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from Police Forces at home, 4 were sequen, came from the Army
while 3 were Civilians with no previous Folice Service. That cut
of 20 Lance-Sergeants are Ex-Policemen from home, 3 are Ex-
Soldiers, 4 are Marines and were Civilians with no previous Folice Service,(5, of them were taken from the roster of the cyal Irish Constabulary; while among 61 Constables 5 only wure re- cruited from Folice Forces at home, 30 are Marines, 14 are Ex-
Soldiers, 7 are Civilians with no previous Folice Service except
(as regards 3 of them) in the local Dockyard Folice, while 5. were
searen.
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This does not sugur well for the future of
the orce, and steps should be taken to remedy the evil.
PROMOTIONS.
The principle of selection, practised by
Mr. Deane and myself, for promotions in the European Contingent
seems to have been practically dropped.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Folice
informs me that "Men of good character if they pass the necessary
examination for promotion are promoted by seniority".
1 have already drawn attention to this
matter in 0.5.6. /1903 where it has been laid down by Your
Excellency that promotion to inspectors rank shall be by selectic
i as aware of the difficulties that attend a rigid adherence to
the system of promotion by selection. Nevertheless it is of vital
importance to the efficiency of the Force that the principle
should be observed and with increasing strictness as the bigler
ranks are reached.
Especially should the rank of 1st. Class
Inspector be reserved for the picked Subordinate Officers of the
*orce.
This has not been done since I left the
Force. I find two men as Third Class inspectors who would not
have