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22nd April, 1916. Dear Anderson, The following are the replies to the six
questions asked in your yesterday's note:- (1) One man will be required for each
Post in 4
reliefs :-
(a) Museum... ... ... ... 4 men
(b) Arbour Hill Barracks. ... 4 '
(c) Royal Hospital. ... ... 4 '
(d) General Post Office.. ... 8 '
(e) Telephone Exchange... ... 4 '
(f) North Wall Ships ... ... 16 '
Total 40. (2) The day tour for each man will be from 6 a.m.
to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on one day
and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the next day and so
alternately. The night tours would be 7 p.m.
to 1 a.m. and 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. on alternate
nights. (3) The men so employed would be sworn in as
Special Constables. (4) They would be provided with whistles and could
provide themselves with sticks. (5) Volunteer uniforms with G.R. armlet should be
worn. (6) The men when sworn in as Special Constables
would come under Police control but there
would be no objection to their inspection by
one of their own Orderly Officers who should
however also be sworn in as a Special Consta
-ble. Yours sincerely, The numbers and hours apply to Dublin. I have
not yet got details w.r. to other towns. Zua.
22/4
Letter to Robert Anderson (b.1860). The letter answers a series of questions posed
by Anderson in a previous letter concerning how many men would be required for each
post, the length of time their service would be required, whether the men would be
sworn in as special constables, if they would be provided with sticks and whistles,
if they must wear a uniform and who the men would be answering to.Anderson was the
Honorary Secretary of the Irish Association of the Volunteer Training Corps. The IAVTC
were a corps consisting of men who were over age or engaged in important occupations
and therefore could not enlist for wartime service when war broke out in 1914. This
was a volunteering training militia that came to be known by the nickname 'Gorgeous
Wrecks' due to the G.R. armbands they wore symbolizing Georgius Rex.