Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09

! to permit him 10 90 So MOI oots ne pei
NIT Justice to be defeated by technieali-
ties. IL the accused Is guilty he Is pun
i ished but as everybody viii tell you up
here. there's no monkeyfng with JUS
tice.'
order on the frontier and among these
scattered settlements, however. Is the
Northwestern mounted police, one OF the
most famous and efficient forces In the
/ world which is composed of 81 officers
| and GOO men, having jurisdiction over a
| territory half as large as the United
states and extending from the great lakes
| TO the Pacific ocean and from the Ameri-
| can boundary to the arctic circle.
Young Englishmen in Ranks.
They are like the Irish constabulary
and the Basigliari of Italy and Spain.
| The force is composed almost entirely of
young Englishmen. 1t was organized in
1873, at the time the confederation was
established. and is commanded by COM
missioner, whose headquarters are at Re
gina.
The duties of the northwestern mount
ed police are the enforcement of law and
the preservation of order, and those who
are familiar with the history of western
Canada will tell you that they have per-
|, formed their duty with extraordinary
courage. intelligence and tact, and that
their efficiency could scarcely be sur
passed
We occasionally see them at the rail-
way stations-stalwart. soldierly young
men in campaign hats, riding breeches,
high boots and scarlet coats. The latter
Is the badge of authority recognized by
every Canadian and every aborigine in
the Dominion. That red coat has eXer-
cised hypnotic influence among turbu-
lent masses of people on frequent occa-
sions, and particularly in early times
when the Indians were untamed- The
SavageS of the Canadian plains always
understood the red coat to represent the
authority of the Great Mother, Queen
Victoria. and We're willing to trust its
honesty and Judgment to the limit. And
to the credit of the northwestern mount
ed police and the authority they repre-
sent 1t may be said that the confidence
of the savage was never betrayed. 1t is
historical fact that when a band of
several hundred renegade Indians cap
tured on the warpath in the United
States were marched with an escort of
100 United States regulars to the boupd-
airy to be delivered over to the Canadian
authorities only three men were there
to receive them-a corporal and two pri-
Yates of the northwestern mounted police
and the Indian prisoners stood more in
awe of them than they did of the entire
United States Army.
Hond Indians in Creek.
1t may be said that with the exception
of the Riel rebellion, which was an or
ganized protest against the amalgama-
ton of the northwestern territories into
the confederation of Canada, there has
never been an Instruction among the
Canadian Indians since the northwest
mounted police had supervision over
them, and it should be added that no
member of that force has ever been MUIR
dered, tortured or treated with indignity
by the Indians.
The history of the Indian policy in the
Dominion will furnish a striking series of
contrasts to that of the United States.
The conduct of the northwestern mount
ed police in preserving peace n the Klon-
dixie has been almost miraculous, and the
heroic achievements and adventures of
individual members of the force in cases
of epidemics. disasters and other occur
rences which try mems souls have added
to their reputation.
The moral effect of such a force, in
preventing lawlessness and disorder, in
Furnishing crime and protecting persons
and property in such a vast territory, Is
difficult to understand, but up here they
will tell you that 1t is due to the splendid
character of the men who compose the
force, to the discipline of the organiza-
tains it and to realization on the part
ment in Canada, and the authority of the
entire British empire, is behind every
officer and every private of the north
western mounted police in the perform
ance of every duty.