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C ” Town Police (Shabanah),—Strength in the Division, 146 N.C.O.s and
men. Distributed as under :—
N.C.O.s and Men.
Nasiriyah Town, one B.O.R. inspector - - - 75
Suq al Shuyukh - - - - - - 22
Shatrah, one sub-inspector - - - - - 28
QaFat Sikar - - - - - - -14
Karradi - - - - - - - 7
Pay is same as dismounted Shabanah.
Uniform and equipment i& the same as the Shabanah generally, except that
only a belt with two pouches is worn (no bandolier), and the Police kaffiyah is
white, instead of red and blue.
The work of the Police is satisfactor}^. Recruits are rather hard to get, as
it is insisted on the men’s eyesight being good, also a fairly good physique is required.
No tribes are allowed in the Police. They have to be townsmen vouched for by
the Mukhtars. Sergt. Jeffries, Inspector of the Nasiriyah Police, was a London
constable before the war, and that alone, I think, is sufficient praise. He has
worked up the men to a high standard of drill, and is untiring in his efforts to teach
them the higher duties of Police.
12 . Miscellaneous. —Before closing the Report, I would like to put forward
the following two suggestions :—
{a) That the titles of Political Officer and Assistant Political Officer be
discontinued, and substituted some such titles as Mutasarrif and Qaimmaqam ;
or, if these savour too much of the Turkish regime, by some other name which
the local Arab can appreciate and better understand.
( 6 ) That certain definite Arab titles and orders be instituted for rewarding
of our many Arab friends who have stood by us in the Great War. Some
thing after the nature of the “ Order of the Nile ” is, I think, wanted to
meet present and future needs.
H. R. P. Dickson, Major,
Political Officer, Nasiriyah Division.
9th January 1919.