The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08

other provisions for travellers VINO CONS
after, who might find themselves Wlthout
food away off in the wilds. The troup,e
OF many of our mining prospectors : =
that, their food supplies run out AZ hnout
the time they reach the place where they
expect to work. They INST then go oack
or starvc. Such men can get fresh sup
niles at these rest houses. 1t Is surprls,
ing that the men who have 1000 VII
not touch the supplies, unless ~ 10 "
solutely necessary for their sustenahce.
In such explorations our men go hlons
and blaze a trail about eight feet woe.
1t is wonderful how soon others ioloW
and how quickly little hotels gro" ~
along the line. We are making such
explorations all the time and are graau-
ally opening up the great northwest
The Police Of Hudson's Bay.
"Are all your police mounted, Colohei
White" I asked.
"No. There are many regions which
are NOT accessible on horseback.ahIh ms rs
so about Hudson's Bay, on the Machen-
szie River, and In other parts OF the 8ihr
north. we have a station on HUDSON $
Bay to which we have shipped houses IN
pieces. and put them togetner asa.n
when they reached their destination. AS
ii Is now we go round by ship to Hud-
sons Bay once O year to visit that sta-
ton. Our policemen there report on the
conditions prevailing about the bay, Tvs
TO the whaling and fur Industries anu
as to how the natives are treated. Ihey
have little steamers to patrol the puy
and they 90 up the rivers in canoes and
across country with sledges and dogs
The Police Of the Yukon.
What are you doing in the Yukon?"
W nave a comparatively large force
there engaged in keeping order and 70
a large extent in governing the coun-
try. We are doing what we can to put
down gambling. robbery and all sorts or
crime, and at the sama time are max.
ing some explorations. At Dawson We
ave adopted the finger-print system
for the Identification of criminals. which
romises to become universal over the
world. 1t is now used in England and
the United States, and there will some
day be a classification bureau OF this
kind in Canada so that copies Of the
finger prints of all criminals VIII pc
or record for the various police depart
ments Of the country. rms system ,saa
inaugurated by Scotland Yard IN lSss,
and that department now has IN It's
classification bureau the finger prints
OF more than one hundred thousand IN
diyiduals, from which, they say, they
can infallibly identify any crlmlna
there recorded In one minute and q
half"
How the Force is Paid.
"Tell me something about the pay and
qualifications for the police service"
.'The members OF the mounted police
receive fairly good wages" replied Col
White. ..You must remember they are
supplied with free rations and that they
1.-Two to a large extent in barracks, inc
constablcs receive upon starting IN oo
cents por day. At the end OF the first
IH.a,." ~ - ,1yo a q ra ra i1ad to G6 CENTS
and they go upward at tho rate OF 8 cents
per day per year until the ninth year
when they got 81 per day. Four OF the
staff sergeants are paid 50 per day., ana
lower staff sergeants get from $1.5o TO
sl,75 per day, while other non-commls-
stoned officers have from $l,1O to $l.2b.
Among the qualifications are: The men
must be unmarried; they must DO between
twenty-one and forty years or age; tney
must be ablo to read and write either
French or English; must understand
horses and be able to ride we'll. Tho
minimum height Ia five feet and eight
inches, tho minimum chest measurement
t%hirty-five inches and the maximum
weight ITS pounds, The term OF engages ,
ment is for five years"
The Horse That CheWed the Rope
During my travels In Canada ! have
heard; some good stories of tho detective
ability OF these mounted policeman, One
OF the latest la about a horse belonging
to a Canadian rancher which was run
across the border into she United states.
The horse was a fine gray which coula
gallop a mile in less than two minutes
The mounted policeman Of the district IN
which 1t was owned started after the
thief the day after IT was stolen ana
ira him down to Fort Ass!niboine,
where Col. Otis. afterward Gen. Otis. the
governor OF the Philippines, was N
charge.
He there found the horse In the hands
fof q %stockman, who claimed that he had
mover bean out Of his hands,
The mounted policeman called upon
Col. Otis, told him that he knew the man
was lying and asked him II h eawould ar
bttrate the case II II were brought before
him. Col. Otis replied that this was out
side his duties, but that he would pass
Judgment II tho parties were brought. be-
fore him. Thereupon the Canadian officer
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