Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox.

And Ms Cox said she hoped the special task force set up to help quell a mini-mutiny at Warwick Camp would restore order in the ranks.

Ms Cox -- who has delegated powers over the Regiment -- said: "Concerns have been raised and what's happening there is fact-finding.

"Various things are being looked at and where there is evidence, these things must be addressed.'' Ms Cox said she and then-Acting Premier Lois Browne Evans had last month met with Governor Thorold Masefield, the Commander-in-Chief of the Regiment, to discuss complaints by some Regiment officers.

She added: "The Governor is certainly well aware of the Government's concern and he has also acted out of his own concerns.

"And he is aware Government is keen to see any problems addressed as soon as possible.'' Ms Cox said: "We will be using our good offices to assist where we can -- but we have to be aware of protocol and the Regiment is under the Governor's mantle.'' The Royal Gazette exclusively revealed earlier this month that a internal warfare had broken out in the Regiment, spearheaded by a group of rebel black officers.

The rebels claimed they had been left feeling out of step with the direction the Regiment was going in under Lt. Col. Patrick Outerbridge.

It is understood that one of the conditions of a ceasefire was the axing of Royal Anglian Regiment staff officer Maj. David Napier.

One insider claimed Maj. Napier carried too much weight with Lt. Col.

Outerbridge -- and questioned the quality of the advice from the British Army professional soldier.

Insiders claimed the Officers' Mess was splitting along racial lines and the gulf between officers and sergeants was also widening.

But other officers formed up in defence of their CO -- and said there had "always been confrontation'' between some Bermudians and overseas instructors. One claimed that attempts to modernise training -- with less emphasis on square-bashing and more on problem solving -- had met with stiff resistance from Regiment traditionalists.

The battle lines hardened last week when ex-Regiment CO Lt. Col. David Burch appeared to use his seat in Senate to call for the resignation of his successor and other top figures in the Island's part-time army.

And he warned that -- unless those in charge of the Regiment went into action -- "irreparable damage'' could be done at Warwick Camp.

Lt. Col. Burch said: "Either people need to resign or people need to be fired or people need to be moved.'' Paula Cox