[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:9
SIE,—I have often thought it a pity that ex-police officers were not eligible for enrolment in the National Reserve, and having read your letter in the Ongar Gazette I should like to point out that there are thousands of ex-policemen who, I think, would be most useful in time of need, if that time should ever come. They are well trained and used to strict discipline, have been drilled (foot), and most have had instruc- tion in first aid to the injured. They may not be so useful as ex-soldiers and militiamen with firearms, but I suggest they could be employed as hospital attendants, guides, messengers, commissariat department, and in many other ways. I venture to say the average British policeman would not be the man to run away in times of danger, national or otherwise.
Please pardon me for writing this letter, but it makes my blood boil to think that we are left out in the cold when a plea is being made for men to defend their country.-1 am Ex-Sergeant, Metropolitan Police.
Clorerley Road, Ongar, Essex.
[We have dealt with this point in our note above, to which we would refer our correspondent. We suggest that he should ask the Essex Territorial Association, Market Road, Chelmsford, to obtain leave from the War Office to add his name and those of his colleagues to the Reserve.—En. Spectator.]
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