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Lovers of the Horse 



In 1890 11 1{ 11. the Duke of Connaught was inovidcd witli escorts and trans- 

 port through tlie Nortliwest. and His Royal Iliglniess expressed liiniself as much 

 pleased witli the Mounted Police, and the services performed for him by them. 



In lSi)l Sir Jolin A. Macdonald died, and in tlie new Government formed after 

 his death, tile Premier. Hon Sir. I .1. (". Abbott, retained control of the Mounted Police. 



During this year the force gave great assistance to the Calgary and Edmonton, 

 and tlie Calgarv and Macleod railways, and also, in that yeai-. a strict liquor license 



l-"oi'K-II<iRst': Ti-:.AM — Royal Xokthwest MorNTFr> I'oi.u 



bv-law was inlrnduced, which tended greatly to reduce the objectionable duties which 

 the Police had hitherto Ix'cn called upon to discharge in enforcing the laws res])ectiiig 

 li(|Uor. 



in 1S!)^2 the Mounted Police Department went under the charge of Hon AV B 

 Ives, President of the Privy Council, and in July of that year a permanent outpost 

 was estal)lishc(l at Cumberland House, about 220 miles below Prince Albert, on the 

 Saskatchewan lliver. 



In 1S!»1 the Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowcll became the administrative head of the 

 Moiniicfl i'olice Department, and took a very great interest in the corps, and in 1S!).5 



