The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-21 00:00:00

SPECIAL CONSTABLE&

The following official instructions for the orga-
nisation of special constables have been issued. The de-
fensive measures to be taken under present circumstances
must as far as possible be of a quasi-permanent character,
that is to say, must be calculated to last for some weeks,
and possibly throughout the winter. The best organisa-
tion will be that which is calculated to afford the most
ready assistance to the regular police in the event of an
emergency With this view a police station in every
pariah will be selected as the headquarters of the force of
special constables of that parish. The headquarters sta-
tion and every other police station in the parish
will be considered as a rallying point for the
constables of that parish. The special constables of
each pariah will select to command them a superintendent
and such number of deputy-superintendents as may be
required. The superintendent and one deputy-superin-
tendent will be attached to headquarters, and one
osber deputy-superintendent must be attached to
every other police station. Outlying rallying points may
be selected at the discretion of the superintendent, and an
assistant superintendent must be attached to every such
outlying rallying point, to act under the direction of one
or other of the deputy-superintendents in charge of the
police station to which such outlying rallying point is
subordinate. The whole force of the special constables in
each parish will be called a division, the portion under the
direction of each deputy-superintendent will be a sub-
division,
and the detachment, under assistant-superin-
tendents will be sections. Each deputy-superintendent
and assistant-superintendent should be provided with a
list of the names and addresses of the constables to act
under his direction. At each police station a similar list
should be deposited of the sub-division attached
to that station, distinguishing the men required
to assemble at the station itself, and its subor-
dinate outlying stations any) respectively. The
numbers of special constables sworn in for each
parish, and the names and addresses of the officers ap-
pointed to direct them, should be forwarded as soon as
possible to Lieutenant-Colonel Ewart, R.K, Special
Constables Committee-room, Wellington barracks,
Superintendents may obtain information in relation to
their duties on application to Lieutenant-Colonel
Ewart, R.E. On the occasion of alarm, for example, the
occurrence of an explosion or sellout fire, information will
be given to the polioe-atations of the parish. On the re-
ceipt of the information the police officer at headquarters
will, without delay, summon the superintendent of special
constables, and, if the case be urgent, direct the special
constables of the parish to be forthwith called
together. The mode of summoning the special constables
must be agreed upon between the police and the superin-
tendents of special constables. Every special constable,when
summoned, will repair at once to his proper rallying point,
and there await orders. In Mae of doubt as to the extent
of the emergency, the officer in charge of the police at
headquarters will confer with the superintendent of
special constables, or, in his absence, with the deputy? be-
fore turning out the men. In the absence of special direc-
tions, the superintendent of special constables, in concert
with the officer in charge of the police, will use his discre-
tion as to the distribution of the force, and as to the
general measures to be taken. —lty order of the Secretary
of State for the Home Department,
C. B. EWART, Lieutenant-Colonel ILE.
Office of Special Constables, Wellington Barracks,
Dec. 20,1867.

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