CANADIAN "MOUNTIES"
VITAL SERVICE IV BRITAIN
Rec. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, May r». The Canadian Military Police most of them drawn from "the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, are slaving an important part in the manoeuvres which the Canadian Armv is carrying out in preparation for the defence of Britain against invasion. setting out in advance on motor cycles, the military police erect specially designed siens and dimmed Jiphts at all maior in'er.-ections. where they maintain traffic control posts night and da> . The security and mobility of thousands of troops and .hundred.- of vehic.es mav depend upon the efficiency of their control. In actual opi-jations military police must be front line troops, moving ahead of main formations, plotting the way and seeing that units are guided to their right. locations. They are also responsihle for taking charge of prisoners of war. A Canadian Military Polk-e: company now in England is completely self-contained and carries its own food, petrol, ammunition, blankets and other equipment. It is the only unit in the Canadian Army which has no privates. Every man has at least one stripe.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 9
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