CO129-221 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [4-6] — Page 195

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my

report that & yesterday made annual Inspection of that Body.

I annex the account given chief local

2

was

newspaper.

in the

It will be seen that

accompanied by General.

Cameron and Commodore Morant,

and that they authorized me to

state that they

were much pleased

with the smart and soldierlike

bearing of

the men,

not unworthy

of

that famous Corps, the Royal·

1

As I have

"Irish Constabulary?" already reported elsewhere; General

Cameron

Enclosure 30 th April, 1885 30th

Cameron is much pleased with the rifle practice of that section of the Police Corps-that is, the English and Sikh constables, which is armed with Martini-Henry Carbines, and believes that, in the event of

war, it would add three hundred

(300) effective

mnen

(equal

to

one

May

| fourth of the whole), to our weak

garrison of some twelve hundred

(1200).

men

afull of all arms.

I have,

however, constantly impressed

On

the Police that their Military drill

Military

must never be allowed to interfere

with

BERIA

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