Bust of
Gustave Schau, the Danish
Lieutenant Colonel
who in 1897
AD was hired
by King
Chulalongkorn (fig.) to
set up a
Siamese
Provincial
Police force, which
was established as a branch of
the armed forces responsible for internal security, akin to the gendarmerie.
He became its first
Commander-in-Chief and was later appointed to the fifth Chief of
Police, serving as Major General from 1913 to 1915, under his Thai
name and title
Phraya
Wasuthep
(fig.).
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