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 Kings 
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; and 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 
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