L
Clear of
"Com. companionships"
I had great hopes of developing into
L
his
...
useful apprentice. His behaviour after the final training until the time I left (a period of several months) had not been exemplary and I
much regret to hear he fell again & has to be
dismissed
Perlin's were
something of
the
Jarne
men educated
indeed, but one of the keenest
constables in the ranks
& best constables
Other
rule
a good policeman. In cases
I believe I have followed or gone beyond severity. The increase
of drunkenness
in 1902 was due
to a number of recruits (mostly Indians I think) who either
joined the Police as a means of exit from the Army or found it less to
their taste than they had expected & proceeded to drink themselves into dismissal
a cheaper
way out than purchase. There was no outbreak of drinking amongst the men on
probation
for the first offence.
12
of drunkenness is
11
And here
a period of probation, seems to me a good one. I already
made a similar suggestion
on another paper dealing with
the Military Police.
I have not myself noticed the wearing of caps
in an improper manner and should not tolerate it. It is not quite clear at what period
this practice was
stopped by
order
at some time
in May, and the improvement at the time of writing
before my departure I was too busy to have much opportunity of going about the
streets to observe the Men's demeanour,
but Chief Inspector Mackie was constantly
about, and I am
confident that if he
observed any
unruliness
or misconduct
he would have
checked it, and if it assumed
serious proportions, would
reported it to me.
13 The personnel
of the rank & file is
the European
not up to the mark