Baden powell's Fighting police : the S.A.C
Ross, Hamish (Writer on military history)2022
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This work begins in August 1900 during the war in South Africa, when mounted Boer commandos ranging across the veldt superseded pitched battles of massed armies and heavy weaponry. Thanks to his flair for organisation, Baden-Powell is asked to create a mounted force with a combined military and police role, and will be answerable to the Commander-in-Chief and the civil High Commissioner. Rejecting Army models of command, Baden-Powell creates the South African Constabulary (SAC) with a small number of officers, dividing it into Troops of 100 men, then sub-dividing again into sections and the key working unit - the squad of six men under a corporal. To get the calibre of recruit he wants, the SAC will be better paid than the Army and he expects the men to be motivated by a code of honour, to be self-reliant and 'handy men' able to tackle any kind of work.
Main title:
Baden powell's Fighting police : the S.A.C / Hamish Ross.
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2022.
Collation:
224 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399083621 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.2'0968363.20968
Language:
English
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BRN:
3300495
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