MILITARY POLICE
CANADIAN MOUNTEDS SELF-CONTAINED UNIT (Omcial Wireless) (Received May 10, 2 p.m.) RUGBY, May 9 The Canadian Military Police, most of them drawn from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, are playing an important part in the manoeuvres which the Canadian Army is carrying out in preparation for the defence of Britain against invasion. Setting out in advance on motorcycles, the military police erect specially designed signs and at all major intersections they maintain traffic control. They stay at their posts night and day and the security and mobility of thousands of troops and hundreds of vehicles may depend upon the efficiency of their control. In actual operations the military police must be in the frontline of the troops moving ahead of the main formations, plotting the way and seeing that units are guided to the right locations. They are also responsible for taking charge of prisoners of war. The Canadian Military Police Company now in England is now 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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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21417, 10 May 1941, Page 9
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192MILITARY POLICE Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21417, 10 May 1941, Page 9
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