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to our work, lu the train (jf the iiniui^uialiuii lias coiiu' a nunil)er of tlie criniinal class, 

 which, tliough not hirge, will probably increase. 



"The new settlers are principally from foreign countries, a great number being 

 from the United States. The American settler is much im])resse(l by the fair anfl 

 impartial administration of justice He finds a constabulary force such as he has not 

 l)een accustomed to, but the advantages of which he is quick to acknowledge, and a 

 country free from all lawlessness and enjoying freedom without license. 



"The jiroposal of the Grand Trunk Railway to build through the Peace River 

 country, is sure to attract to that district in the immediate future a lot of jjcople seek- 

 ing for the best locations. The police work is steadily increasing. We ought to increase 

 our strength there, and establish a new jjolice district, with beach |uarters. for the pres- 

 ent, at Fort Chipewyar. Two of the districts in the organized territories could be 

 combined into one, thus releasing the statl" for the new district in the north. The 

 northern trade is steadily increasing. Detachments ought to be stationed on Alac- 

 kenzie River," 



In IdOi, a Pension Bill, providing for the pensions of officers in the Northwest 

 Mounted Police, was passed, the generous provisions of which were much appreciated. 



In his annual report for 1903, Commissioner Perry says: "The increase of poj)U- 

 lation this year has been greater than in any previous year in the history of the Terri- 

 tories. I think 350,000 a very conservative estimate of the present population. This 

 rapid development has greatly increased the work of the force, and I have had difficulty 

 in meeting fully the requirements. 



"Our field of operations this year has been tremendously widened. A detach- 

 ment of five men, under the command of Superintendent Moodie. was selected to ac- 

 company tlie Hudson's Bay expedition in that far-distant region. 



"Another expedition was desj)atched in ]\lay to the Arctic Ocean, consisting of 

 five men under the conunand of Superintendent Constantine and was afterwards left 

 in charge of Sergeant Fitzgerald, who visited Herschell Island, 80 miles north-west of 

 the mouth (if the Mackenzie River, and had tlie honor of establishing a detachment, 

 the most northeily in the world, at this point. 



"I venture again to call your attention to the valuable work of the force among 

 the immigrants, who are largely foreign-born. 



"It is claimed, and rightly, that we are a law-abiding people, that no new country 

 was ever settled with such an entire absence of lawlessness. AVhy r Because of the 

 policy of Canada in maintaining a jjowerful constabulary, which has for thirty years 

 enforced the laws in an im])artial manner. 



"The Northwest Mounted Police were the ])ioneers of settlement. They carried 

 into these Territories the world-wide maxim that, where the British flag flies, peace 

 and order prevail. 



"The force is now distributed from the international boundary to the Arctic Ocean, 

 and from Hudson's Bay to the Alaska boimdary. 'I'here are divisions in the Terri- 

 tories, each with a head(inarters |)ost. and there ai-e St d(>taehnients, with 18^2 officers 



