XXI 
THE MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES 207 
after that certain irresponsible satirists divide the 
native population into two classes : those in prison 
and those who want to be. There are two first class 
prisons, one at Nairobi and one at Mombasa, into 
which all long-service prisoners are removed. Here 
they are taught various industries, such as chair¬ 
making, basket-work, carpentering, etc. ; indeed up to 
1911 jail was the only place in which a native could 
get any technical education. The unfortunate result 
of this was that a native who had any knowledge of a 
useful trade was, ipso facto , branded as a criminal. 
The short service prisoners at the various district 
lock-ups are very rightly made to do their share of 
work and are employed in such tasks as road-making, 
bush-clearing, gardening and generally in keeping 
clean and tidy the various Government Stations. 
Taken as a whole, it cannot be gainsaid that the 
police force is a fine one and splendidly administered. 
Those who suffer through various crimes and feel that 
they do not get sufficient police protection, which is of 
course more especially the case with regard to stock 
thefts, are apt to minimise the huge difficulties with 
which this force is confronted. Rather is it a cause of 
admiration that they effect as much as they do, and a 
source of gratification that the grip of law and order 
over the country increases year by year. 
The King’s African Rifles merit most attention, not 
only on account of their splendid record and personnel, 
but, as I have said, through the questions of expense 
and distribution to which they give rise. 
The ordinary military expenditure in 1908 was 
,£45,387; in 1909, £*46,639; and in 1910, £40,398. 
These sums represent, not only a very large figure per 
head of the military force, but a very large proportion 
