- In making confidential reports officers should avoid vague language, and the favourable or unfavourable characteristic note should be specified. Mention should be made of any form of activity outside his ordinary duties in which an officer has made himself useful. In the case of a seriously adverse report it is desirable to illustrate briefly the traits unfavourably reported on. Capability for the higher work of the Department, combined with diligence, thoroughness and honesty are the guiding principles on which alone an officer should be recommended for special promotion.(D. P. I.'s circular no. 59, dated the 2nd May, 1905; and letter no. 52-G, dated the 23rd May, 1935; R. and O. page 575-79.)
