
The force comprised one commander, five captains, ten sergeants, forty corporals, lance-corporals, constables and lance-constables, and, in times of emergency, a "citizens militia" of varied size. during the day and the Watch, who served the same purpose in the hours of darkness. Since he had little interest in maintaining a police force the smart armour and equipment of the Watch quickly deteriorated.Īt this time there were four separate forces: The Palace Guard, who guarded the palace the Cable Street Particulars, who served as government intelligence the Ward, who acted as gate-guards, thief-takers etc. Four days later Veltrick's son assassinated him, and became Veltrick II. They had full copper armour and a copper shield inscribed "Fabricati Diem, Pvncti Agvnt Celeriter" ("Make the Day, the Moments Pass Quickly", Veltrick's motto). The Ankh-Morpork Watch & Ward was founded in AM 1561 by King Veltrick I. Note: Some of the information repeated below was taken from The Discworld Companion and the 1999 Discworld Diary, which had a City Watch theme, and has not been confirmed in any of the Discworld novels.

4.16.1 Special-Constable Andy "Two Swords" Hancock.

