(a)The Superintendent shall then detail a police party of the strength and composition shown below to meet the troops as they enter the district and to remain with them until they leave the district or until the party is relieved by a similar police party from the next district on the line of march. The Superintendent shall furnish the officer in command of the party with an official letter of introduction to the officer commanding the troops, to which shall be attached a copy of clause (e).(b)When the troops are British the police party shall be commanded by a European officer, or, if no such officer is available, by an Indian Inspector who can speak English. In other cases, an Indian officer shall command.(c)The police party shall be composed as follows :-(i)For every British cavalry, infantry or mechanised regiment-One European officer, two head constables and ten constables.(ii)For every British battery of artillery-One European officer, one head constable and six constables.(iii)For every Indian regiment-One Sub-Inspector, one head constable and six constables.(d)The duties of the police party are as follows :-(i)the police officer in command shall report himself to the officer commanding the troops and make over the letter of introduction mentioned in clause (b)\(ii)the police officer shall place himself under the orders of the officer commanding the troops and shall report to him morning and evening;-(iii)the police officer shall take charge of any Indian prisoners, and shall take care that no person of bad character or wandering gypsy is allowed near the camp or line of march, he shall also forward to the nearest police-station any requisition for supplies received from the officer commanding the troops; and(iv)on relief, the police officer-in-charge of the party shall report himself to the officer commanding the troops and obtain his permission to return to his headquarters.(e)Officers-in-charge of police-stations along the line of march shall supply any requisitions received from the officer in command of the police party accompanying the troops, and shall maintain a watch over all bad characters living in the neighbourhood of encampments or the line of march.
