`."System- "SystemHgl̉`-"System--@Times New Roman--- M2 x`,cBackground to Issuing of Order to Recruit ex             2 xc- 22 xcBritish Army personnel to       @Times New Roman--------- 2 `cRIC---  2 c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cTownshend says order issued          2 A con this day    I2 )cby the Inspector General's office of the            L2 `+cRIC which gave the authority to recruit non              2 c- A2 $cIrishmen to the RIC (but this order            @Times New Roman--------------- ,2 `cwas probably not issue        2 cd   2 !c  2 & cuntil Dec  2 mcember 27  --- 2 cth--- 2 c).  2 c  ---  2 `c  @Times New Roman--------- 2 )` cBackground   ---  2 )c  --- s2 E`EcTownshend says that after Byrne's memo to Under Secretary McMahon on                   2 Z` cSeptember     2 Zc  2 Zc9th   h2 Z>c, General Shaw told IG Byrne that he could bolster the RIC by                   2 p` crecruiting ex     2 pc- h2 p>cBritish Army detachments. However, Byrne strenuously pointed                   2 `co  n2 jBcut the problems with this proposal with regard to discipline (see                2 PcOct  2 lc- 2 rc04   2 c- 2 c19/1)   2 c.   y2 `IcTownshend says that "despite their cogency and prophetic accuracy, these                      2 `Qcobjections were to be overruled. Byrne's opposition was to cost him his job, and                   ------ ,2 `cnearly to end his care        72 cer." (Townshend 1975, pg 30)        ---  2 c  --- y2 `IcTownshend notes that even though Byrne was Inspector General at the time                     2 `Mcwhen the order was issued, it was probably Smith (his Deputy) who signed the                       ------------ |2 `Kcorder. However, Leeson says that the order was not issued until December 27                  ---  2 ct---  2 ch---  2 c   2 "`Mcby which time Smith had replaced Byrne. French had insisted that Byrne go on                        2 7`Qcleave for the benefit of his health and he installed Smith as Acting Inspector                         2 M` cGeneral (see    2 McNov   2 Mc- 2 Mc10   2 Mc- 2 Mc19/2)   J2 M0*c. Byrne was a Catholic while Smith was an             --- 2 b` cOrangeman (   2 bcLeeson   #2 bc(2012), pg 24).      2 b}c ---  2 bc  ------------ 2 `cOn   2 }cDecember   2 c  2 c30 --- 2 zcth--- [2 5c, Llyod George wrote to Bonar Law saying It may, of               2 `Sccourse, very well be that the task in Ireland is a hopeless one and that Byrne has                     2 `Pcsimply the intelligence to recognise it. He continued that he had thought him                   2 `ca  2 qMcn able and intelligent man but [he] has always given me the impression of an                      _2 `8cofficial overwhelmed with the hopelessness of his task              &2 cand until we are     52 `cthrough with Home Rule [See        2 EcDec  2 cc- 2 ic22   2 }c- 2 c19/1   D2 &c] a man of less intelligence and more           12 `cstolidity would be a more          2 )c  U2 .1cuseful instrument to administer the interregnum            ------  2 `c( 72 fcTownshend (2014), pg 103 and         /2 ccOHalpin (1987), pgs 194        2 0c- 2 6c195)   2 Zc.---  2 _c  ------ 2 1`cSee Mar    2 1c- 2 1c25   2 1c- 2 1c20/4.  ---  2 1c  --- 2 Y`cBack    2 Yc @Times New Roman---- @ !*[`-  "Arial--ccbbaa