Evening star., 1923-04-29

pinnacle Of the police administration
of the Indian empire. There were
almost a dozen Of them who succeeded
one another at the head Of Scotland
that Of 1.-The sahibs." In Some things
they were very successful. They
were alive to those ingenuities or
crime which prevail among the orf-
entails but which are beyond the
denser brain of the British and Eu-
ropean felon.
Failed In One Respect.
They failed, however. to appreciate
the difference which EXISTS between
the management and control of dusky
natives and Of white men. The result
of this was that in 1918, at the most
critical time OF the war, there was
strike on the part of the London po-
lice of Sufficient importance to bring
abont the resignation of tho last. OF
the "sahibs," Sir Edward Henry. and
very tactful Irish soldier, Gen. Sir
Nevil Macready. adjutant general OF
brought home in hot haste to assume
charge of the police. and to restore
the morale and the discipline of the
! force.
In this, Sir Nevil Macready. who
was born in New York. a son OF the
great actor William Charles Mac
ready. proved eminently successful.
He possessed all the wit and humor
and bonhommie of his race. and be-
fore he quilted the job to assume the
chief command Of the military forces
in Ireland the metropolitan police
had virtually obliterated the memory
of their partial mutiny-a mutiny all
the more serious because 1t was at the
seat of the imperial government in
stead of on the battle front.
When the Right Hon. Sir Nevil
Macready went from London to Dub
lin his post at Scotland Yard was en-
j trusted to another soldier by profes-
sion, but who possessed, in addition
thereto. y considerable amount OF
police experience. Son of the lord
Of one of those picturesque old
manors which form the chief attrac-
tion of the fair and peculiarly Eng
lish county of Sussex. SIR William
won his spurs as a captain OF the
firing some time after the South Afri-
can war. twenty-five years ago. he ac-
cepted an offer to take charge Of the
entire police system of the Great
Eastern railroad. one Of the big
trunk lines-perhaps the biggest-of
the United Kingdom.
This work, for which he developed
not only a pronounced liking, but
also intuition. won for him a consid
cradle amount OF police experience
not only in London. where the head
quarters and terminal of the Great
| Eastern railroad system are situated.
but also IN the great industrial and
commercial centers When the great
war broke out, William Norwood
threw up his lucrative job without a
moments hesitation, rejoined his
regiment. and sailed for France as
part and parcel Of the first British
expeditionary force. There he took
part in most of the early fighting.
winning the distinguished service
order, the French and Belgian croix
n r.
of the French Legion of Honor, before
someone at headquarters happened to
recall the work that he had done az
chief of the large police force Of the
, Great Eastern railroad.
Head OF Army Police.
The police service OF the British
army in France had been very unsat-
isfactory in the earlier stages of the
war; perhaps because so many men
Of criminal past had sought refuge
from the police at home among the
gallant and clean-lived lads who had
answered the call of arms. At any
rate. no time was lost in appointing
Sir William, first as deputy provost
marshal. then as provost marshal of
the entire British army in France.
where his work was recognized on
the restoration Of peace by his ap-
pointment to knighthood OF the Order
Of the Bath and by the confirmation
| Of his military rank as major general.
He had won his way from the cap
| taincy with which he Joined on the
outbreak of the war to the rank of
! brigadier general by hard fighting.
as Is shown by the fact that he re-
ceived no less than seven different
mentions in the dispatches for gal
, lantry and conspicuous bravery in
action.
Strictly speaking. the department
| over which Sir William Norwood pre-
sides Is known as New Scotland Yard.
! and occupies an imposing edifce on
the Thames embankment Old Scot