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Show Famous Corps Ends Its Work Northwest Mounted Police Loses Identity as Civilization Lessens Its Need. BODY HAS STIRRING HISTORY Ranged Far Into Arctic Wastes to Punish Pun-ish Crime, Maintain Order and Extend. Ex-tend. Relief Won the Confidence Confi-dence of the Indian. Ottawa. That famous corps, the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, has ceased to exist. It is now merged with the 'Canadian mounted police. For half a century "the scarlet and gold" of the riders of the plains had been the symbol of law an! order In a territory as vast as the United States west of the Mississippi. From Hudson Hud-son bay to the Rockies, from the International Inter-national ooun-ry to and beyond tlia i arctic r'rcle u.ey carried security to the lnv--abiding and tenor to the law-breaking. law-breaking. On Ui- vast prairies, in mountains and forest, through the icebound ice-bound reaches of the arctic coast they made "the long patrol," protecting the settler, succoring the weak and administering ad-ministering justice with a relentless ' hand to white and red, to British and . alien. The march of civilization has tniniv would be a new chief of the Siou.T. Whs" finally after years of constant watching, Walsh prevailed on the Sioux to surrender to the United States authorities, Sitting Bull gave Walsh his war bonnet in recognition of the "bravest man lie had ever met." Even during the rebellion in 1SS5 the great tribes remained true to the police po-lice and only a few joined with the Metis under Louis Reil. It was the respect that the Indians had for the "scarlet and gold" that saved western Canrda at that period from gravest disaster. Deeds of Individual Bravery. It was not alone in keeping the Indians In-dians in check thit the police showed bravery and tact. Co. Sain Steele, who commanded the t.rathcona Horse in South" Africa, ros from a sick bed, faced and arrestee! the ringleaders of several hundred infuriated armed railway rail-way strikers in the Rockies. But it was in the long patrol of the terrihle North that the best, traditions of the force have been preserved. They plunged into these unknown wastes, hundreds of miles, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs, facing an arctic winter to rescue the unfortunate unfortu-nate -or capture ttie wrongdoer. Deeds were done that, if In other fields, would have won the highest decorations. Many won through, hut others sleep in that Northland waste, martyrs to duty. On the Fort Resolution and Dawson patrol, in 1911, Inspector Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald and three companions lost their Tires. Fitzgerald failing to arrive it his destination, Dempster was ordered to find Fitzgerald with instructions: '"Bear in mind, nothing is to stand in your way "until rou get in touch with this party." Dempster started into the wilds of the terrible arctic winter and, hundreds of miles from the post of civilization, found Fitzgerald's companions com-panions lying together, with hands crossed find faces covered. Fitzgerald had cared for his comrades until they died, and even after dentil. Then he pushed on, but was found with diary and mail bag under his body, protecting protect-ing It to the last. In his pocket was found his will, written with a charcoal stick, leaving everything to his mother and concluding : "God bless you all. F. J. Fitzgerald, R. K W. M. P." He, like many othery of the force, had paid the penalty or the arctic pa-trvl. pa-trvl. It took Inspector French two years and an arctic ) atro of 5,000 miles to investigate the murder of Red-ford Red-ford (American) and Street (Canadian) (Cana-dian) hy Eskimo withhs the arctic circle. cir-cle. He found the Eskimo had acted in self-defense and no arrests ar-rests were made. Inspector La Nauze chased the Eskimo mirderer of Fathers Fa-thers Rouvier and Le Roux through the islands of the Arctic ocean, but finally arrived in Edmonton wifii his prisoners. They were found guilty, but the sentence was commuted to Imprisonment for life among their own people, which means living under police po-lice supervision. They were incapable in-capable of realizing the seriousness of their crime. Leaving Edmonton to go back to arctic solitude they cried like children on being separated from the big inspector who had captured them and brought them to trial. Now :a police post on Coronation gulf lias been established, and these simple .children of the North are learning re-snonsl'oility. re-snonsl'oility. Always Did Their Best. Struggling through the antic wilds a lotie policeman has brought a maniac strapped on a dug sleigh to civilization. civiliza-tion. Alone Willi the madman facing the most terrible storms, he has won th rough. But all do not win through, as shown hy this last message found on one of the force caught in a terrible blizzard: "Lost, horse dead; am trying to push abend. Have done my best." There never was a more deserving motto for my force than the last words of this lying member of the scarlet and gold. 'Have done my best." And so it iias hpep. in the arctic' vvildorncss or fin the blizzard-swept Trairie, wheiher serving the empire in .he Strathconas in South Africa, or in the Carry Horse on Flanders' fields. I the riders of the plains have always done their best. Harvard gradual" I or Canadian fanner, Te.vs cowboy or I French-Canadian voyager. (?: Enr'ish aristocrat or the Scotch 1 . r. f 1 of the ! prairie, llio scarlet and gi. held them lifKl always Ihf-y did 1lif.fr best. ' Fifv years they have been thi'gn.ard-: thi'gn.ard-: inns of the wilds. Llif wi!I have disappeared, and so docs this grand ; old corps, having a? a heritage the best traditions ia scr 7ice and loyalty.1 existed among the Indians against the color of the uniform worn by the men of the Rifles, for many Indians said, 'Who are those soldiers at the Red river wearing dark clothes? Our old brothers who formerly lived there (meaning H. M.'s Sixth regiment) wore red coats,' adding 'We know that the soldiers of our great mother wear red coats and are our friends.' " And in this way, to impress the Indians In-dians of "the plains, was adopted the uniform that has given distinctive identity to this famous corps. From the Red river the new force made its first long patrol. Through what was then known as the Jreat American desert it struggled for S00 miles, establishing posts, and finally wintering at Fort McLeod, in the foothills foot-hills of the Rockies. From there its activities spread, until now on Hudson Hud-son bay. Coronation gulf, the frozen Arctic and the desolate Yukon are posts from which patrols keep watch. By horse, canoe and dog train they carry the authority of the law to the Eskimo of the arctic, the whalers of Herscheil Island and the gold seeker of the Rockies. In the last fifty years they have brought the wild Indian into "treaty," have made the cattle rustler or whisky runner only a name, and in the Klondike rush that seething mining min-ing camp of Dawson was as safe as an eastern hamlet. During the 'regime of the riders of the plaires 'Canada's western domain passed from a country of tribal conflict through the railway stage, when our first great transcontinental transcon-tinental was thrown across the prairie without provoking strife with the original orig-inal owners of the country, to the 'period 'pe-riod of peaceful settlement and the upbuilding up-building of modern cities, and in these varied stages the famous force adapted adapt-ed itself to the conditions without loss in effectiveness or of the sincere 'regard 're-gard of the complex population. Won the Indian. In dealing with the Indian tribes the Royal Northwest Mounted police did invaluable service. They won not only the confidence of Indians in Cnnadn, but also of the fierce Sioux who sought refuge in Canada after the Custer massacre. They made treaties and kept them. When Pie-a-Pot, a warlike Cree chief, came south with his band and held up the construction of the Canadian Cana-dian Pacific, a sergeant and constable of the police arrived, entered the 'hostile 'hos-tile camp, arrested the old chief surrounded sur-rounded by bis braves, and landed him In jail. He was a good Indian afterwards, after-wards, keeping his treaty during the hnlfbreed outbreak In 1SS5. The most famous international case was that of Sitting Bull, the noted Sioux chief, who in 1S76 wiped out the command of the brilliant, impetuous impetu-ous Custer. Chiefs White Eagle, Little Knife, Black Moon, and finally the notorious no-torious Sitting Bull, crossed the line. Including their families nearly 4,000 fierce Sioux were in Canadian territory, terri-tory, and to see that they did not use Canada as a base against the United States or inflame our own Indians there were in that area only 200 police. Inspector Walsh rode alone into Sit , ting Bull's camp and read the riot act to hiui. Surrounded by his braves the fierce Sioux threatened the inspector, who placed his revolver at the Chief's head and told him plainly that if there was trouble there might be a new inspector in-spector in the police but thee cer- t Would Close English j Churches Six Months j London. Rev. W. E. II Mor- i ris, vicar of AH Saints' church, f Southport. thinks that "it might i not be a bad thing for England f ? If the church were to closedown . j i for six months." i ; "This country," he said, "litis ? been brought up in the lap of ec- ? (iosiastical luxury and is Gos- i j ? pel-hurdeni'd. There are few ; I I towns in this country that are f j ? not ovorchui'ehed. Religion is i so easily to be obtained that we ? i T do not appreciate it. It is too cheap." f t J Drougnc into a.is vast territory prosperous pros-perous settlers, where the Royal Northwest North-west Mounted Pol.rte found the Indian of the sun dance and scalp knife, the excitable Metis (the French half-breed of the plains), and the outlaw who sought this "no man's land" to escape just'e and continue in crime. T1.3 Indian In-dian and Metis are now peaceful farmers, farm-ers, the ranch ha.i been replaced by the farm, and railwnys now cover the country as thi"'r as the Indian tru'ls of the seventies. Only in the far north is any of the original work of the police po-lice 1 -ft. Here in the Great Barrens, along :.ie desolate shores of Hudson bay and the Arc(:- ocean, through the Rockies to Dawson will "the scarlet and 'golf' do the long patrol. The famous fa-mous corps has done its work and has lost its identity in the new national force. The uniform has been preserved; pre-served; i te romance and esprit do corps have gone. Origin jof the Corps. :For .nearly two centuries the Hudson Hud-son Bay company .had ruled that vast territory between ' "-.dson bay and the Rockies, when In 1870 the Dominion of Canada acquired possession. The great company .had been .a guardian to the warlike Bluckfeet, Assiniboines and Cree Indians hp ' kept .in a fashion law and .order. The iiardy Scotch .factors had in many instances married into the tribes and their influence was powerful pow-erful and firm. Then came the. change in control. It became "no man's l.-.nd" with the great .company without :nu-thority :nu-thority .and the .domiuion government witlir jt any wuieiuiiefy to .enforce its edicts. It was a tlangero.us period. The .Culled .Cull-ed States government was seeking to curb the fierce Sio-ux. They, in tura, were making overtures to the Canadian Cana-dian Indians to join them. The whisky runner was unchecked In his debauchery debauch-ery of the Indian. It was at this pe-road pe-road that the Royal Northwest Mounted Mount-ed Police came into existence, and since then have been the most potent Influence in preserving order in this vast territory. Three companies were mobilized at Winnipeg, or, as It was then known, "Fort Garry." Three other companies came through the United States and joined them, and in all 500 men restored and preserved order in a territory as large as Europe, without a railway and peopled with nearly 100.000 Indians rent with tribal wars antl embittered against the whites by the depletion of the buffalo herds, the almost sole source of their existence. It was then that the famous "scarlet and gold" unifori.t was adopte.i. To the Ii iian the "red" coat symbolized the power of "the great white mother, ' and Colonel Robertson-Ross, organizer of the force, suggested this uniform ir. ids report. "During my inspection in the northwest north-west I .ascertained that some prejudice |