194
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
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