Page "Ulster Special Constabulary" Paragraph 10

Craig proposed to the British cabinet a new " volunteer constabulary " which " must be raised from the loyal population " and organised, " on military lines " and " armed for duty within the six county area only ".

He recommended that " the organisation of the UVF ( the unionist militia formed in 1912 ) should be used for this purpose ".

Wilfrid Spender, the former UVF quartermaster in 1913 – 14, and by now a decorated war hero, was appointed by Craig to form and run the USC.