After their deployment in March 1920, they rapidly gained a reputation for drunkenness and ill discipline, that did more harm to the British government's moral authority in Ireland than any other group.
1920年3月部署之后，该部队迅速由于酗酒和军纪不整恶名远扬，对英国政府在爱尔兰的道德权威造成的损害胜于任何其他团体。