El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-02
Famous Royal Northeast Mounted Police
OfCanada To Break Trail Through TheAi~
VIII Add Flying To Their
Other Wonderful Achieve
ments As Peace Officers.

OTTAWA. Can, April e.-'Break-
" ing the tran" through the ar IS
the latest exploit announced for the
famous Royal Northwest Mounted po-
lice Of Canada whose deeds have been
chronicled a thousand times as trail
breakers" through the far wilds OF the
Northwest
Announcement has Just been made
here that airplanes are 10 be added to
the equipment Of the Riders OF the
Plains" and that the force IS TO be
recruited to and maintained at a
strength Of 1000 men
Just how many airplanes are 70 be
assigned TO the police has not yet
been revealed. but 1t is expected that
the number Of machines will be large,
as the territory TO be covered is enor-
nous
Stories by the hundreds have been
written Of the exploits Of the She
mogonish," as the Crees call them
half breeds Of Canada's northern do
main has been told in song and story
until everyone knows their fame
Whether their flying work VIII con-
tain the same elements Of daring as
their struggles on the praries, In the
bush and in the snow have done, no
one can tell But certain II is that
TO wear the wings in the police force
viii be an honor.
Reconstruction Of the police and re-
cruiting OF its strength 70 1O0O men
follows the experiences OF the force
IN the great war. It WaE q great dis
appointment 70 the Mounted police
when the call came that they were
not permitted TO fight as one body
10
the last man for foreign service but
when they were sent overseas they
were scattered throughout many dir
ferent branches Of the Canadian
forces Many Of them are lying in
Flanders fields, where peoples grow,
between the crosses row on row. and
living or dead, they have proven that
the mounted policeman Of Canada
knows how TO fight. can fight, and
viii fight
Where Of late years the Mounted
police has operated only in Alberta,
Saskatchewan and the unorganized
territories 10 the north. the range OF
the new force has been widened 10 IN
clude also Manitoba and British Co
north Of Minnesota 10 Hudson Bay,
and west along the American bouu-
dairy to the Pacific ocean the "Shemo-
gouish" viii ride and fly hereafter
over all that enormous expanse rang
ing clear TO the Arctic Circle and the
border line OF Alaska
Some idea Of what the Canadian
policeman does is gained from the
report OF commissioner A Bowen
Perry, head OF the force as made TO
the privy council Of Canada, and by
It transmitted 10 the duke Of Devon-
shire governor general Of Canada and
commanderinchlef Of the British
forces in that dominion Commits
sioner Perry reported that the e46 de-
tachments OF the police had made 26,-
55s patrols covering S37.625 miles in
the saddle. by canoe by dog train and
on loot This was an average for the
65I men in the police force at that
time OF 1878 miles Der annum for
every single man IN the outfit
As part OF this duty the Mounted
police maintained an effective daily
patrol Of the International boundary
rom the Lake OF the Woods 70 the
Rocky Mountains. They closely su-
perVised the large numbers OF aliens
settled IN western Canada. and their
watch was so elective throughout
the whole period Of the war that not
one disturbance Of note was reported
from the whole country. although
there were large settlements OF Aus
TRAN and German nationality.
II has been the boast Of the North
west Mounted police that for 80 years
no crime OF note has been committed
in the Canadian Northwest where the
guilty man escaped. Over the prafrfes,
through the binding aIkaH flats.
through the Billiards and the fee Of
winter. over the white water OF the
North Rapids, across the barren lands
OF the far North and even into the
winter twilight Of the Arctic the DO
lice never leave the trail