Ï …  `.û¼"System-û ¼"Systemîgl¼ù<ƒ_yeŒˆ‰-ðû¼"System--ðûíÿ¼@Times New Roman---ûíÿ@Times New Roman--------- 2 q` cCreation of     2 qÃcthe   ,2 qácAuxiliary Division of        2 q’cthe   2 q°cRIC---  2 qÓc  ûíÿ¼@Times New Roman---ûðÿ@Times New Roman--------- 52 ™`cIntroduction from Chronology       ---  2 ™Sc  --- V2 Á`2cThe first member of the Auxiliary Division of RIC             /2 Áãc(‘Auxies’) is recruited      2 Á”c–   2 Ážc  2 Á£chis   /2 ×`cname is Harold Pearsons.         2 ×)c   2 ×.c  --------- 2 ÿ` cMore Detail  ---  2 ÿ¾c  --- }2 '`LcThe Auxiliary Division is meant to be an elite paramilitary division of RIC                      2 <` cmade up of ex      2 <Ðc- e2 <Ö<cofficers of the British Army, graded as temporary cadets on                 D2 R`&ctwelve month contracts and ranked as a            2 R—c  @2 Rœ#cRIC Sergeant and paid twice normal            }2 g`LcRIC recruits (i.e. paid £1 per day). While the ‘Auxies’ were formally under                 q2 }`DcTudor's overall command, according to Curran, they were "a law unto                    s2 ’`Ecthemselves". Townshend notes that a British cabinet committee had in                   2 ¨`cMay/Jun   t2 ¨¤Fce rejected a special gendarme proposed by Churchill (because of fears                   &2 ½`cabout discipline)      2 ½âc–   2 ½ìc  2 ½ðcsee  2 ½ cMay   2 ½1c- 2 ½7c11   2 ½Kc- (2 ½Qc20/1. See also May        2 ½ìc- 2 ½òc31   2 ½c- 2 ½  c20/1; Jul     2 ½Pc- 2 ½Vc06   2 ½jc- 2 ½p c20/2; Jul     2 ½´c-  2 Ó`c10   2 Ótc- 2 Ózc20/4   2 Ó¢cand  2 ÓÄcJul   2 ÓÛc- 2 Óác11   2 Óõc- 2 Óûc20/2.   2 Ó#c  M2 Ó2,cTudor announced their creation at the joint           ûôÿ@Times New Roman--------------- D2 è`&cconference of the British cabinet and           :2 è„cIrish administration on July 23         --- 2 ãxcrd---  2 è‚c  2 è‡cwhen    --- ;2 þ` crecruiting had already started.        ---  2 þQc  --- (2 &`cNo executive order        2 &õcexists   \2 &$6cfor their creation and their place in the RIC command               ------------ €2 ;`Ncstructure was not defined. Tudor wrote again to the Under Secretary on July 28                     --- 2 6²cth---  2 ;ºc   .2 Q`csaying that he was stil      _2 Q 8cl working out the role and formation of the Auxiliaries                ------ 12 f`c(Leeson (2012), pg 99).      ---  2 f"c  --- }2 Ž`LcThe training of the Auxiliaries started out in Hare Park hutted camp on the                       q2 ¤`DcCurragh but moved to Gormanstown in October. Eventually, HQ for the                    82 ¹`cAuxiliaries was Beggars Bush b         &2 ¹Rcarracks in Dublin.        2 ¹Ûc   2 ¹àc  22 ¹åcOn August 20th, they were         =2 Ï`!cplaced under command of Brigadier           2 Ïzc- C2 Ï€%cGeneral Frank Crozier with Brigadier            }2 ä`LcGeneral E. A. Wood as his deputy. They were formed into companies of about                      j2 ú`?c100 men. The O/C was usually a man who had held the rank of Li                   2 úl ceutenant     …2 `QcColonel in the British Army and held the rank of District Inspector 1 within the                      z2 %`JcRIC structure. By the end of October, nine companies had been formed and                     ‚2 :`Ocwere stationed throughout the south and west of Ireland. By April 1921, there                  2 O` cwere fifteen   k2 OÀ@ccompanies with three stationed in Dublin; three in Cork and the                   t2 e`Fcremainder in nine other counties. The total number who served in the                     €2 z`NcAuxiliaries (‘Auxies’) was just over 2,000 but with no more than 1,500 at any                   --- 2 ` cone time. ---  2 ²c  --- 52 ¸`cFor further detail, see the       R2 ¸+/cvery good website dedicated to the Auxiliaries              2 ¸›c–   2 ¸¥c  --- ÿ,2 Í`cwww.theauxiliaries.com     2 Íc. ---  2 Í-c ûíÿ@Times New Roman---üÿ- @ !ð¾Ï`üÿÿÿ-ð û¼"Arial--ccbbaa