The Gogle rural constabulary served as Italian-appointed chiefs’ armed backing

Evidence

These and other Italian appointed ‘Capos’ were supported in their rôle as agents of the Italian Residents by an armed rural constabulary force known as the Gogle, first recruited under De Martino’s governorship in 1914 and possessing by 1930 a strength of some five hundred men. This force was the Somalia equivalent of the British Illalos in the north. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 277

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Gogle force and explicitly parallels it with the British Illalos.