`."System- "SystemglWF-"System--@Times New Roman--- "2 q`cTudor in Galway      2 qc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- t2 `FcMajor General Tudor (Chief of Police) inspects the RIC garrison and D                   M2 `,cCompany of the Auxiliaries in Galway City.             2 c  @Times New Roman------------ %2 `cAccording to the      --- 2 cConnau  2  cght Tribune   --- O2 x-c, in his address to the RIC, he says In the              2 `Ocdetermined stand that you have taken in lifting the terror of the reign of the                   @"Calibri--------- a2 `9cgunman, I assure you that you have my fullest support.           ---  2 (c  ------------ 2 &`cThe --- 2 &cTribune  --- ;2 & ccontinues Having inspected the          72 &cAuxiliaries, he spoke of the         2 ;`Pcpleasure it gave him to hear from many sources of the excellent discipline of D                     2 Q`McCompany. He congratulated them upon the gallantry a small party of them when                       q2 f`Dcambushed at Kilroe on January 18 last. There was an ambush on the                     2 |`cAu  A2 |x$cxiliaries at Kilroe on January 18th           2 |c   2 |c  2 |csee Jan   2 |c- 2 |c18 to 22     2 |c- )2 |c21/1. No member of       2 `Pcthe Auxiliaries was killed in this ambush but, in its aftermath, the RIC killed                       --- .2 `cfour unarmed civilians.     ---  2 c  --- 22 `cComment on Tudors Address       2 Nc  --- V2 `2cAt this point, the RIC (including the Auxiliary Di              72 cvision of the RIC) in Galway           2 `Rchad been responsible for the killing of, at least, nineteen people in Galway City                        2 ` cand County.     2 c   ^2 &`7cOf these people, six were members of the IRA. (See Sep             2 &c- 2 &c08   2 &2c- 2 &8c20/2    2 &`c   2 &jc  2 &ocTwo IRA     "2 ;`cmen killed; Nov      2 ;c- 2 ;c24   2 ;c- 2 ; c20/6; Nov     2 ;Lc- 2 ;Rc26   2 ;fc- 2 ;l c20/3; Feb      2 ;c- 2 ;c20   2 ;c- 2 ; c21/5 and Mon      2 ;Ec-  2 ;Kc2   2 ;Uc4   2 ;_c- 2 ;e c21/3.) Of    2 Q`Ncthese six men, only one was possibly armed when he was killed. The rest were                      2 f`Qcmostly shot when trying to escape or failing to stop when ordered or dragged                          ;2 |` cfrom their beds and shot dead.           2 |Zc   S2 `0cThe other thirteen were all civilians. (See Sep             2 c- 2 c16   2 c- 2  c20/1; Oct    2 1c- 2 7c02   2 Kc- 2 Q c20/1; Oct    2 c- 2 c19   2 c-  2 ` c20/5; Oct    2 c- 2 c24   2 c- 2  c20/2; Nov     2 c- 2 c01   2 ,c- 2 2 c20/5; Nov     2 ~c- 2 c14   2 c- 2  c20/1; Nov     2 c- 2 c26   2 c- 2  c20/3; Dec    2 Nc- 2 Tc20   2 hc- 2 n c20/3; Jan     2 c-  2 `c18 to 22     2 c- 2 c20/1    2 c   2 c  .2 cfour men killed and Mar        2 c- 2 c03   2 c- @2 #c21/2.) While some of the civilians          t2 `Fckilled by the RIC were shot trying to escape (for example, Laurence                  2 `cMcDona  2 cgh   2 c   2 c  2 csee Dec  2 c- 2 c20   2 c- [2 !5c20/3) or gross negligence (for example, Eileen Quinn                   2 `c   2 jc  2 ncsee Nov   2 c- 2 c01   2 c- j2 ?c20/5), some were targeted killings (for example, Michael Walsh                2 c   2 c   2 `csee Oct  2 c- 2 c19   2 c- 52 c20/5 and Fr Michael Griffin        2 c   2 c  2 csee Nov   2 c- 2 c14   2 c- ,2 c20/1). It would seem      @2 .`#cclear from these figures that in th        V2 .Y2ceir determined stand to lift the terror of the            }2 D`Lcreign of the gunman, the RIC had little information on who the gunmen were                     }2 Y`Lcand were quite indiscriminate as to who they killed. Nevertheless, they got                  82 o`cTudors fullest support.     2 oBc    2 `c   ,2 `cBy way of contrast, by        2  c  a2 9cthis point in time, the IRA had been responsible for the                v2 `Gckilling of nine people in Galway City and County. Seven of these were                      52 `cmembers of the RIC. (See Jul         2 Ec- 2 Kc19   2 _c- 2 ec20/ 2    2 c   2 c  .2 cTwo RIC men killed; Aug          2 kc- 2 qc21   2 c- 2 c20/3;    2 `cSep    2 ~c- 2 c08   2 c- 2  c20/2; Oct    2 c- 2 c30   2 c- 2  c20/2 and Mar      2 hc- 2 nc16   2 c- 2 c21/3    2 c   2 c  2  cTwo RIC men       2 $c  2 ' ckilled.)   2 a cAll the RIC      v2 `Gcmen would have been armed when they were shot but, as they were mostly                     "Arial--ccbbaa