owing to the increase in the numbers of the Indian Police it bas taken a man four years to reach the 1st. class. This however, cannot be considered normal and I calculate that as things are now it would take a man 3 years to reach the 1st. class which is in my opinion too long. Prior to the lengthening of service for pension by making the minimum pensionable age 45 years and to the taking over of the New Territory, it used to take a Constable 8 years on the average to attain the 1st. class. The pay of Indian Police Constables would then compare with that of Gunners in the R. A.. as shewn in the enclosure marked I. The pay of the 1st. class Constables compares very favourably with that of Gunners but on the other hand the latter can earn various allow- ances as set forth in the enclosed memorandum. The Indian Cons- table can also earn extra allowances for knowledge of Chinese and English, but it must be borne in mind that the duties of the Police Constable are more arduous and responsible and that he has unfortunately to perform them in districts in which he inevitably suffers very severely in health.
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Captain Goodwin, R. A., who is at present act- ing as Officer in charge of the Indian Contingent, concurs in the above recommendations, and has further suggested that the number of Sergeants and Acting Sergeants in the Contingent be increased from 11 and 5 to 15 and 30 respectively; that a second Sergeant Major be added for the Mohammedan section of the Contingent (the men of the Contingent are at present about half Sikhs and half Mohammedans, while the one Sergeant Major we have got is a Sikh); and that two native Officers of the rank of Jemadar be added, one a Mohammedan and the other a Sikh.
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At present there are 29 Stations in the Old and New Territory at which Indian Police are stationed while one new station may be added shortly, and I consider it very necessary that there should in future be at least one Indian Sergeant or Acting Sergeant stationed at each, while some of the larger stations will require two, the Central Station where the number of Indians quartered is largest continuing to absorb as many as 6. Discipline will be improved if this increase in N.C.Os. is adopted and apart from that consideration such increase will be rendered absolutely necessary if Government undertakes to ration the Con- tingent, for it is necessary that there should be a responsible
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