ملف ٤٢/ ١٩٣١ "ادعاءات الإغارة في مناطق نجد-شرق الأردن" [و‎‎٣‎٠‎٦] (٩٣٠/٦١٦)

At tha eama time, the eub-division of the care
into two sections of three would enable them to be
divided up and operate independently when to threat
of attacks in force rendered their concentration
essential«
POLICE OR SOLDIERS,
It may perhaps be said that considerable aimed
forces already exist in Trans-Jordan, such as the Royal
Air Force, and the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, and that
to enlist further forces now is therefore unnecessary.
Experience has proved, however, that military forces
are unsuitable for employment in guerilla warfare of
this nature amongst desert tribes.
To begin with, the Beduin tribes live in a world
apart, and are suspicious and out of sympathy with
non-Beduins, even other Arabs, As a result, only Beduin
Police can handle Beduins successfully, or obtain
accurate information from them.
Again, Beduin police can foreatall or overtake
raiders by foreseeing their movements, tha routes
they will follow and the tactics they will adopt, the
police being themselves ex-raiders.
Aimed cars manned by Beduin police are more
mobile and less costly than regular forces, because they
require no supply or ration organisation. The men
feed themselves, each man carrying a haversack of dates
or a bag of flour in his kit. They drink any water and
eat on the march on camel back or in their cars.
Moreover, they can remain throughout the year in the
desert