What attracts them is good initial pay rather than prospective increments or advantages. They take pensions (almost invariably in a commuted form) when they have earned them but they can very well cash out when they are able to. The better they are, the better they become. Better pay will hardly attract a better class of recruit, but it will attract applicants in sufficient numbers to enable me to weed out the unfit with a freer hand than I can do now.
In the Water Police, I have expressed my dissatisfaction with the arrangements after Inspector Riley's dismissal. I fell short of my duty in this regard. The launches are concerned, they were certainly not in good condition.
Under Mass. Relay and under Mass. Williamson, the engines were constantly breaking down. He always maintained that the fault lay with the engines supplied by the builders, and I am afraid the pinnaces are beginning to show signs of age.
As regards recruiting Europeans for the Water Police, I have never missed a chance of enlisting a good seaman. I even went to the length of entering into special correspondence with the Crown Agents through the Government and securing at that time a likely man known to me in England who expressed a wish to enlist but could not leave his ship until she reached London and paid off.
The experiment of getting men from the Thames Water Police was a disaster. I should like to attest to the merits of Mass. Langley. He is a first-class man in every way.
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becomesthe case of the Chimere I do not think necessary. I think the prospect of pension hardly has more features that are good than other take their in inducing Chinese to enlist. What attracts them is good initial pay rather than prospective increments or abomstages. They take pensions (almost invariably in a commuted form) when they have earned them but they can very well cash out when they are able to. The better they are, the better they become. Better pay will hardly attract a better class of recruit, but it will attract applicants in sufficient numbers to enable me to weed out the unfit with a freer hand than I can do under exciting conditions.
In the Water Police.
I have expressed my dissatisfaction with the arrangements after Inspector Riley's dismissal. I fell short of my duty in this regard. The launches are concerned; they were certainly not in good condition under Mass. Relay and under Mass. Williamson. The engines were constantly breaking down. He always maintained that the fault lay with the engines supplied by the builders, and I am afraid the pinnaces are beginning to show signs of age.
As regards recruiting Europeans for the better Police, I have never missed a chance of enlisting a good seaman. I even went to the length of entering into special correspondence with the Crown Agents through the Government and securing at that time a likely man known to me in England who expressed a wish to enlist but could not leave his ship until she reached London and paid off.
The experiment of getting men from the Thames Water Police was a disaster. I should like to attest to the merits of Mass. Langley. He is a first-class man in every way.
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Here is the final output in HTML format as requested:the case of the Chimere I do not think necessary. I think the prospect of pension hardly has more features that are good than other take their in inducing Chinese to enlist. What attracts them is good initial pay rather than prospective increments or advantages. They take pensions (almost invariably in a commuted form) when they have earned them but they can very well cash out when they are able to. The better they are, the better they become. Better pay will hardly attract a better class of recruit, but it will attract applicants in sufficient numbers to enable me to weed out the unfit with a freer hand than I can do under exciting conditions.
In the Water Police, I have expressed my dissatisfaction with the arrangements after Inspector Riley's dismissal. I fell short of my duty in this regard. The launches are concerned; they were certainly not in good condition under Mass. Relay and under Mass. Williamson. The engines were constantly breaking down. He always maintained that the fault lay with the engines supplied by the builders, and I am afraid the pinnaces are beginning to show signs of age.
As regards recruiting Europeans for the Water Police, I have never missed a chance of enlisting a good seaman. I even went to the length of entering into special correspondence with the Crown Agents through the Government and securing at that time a likely man known to me in England who expressed a wish to enlist but could not leave his ship until she reached London and paid off.
The experiment of getting men from the Thames Water Police was a disaster. I should like to attest to the merits of Mass. Langley. He is a first-class man in every way.
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