European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse 4 1 4, Cal tisk % f whether you come by land sea or air the first Frenchman you encounter will probably be a gendarme French equivalent of a Canadian mountie and . I i a state policeman ready to help you or hinder you if you re a lawbreaker x. .3, performs Superb motorcycle gendarmerie s main concern is pub Lic Security. Although it had existed since the 13th Century it was t until the effects of the Industrial revolution began to befell there had never been strikes before that time More recently France bus had one of the world s worst traffic problems that the gendarmerie became n really National Law error Cymont Agency. There a four general categories of. Gendarmes each responsible to a different ministry. The administrative police for example who. Patrol the highways Are under the ministry of the Interior. These same gendarmes go into action when disaster strikes such As a fire or a flood. They also police special events like fairs and festivals. Gendarmes who act As game wardens also serve to this branch., judiciary gendarmes Are responsible to the ministry of Justice they track Down criminals and lawbreakers another cat gory of gendarmes is the military police of French armed forces in Continental France and overseas territories of what Isnow termed the French Community. The Man guarding the Monti Lisa at the louvre museum is a gendarme. He be Longs to the miscellaneous category the gendarmes who keep n Lookout for vandals and crackpots in museums or Public build Ings who see that people Don t break quarantine or that truck Drivers with to to vehicles Don t try to Cross Bridges with a capacity of Only five ton French Law enforce Ltd system a and smooth thank Ito the gendarmes Al organization prides itself m keeping abreast of the times. Its communication and crime detection apparatus Jpio latest techniques. A rolling Stock fat and Well maintained. Its first Aid and to a gency equipment is up to Dat. use helicopters to Unm Arl Jur gift jams Frej -1%"but for All us 20th Centy eff Chi a to gendarmerie National keeps Manor of to traditions because they wer cart finally practical although now Elito Garder Public fail a wet Llrath this. " � Paris to the French is the works on and Only City. In France of courses to to no rival and even a Marsel mls noted my being a braggart would exc lad parts i boosting of Marseille As France s most favored City so with Paris � the heart and soul of France it is natural that the French flit ought to be watched Over and Prou cud by an elite guard of its own. Tom Oard Republic Aine de Paris consist of on by Fantry and one cavalry regiment to Lavter has the motorcycle Squadron that escorted the american arid French president around the Elty during president Eisen Hower s recent visit and serve on All other High state having a place of Honor to the gendarmerie s organization Tho Garder put Caln provides the Honor guards Tor Ropcea Ettla sentries for the official resident of the president and other Gremm it gendarme technically. If a noncommissioned officer to the of officer rank Are called of Lut a in cond amerte National. They Rattan a at the gendarmerie s off per a drool an qualifications include Pas slip the Dlf Cuti second degree College entrant in Only the top 96 per cent of for Nch High school students Are Able to suit Mottott. A typical Day at the Gendar Nvart can a pretty Well summed up by scanning the Paris newspapers. On Day last Monett the papers reported two incidents that Matt Lively Reading but for the action these cases were All in the Day work. They rowed Down the Rhoa Row of in canoes in the Valence area to break up a nudist Colony that had been organized on an isolated Shore after a Sld it and campers had another part of franc Tea a ppr Savoy they climbed to an int of the a Mountain Village to Clos an children s summer bom Aff to had of in reported that the Only supervisor at the place was a 16-Yenr-old girl and that to 11 children there or. Living Only on three quarts of milk a Day too. Thy invest lat a Scot of traffic a As to with Back from Sadat Ion season with Parl sinn to droves returning to the capital aft Raugust holidays. About 15.000 traffic Polte moturdamojorvc9p.wre " paroled 2� Wor in two Days. the Lafai of motorists is by fal lamp it hnp#t1 task of the gendarmes. The Friendly protective tit adv to of the Netlon la s Mott highly prize traditions. A fit Thi Century France hits changed but the aim of the Tarm re remains the the to jew. Gendarme ast and to Highway patrol " up Check a motorists to too big a hurry. 19s9 the stars and stapes m
