CHAPTER XXI 



THE MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES IN THE 

 PROTECTORATE 



For several reasons the military and police forces 

 of the Protectorate are both of interest and importance 

 to the settler. Firstly, he is almost certain to require 

 from them either passive or active assistance. Secondly, 

 he will certainly come into contact, receive and return 

 hospitality, with the exceedingly hospitable and popular 

 white officers connected therewith. And, thirdly, he 

 will, indirectly at present, have to pay for their upkeep. 



The military forces of the Protectorate consist of one 

 battalion and two additional companies of the King's 

 African Rifles, the police numbering in all about 1,470, 

 the volunteers, and legion of frontiersmen. Of these 

 the police are a necessity ; the white volunteers, as 

 elsewhere, an obvious desirability ; while about the 

 King's African Rifles blazes the fire of debate. 



We will start with the police and deal only with the 

 last two years as being essential to the present and 

 future. In 1909-10 the total strength of the force was 

 1,819; an d in 1910-11 this number was reduced to 

 1,470. The reason of this considerable reduction lay 

 in the withdrawal of considerable bodies of men who 

 were employed on garrison duty. These garrisons 



