» Sipe? 7, Ed / SR TIE ER I RT The finest organized, mounted body devoted to police duty, in existence, is the claim made for the Royal North-West Mounted Police of Canada and with justice, While the declara i% a sweeping one, it is equally true, No reflection is cast upon of Texas, nor upon that ether world: 8 organimtion the Rurales of the Mexican army, but in the case of the first-named body its members are not subjected to the discipline or rig- ous: course of duty to which the North-West Mpunted Police are com- to submit, while in the case of the Mexican troops, it is admitted that its membership is made up to hb Jarge extent of former bandits, whom hunting Were 8 resident Diaz with much acumen, de- cided it would be advisable to enlist by the offer of pardon for erimes com- mitted and high pay, with special pri- vileges, for the purpose largely, of down existing' bandits, who wosed to the Mexican gov ernmen n the oase_of the North: West Mounted Police," however, the n mental and physical qualifica- tions are so high that it is customary 5 Canada, in speaking of the force, ta declare that it is 'difficult to en- fy _ Aer But eagy to leave." ated as 1% is doubtful if there exists any- where in the world, or ever has ex: small an organized body which has exorcised as great author. ity over as many hundreds of thous- _ andseof men and women, many of the ap. dnd 4 former as desperate, unruly, law-dely- ing, and godless persons ns ever ihe sun shone on, as has this compara: tively handful of men wearing the J mearlet coat of the reigning monarch Groat Britain, and to. this claim it only do the subjects of that mon- agree, but many subjects and \tizohs of other Flere alo. who have wledge of thig-police body, and what it has necomplished in the past and what it is doing today. in the direttion of aiding in the maintenance of order in the far North-West and in assisting in the exploration, opening development. of comparatively unknown regions. that civilization and prosperity may follow. Mora! Influence Of Scarlet unic. THE scariet tunic, and what to Am- eriogn eyes seems the ridiculous little "forage cap,' worn by the ' English Tommy Atkins, of a few years ago! wi a Bord these two typical gar- tell | When bat one man, even, 1 them, appeared in the middie an of several thousand blood- thitghy Siow Indians, fresh from the il, their hands still red with od. of white men or women, and for, more white man's gore; or the scarlpt tumpic pnd "dinky" vap (when the wide felt hat was came into sight of white or murderers, thieves, and cut- vhe wearer | brusquely ap- the leader of the band and A ili him --wmiler arrest, a pistol, marched him to two were standing, and with him to the nearest post mounted police, ps one tring that brave and gallant corps, the Rangers collar, without even ithe Rocky appear in the folmal and comparative- ly prosaic reports made to the bom organization. Like the mumbers of the | police and fire departments of New | York, they do stand at public places and proclaim to the world how well valiantly they have risked lives and withstood hard- ship, and seek the applause! of the mob, but-modestly turn away and say when asked about their gallant deeds, "Oh, that. was nothing; it's all in a day's work," and then reside their tasks, It was in 1873 when Indians roamed the North-West by tens of thousands, und whit men and hali- breeds, "ran things' about as they pleased, that the Dominion of Canac found itself facing a very serious prob- jem, Rupert's Land had been acquired from the great Hudson Bay Company only four years before. With the es- tablishment of the province of Mani- tobg, by the Wolseley expedition of 1870, the locating of a garrison at what is now Winnipeg, but which was just then coming. into life, became ne- cessary. It was dignified by the name of Fort Garry, a wooden stockade and little else. ~All that part of the country bevend the Red River was practically unknown, and nearly 40,- 000 Julians held those plains, over which the buffalo roamed by hundreds of thousands. Following the with- drawal of the Wolseley forces, it was decided that a body of regular troops was necessary to take possession of and keep the country acquired. It was in 1873 that the Royal North-West Mounted Police was organized, in ac cordance with this plan, and while this was effected when the late Sir Alexander Mackenzie was premier of Canada, it was to Sir John Maedon- ald. whose wonderful character and Lability have left their impress upen Hanada to this day. that credit is due for evolving the plan of organizing this body, Adter Sir John's return to power, in 187%, the force was always under his own eve. and was regarded by him as one of his pets. in the sense that he took extreme pride in the efficiency and work which it ac complished so thoroughly. not loudly and desperate Organised In 1873 The nucleus of the Royal ™North- West Mounted Police was gathered in Manitoba in the fall of 18373; under command of Lieut.-Col. Royal Artillery, who had shown much aptivnde and done splendid work for tillery schools and who arrived in Canada fresh from Australia, wherehe had won distinction and had been ve tired from the imperial army as ma: Jor-genetal. 'The remairer of the new: Ip organized force was recruited: in Toronto, the entire force at that time numbering only 300. Permission having been obtained from the United States government, the force proceed. ed by railroad to Fargo, in June, 1874 and wade a march to Dufferin of 170 miles, as a foretaste of their work, Weeding out the weaklings, the Mounted Police began their work, and scored from the start, With two lwldy pieces and. two mor- ; and relying solely "on their own port train for supplies, they marched S00 miles westward through an unknown country, inhabited by nedrly 40,000 ladians and many white desperadoes, until they reached Mountains, Here Fort establi Macleod w Hit Hil jiu i Ta of v tin.sueh chses were quick to appeal to | French of the | Canada in the orgenization of its ar-} od tain law among the thousamis of la- » earl gave, that came during autumn, though officers and wer up their blankets to shelter horses, but these 300 police had ' complished, without losing a life, that which had been declared as impossible without the use of an army--the tak ing of the Ureat Lone Land. | From that time until the present {the work of the Royal North-west Mounted Police has: indeed ent out" for them. Une of the primary (troubles which the force had to con tend with was the sale of hquor {Indians by white men and half 1. which kept "the Indians in a chroni state of deviltry and was the cause of many murders and other violations law. Another object of the first expedition was to establish friendly relations with the Indians. In both of these objects the expedition was inost successful. The sale of liguer to the Indians, ii not entirely stopped was greatly diminished, while the In- diang became convinced that men in scarlet coats meant what they said when they declared thes friends and would see that other dians and white men also justice. As one Indian chief said Col. Macleod, of the expedition : fore you came the Indian crept on thelr possession been these developed pop cattiemen | mil towns mto tres of tation wore In the Xiste {came 1 It { CmarTves oe, while with Fit t herds The r entaht thely m , fo | | gal { 1 hie intains the an along "q butialo, of the hun miles, with @oMIng white now he is not afraid to walk erect, They were given a qd Jaws, told that the man and Indians alike, { need fear no punishment except when | they had done wrong. They sted that their lands wonld taken from them that would be made with them which woul be respected, ~ which fa fully kept, have from many costly Indian in which hundreds of white persons might | lost their lives Steadily the force of mounted pe grew. offi lied or others ea into power at Ottawa, the government in Canada, but the ciency of the force increased. A { lomats the services of the police were { constantly required. : The of i ten came into conflict with each other and with white men about « iment on. their hunting grounds, x f general Wea of the were for white | ) and they | : the by? Indians on but Lhic or were not treat as : jon -wilte the police, men, mall one he and - aps only tw ot | hesitate ter if he i : surrounMed it) { housand t 1 the to minor t the o in his doren« his 1 Promises, itl saved Canada Arve wars, Was 1A by of th t tribe, rhea. away to ¢ arest othcer pur "w i Changes were made commanding ax resigned, and as we ¥ em wip Indians tose the porformant ha d4 not to the for be exhausted si wroach and of { the police as arbiters and protectors, | for at that time the force the [4 pentire management of the on! ite shoulders. They were charged wit reconciling the iuwians to the coming in settlement of the 'wanites and to protect the sur-!thropgh the i veyors who had already commenced to | cific railwe parcel out the country and explore to enlarge the forge, routes for railroads. In 1877 a to 50 Pete large part of the force was concen. ters established sub {trated = on the southwestern frontier stantial barracks, instead of log {of Canada to watch and check the eabius ar d stovkades which. existed at 16,000 Sioux who sought reflige across other posts, being The Riel the line after the battle of the Little |rebellion pave the police plenty of Big Morn, in which Gen. Custer and | work x men. being killed An his menol the Seventh United States!equal number wounded thy Cavalry were killed. - The Canadian! gagement with the | Blackfeet Indians resented the appeir-}Lake. Immediately ' 'ance of the Sioux in their lands. and | break the force was ifireased to 1,000 it was only by the exercise of great {A few vears afler it wasTagain tact and judgment that the ~ Black.|ereased, this timd "ta 1,100, which feet did not rise, not only to" drive marks the greatest strength it has the Sioux. but the white men alsa, ever ait vived, tx present strength is out of the country, which, if the GO. plan had been carried into effect. frould | i : have meant not alone the sacrifice of | Wide Field Of Operation. the lives' of hundreds of white "men! When the extent of the country over and women, but a war which would {ich the police' even now hold sway have been ended .only at. great mone i sonsilered, and the remarkable sys tary cost. The police intervened, how} tem and wonderinl organization which ever, and averted trouble. t ~ sulle : > . The modern area which sommenced | with' the construction of the Cana. dian Pacific rai brought an influx of eamp followers, blers, thieves, and other scum. of the Westérn bor der into the country. The police wore not only compelled to administ- ler justice and keep! thiz dangerous felement in order, but also to wiain- had mache was Indians such progre : country } entry that sary was in hendaguars i creased i ina, the were } erocted twe ¥ wt en- Duck out- in rebels at alter the in | the big bla tremendous favor te ite a CF THE | constables, n made | R MOUNTED POLICE oe blem or other Wise manifesting politi- al partiza ip; anything which ! secret; com thing to. the press re ther u peo t ing directly or indirect] pe int other, persor Man dier ommissiouer's cruel, harsh, i a prisouer FInsSs101 \OF el ot are former sol » on the fore I mgn, som and others at college up the free ol, . f where the the nt met but a number ob them who grad plucked Lo LiKe Life ord posts, trot irk i ~ remote ot dari i of ipline and routine Regi A 000 a a Ome ns controller receives $1 $2400 super and Fa commissioner 21.600 I & , X21 .400 £1,000, with quarters, ele. A staff £1.50 to 22 per per for Hintendent od Irgeon Pimepector fuel, 15 from i 1a I CANADIAN Ft tious, pa Por oy RY es ar GUARD ROOMS OF THE MOUNTED POLICE. . F x Re oe sergeant = day: cor- day and the first rease of five Vear 1s Xi th until the an . ninth govery the bods sidle re tion Tok Uh t are chat there who of enthusiasm whith wilians mit a m vill tic food at of losing n for Ii mn dald While it purely law ommi of being LOT " at the « y ACTount woman ic You sta Need v tired, whet to we flreng . t) Entrance Rigid Qualifi cen rk build thoroughly (Laxative) strengthener ont Nor COPS. and with ov NG betters than it those I Liver have g Mpa, dizzine and tipation di and county toist the Whery § back some badly m frags ly is likely to be crime when it the policeman tra miles mis and ofter pretty I guilty pioneer the 3 thi th thousand n man makes his marl aft rd ar of or wr wy iron latest renstract in s from Edm of nearly "= MARTYR DAYS ARE NOT YET PASSED! {GREAT ARMIZS OF MEN AND WOMEN GO UP AND DOWN i BAe oy BUDS NORE 1 JRE SOME, 1 SurriRimns MORE INTENSE, | THAN WERE MANACLES SLAVERY DAYS, AND YET x OF CB yo THE "LINCOLN OF EMANCIPATION * May Te understood when fia id1F1NDS IN THESE LATER DAYS HIS COUNTERPART IN making it. Its principal use for som: eta ion Dr, Agnew's Catarrhal Powder the conveyance wi prisoncrs from Daw. | won to Fdmonton "without pessing | 3 " t py x . fills in freeing th h through United States territory dreaded, disgusting, discouraging, distracting' catary ES peed he open | The affairs of the. Royal North-West | is no respecier of persons. How do you' koow you are in its thrall? Note the Mounted Police are managed 'by a dic | symptoms -- headache, witkry eyo, pains over the _-- deafness, buzzing in the head, tinct department of the government | droppiog in the throat, eflensive br. ath, dryness in the nostrils ass all) of these at iawn, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, prise | symptoms are forerunners of catarrh, and catarrh in the headache stage can be. relieved minister of the dominion. being the | in 30 miseiés by Dr. Agaew's Catarrhal Powder and the sufferer may be saved the nominal head, while the permanent | suffering that comes with the chronic stage and the distress aod maybe fatal results vil subordinate head "ie the Hon. | when caturrh takes bold ou the lung tissues Frederick. White, whose official title is | Take catirrh in time with this 1, $ " } athe | ™ 4 wonderfel care, which, as thousands said contrallér of the forces. and whe, 6s | thousands more could say, "works like magic," and you will bave struck have jus --~ seretery of Fir John Macdonald, | is the keyoote to bealth and happiness, more than thirty-foe years ago, was | 3 s PR: 2 ome of the ok § movers in the estab | ALL DRUGGISTS AND MEDICINE DEALERS SELL IT. s lishment of the force, indead tg wick | U™ AGNEW'S CURE FOR THE HEART gives relief in thirty minutes. on extent that be is often refereed to | DR. AGNEW" (ENT relieves . we the "Father of tha Rexul Norih-{ with TIENT centd, eczema, scrofula end all skin eruptions f a trail t ton to Daw } 000 miles Th and a distance country. rough it ing been necessary through the primeval forest, | and swiftlyv-movieg rivers mouniai gides and make through heavy and across lakes where at tives it seemed impossible to get through or The difficulty of comstrociing may be it ni diffie of acce to ont path rel deep scale steep their, way weds and BOTOSH this trail 1% said understood when route for | whose mission itis and which mission it . of the Saree in every dibail is so Went Mounted Police" His kaaass slo { oy 5 FOR SALE H, WADE, DRUGGIST,