`."System- "SystemHgl`-"System--@Times New Roman---@Times New Roman--------- 42 q`cArrival of 'Black and Tans'       ---  2 qCc  @Times New Roman---------  2 `cI 42 gcntroduction from Chronology       ---  2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- 2 `cThe f  ,2 cirst 'Black and Tans'       2 %cappear   %2 \con Irish streets    2 c-  2 c  #2 cthey are mostly        2 XcB  2 ecritish   2 c- 2 cborn    ,2 `cformer members of the      2 cBritish   2 ScArmy   >2 "cwho had been recruited to the RIC.            2 c   2 c   2 c   2 ` cEven though    m2 Acthey are full members of the RIC, the first recruits appeared in                  )2 `cunfamiliar uniforms       2 c-  2 c  [2  5cwhich were mixtures of RIC (dark green) and military                 2 `c(khaki)    2 c   2 c  2 cdue to    2 ca   2 c  A2 $cshortage of standard RIC uniforms.            2 c   b2 :`:cThe name Black and Tans is said to come from the similar               #2 :7city between the       2 O`Pccolours of their uniforms and the colours of a famous pack of Tipperary hunting                          2 e`chounds.   2 ec   2 ec  --------- 2 ` cMore Detail    2 c  2 con RIC R     2 cecru  2 2citment ---  2 cc  --- v2 `GcAccording to Abbott (2019, pg 16), at the beginning of 1919 there were                    |2 `Kcapproximately 11,000 men in the RIC. In addition, there were approximately                    d2 `;c1,202 men in the DMP (Abbott (2019), pg 22). [Notes on pre               2 Gc- 2 M c1920 RIC:     12 `cRecruits got 31 shillings        2 c  \2 6ca week while experienced men got up to 43 shillings a                2 `cweek    2 c   2 c  72 cAbbott (2019), pg 60. All non       2 |c- L2 +cmarried men were required to live in their            2 ` cbarracks     2 c-  2 c  j2 ?cAbbott (2019), pg 71. The religious composition of the RIC was                  R2 6`/cclose to the religious composition of the Irish             2 6c  72 6cpopulation according to 1911           2 K`ccensus     2 Kc   2 Kc  q2 KDcAbbott (1919), pg 115. In 1911, according to the census, 74% of the                   ------ D2 a`&cIrish population was Roman Catholic.]          ---  2 ac  --- 2 `McDue to the ostracism of the RIC ordered by the Dil in April 1919, and which                        .2 `cgrew over the following        2 c  2 cyears    2 Ic  .2 Ncas violence escalated,        2  cquite a few    2 Pc  2 UcRIC men     y2 `Icresigned. 99 RIC men resigned in 1919; 1647 in 1920 and 1,638 in 1921.                     }2 `LcWhen added to the men who were pensioned, died, discharged, deserted, etc.,                       t2 `Fcthe number who left the RIC were 495 in 1919; 3,229 in 1920 and 3,208                   2 cin    2 `Nc1921. So a total of nearly 7,000 left the force in these three years (Abbott                     2 `Nc(2019), pg 82). (However, it should not be assumed that the almost 7,000 who                      +2 `cresigned were all pre      2 c- 52 c1920 members of the force.      52 cThe campaign carried out to          (2 5`cget RIC men to resi      d2 5;cgn was not very successful. According to Lowe 63 percent                 2 J`Ncof the men who were members of the R.I.C. in January 1919 were still enrolled                 ------ R2 ``/cat disbandment in 1922 (Lowe (2002), pg 107).)          ---  2 `c  --- v2 `GcNevertheless, due the British cabinets decision to deal with the escal                 2 }cating    12 `cviolence in Ireland as a        2 ccivil   2 8crather    2 fc   2 icthat military     =2 !cmatter, additional recruits were       2 `Mcneeded. On October 7th 1919, Chief Secretary Macpherson got British Cabinet                      ,2 `capproval to recruit ex       2 c- b2 :cservice men in Britain to the RIC and, despite objections                 @Times New Roman--------------- 42 `cfrom RIC Inspector General          R2 8/cByrne, as order was issued by the RIC on the 11               --- 2 cth---  2 c  --------- )2 `cNovember 1919 (or 27     --- 2 cth---  2 c  P2 ".cDecember 1919) giving authority to recruit non             2 c- "Arial--ccbbaa