Major Glubb, o.5r., is his Majesty's Commander-in-Chief of the Desert Patrol in Trans-Jordan. When Major Glubb was ordered from Iraq tet years ago to assume command of the Patrol then being established as a section of the Arab Legion, he was popularly referred to as the "Younger Lawrence." The Desert Patrol at that time consisted of 800 men. His job was to bring its strength up to 2,500. Today this fighting force which is second to none in all of Arabistan is 75.000 strong and woe betide the enemy that may one day have to engage this unique force.
We hear little of Trans-Jordan, and less of its Desert Patrol; the anonymity which attaches to the work of Major Glubb is characteristic of most men of his type. Major Glubb has lived among the wild Bedouin tribes since the first World War. He knows them and he speaks their dialects; like them he thrives in the desert; unlike them he is articulate and it is with almost tenderness that he speaks of his own nomadic way of life.
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