ENGLAND’S NEW COPPER-INCHIEF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17934, 30 July 1920, Page 3

ENGLAND’S NEW COPPER-IN-CHIEF

ABOUT SCOTLAND YARD’S LATEST “STRONG MAN.” “A stern but just disciplinarian” is the description applied by those who know him to Brigadier-General T. F. Horwood, C. 8., D. 5.0., who has just succeeded Sir Ntvil Alacready in that office. The new chief was a soldier before he became a super-policeman, his record in the sth Lancers being an excellent one. When he retired a few years ago with the rank ot colonel he became an officer-clerk at the War Office, and it was while he was employed in this capacity that he came under the notice of the late Chief Commissioner, who was himself beginning to make his mark. A short while after Colonel Horwood was made chief constable of the North-Eastern Railway, which at that time was under the GeneralManagership of Sir Eric Geddes. Then came the War and Sir Nevil Macready, remembering the capabilities of his former subordinate, sent for him and asked him to organise the prisoner-of-war camps in England; after the completion of which work Colonel Horwood proceeded to France as Provost-Marshal. The task was a difficult one, demanding of the man who held it great tact and firmness ot character. It was he who caused! the Cabinet Minister -who was found in the lines without a pass to be arrested, whiie at least one other highly-placed Government official has memories of a narrow escape from arrest at General Horwood’s hands. Scores ot deserters and other offenders against King’s Regulations were apprehended by his staff, which quickly earned the reputation of being one of the most efficient organisations in the Army at the time. In appearance General Horwood is something of a giant. He is six-foot-three in height, while his big build commands Instant respect. His reputation as a policeman stands high with the rank-and-file of the Force, and there is no dpubt that his appointment to the Chief Commissionership is a popular one.