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This document is archival in nature and is intended Le présent document a une valeur archivistique et for those who wish to consult archival documents fait partie des documents d’archives rendus made available from the collection of Public Safety disponibles par Sécurité publique Canada à ceux Canada. qui souhaitent consulter ces documents issus de sa collection. Some of these documents are available in only one official language. Translation, to be provided Certains de ces documents ne sont disponibles by Public Safety Canada, is available upon que dans une langue officielle. Sécurité publique request. Canada fournira une traduction sur demande. DOMINION OF CANADA REPORT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1931 OTTAWA F. A. ACLANT) PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1932 ir4 . • iéè. 50 cents DOMINION OF CANADA REPORT OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1931 OTTAWA F. A. ACLAND PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1932 To His Excellency Captain the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough, P.C., G.C.M.G., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the. Dominion of Canada. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: The undersigned has the honour to present to Your. Excellency the Annual Report of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the year ended September 39, 1931. Respectfully submitted, HUGH GUTHRIE, Minister in Control of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 41681-11 TABLE OF CONTENTS , PAGE _Report of the 'Connnissioner 5 ipPendix A 117 .Appendix B 119 Appendix 124 4 ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HEADQUARTERS 'OTTAWA, Ont., 1931. The Honourable the Minister in control of the Riryal Canadian Meunted Police, Ottawa: have thé hônotir te Submit hereviith the Annual Report, of - the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for thé year ended Septernber 30, 1931. I was appointed to the command:of' this force on AuguSt 1, 1931, succeeding Major General Cortlandt Starnes, who had .commanded -it- since April 1, 1923. Major General Starnes had a long and distinguished career in the Mounted Police; after taking part in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 aS-Adjutant of the 65 Rifles, he was gazetted Inspector .on'March 1, 1886, 'and was promoted to its command on April 1, 1923, after thirty-seven years..of service, in the course of which his duty took him to places asremote as the Yukon in 1897, and Churchill in 1910. To his zeal and ability as an administrator I desire to..pay a tribute. • • • STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION OF.THE'.FORÇE . On that date the strength of. the.Âorçe. was 59 officerS; 1,154 non-commis- sioned officers and constables, and 138 special constables, or 1,351 of all ranks; omitting the special cOnstables, theStrength of the - force propei•was 1,213.- On the corresponding date in 1930 the strength was 56 - Officers, 1,067 noncommis- sioned officers and: constables, and 122. special Constables,.or 1,245-of all ranks; or, omitting special constables, 1,123. The increase in the uniformed force thus has been 90, or 8 per cent. Ineluding -special. eonstablee, the- increase. was 106. The period of enlistment was increased in- Angust, 1934 .frcim three years' to five years. It may be added that the allowances which hitherto. were granted to those memb ers of the Force who were stationed in -Eastern Canada, 'have been extended to those in the West, thus equalizing conditions. The following table shows the distribution in the, several. provinces and territories on September 30, 1931;-7 N 01 0 0 a> .P. •.2 ': ' 1% i 0 4 . r, • 4,f i . , N -F. ' • c' ' ii ' = ri up Place 1 .ti• , e 01 . r'i'0 eb . 5 0 . u .,, - ïil e - - g - - '.-e'' •I'' . gl if; eà• &.) e li 4',' Ea 1:. `gi cd,' e Q :4' . ig ,Ë , -`,1'' en.' e t....) c..) e Ec-)1 0)H Et el Headquarters Staff 1 1 2 3 .... .... 6 12 21 15 . 5 ' 66 ,--..., ... .. .... Maritime Provinces .... .... .... 1 .... : ... 2 3 3 25 .... • , 34 .... ..-.. .... .. Quebec ..... .... .... 1 .... .... 1 4 8 . 20 2 • 36 : ... ..... ... ik Ontario 1 6 .... .... 6 22 38 245 15 , , 333 30 .. Q . 36 29 Manitoba 1 3 .... .... 3 10 11 .:42 • '.9 . '.79 .26 .'.'.. : 26 22 Saskatchewan 1 1 12 1 1 8 33 35 299 51 • 442 , .72 11 83 56 Alberta 2 4 ...., .... 6 13 17 -53 :20 ' ••' 115 -'34 ' 2 36 12 British Columbia ........... .... 1 8 :-..:. 5 13 13 - 56 ,:,9 , • 103 30 : 1 31 6 Yukon Territory ............ .... 1 3 ...•.. -1. 3 7 25 6 46 1 2 3 37 Northwest Territories ...... .... .... 4 l':.-. ,... ..-.. •2 8 43 21 78 .... .... .... 211 Baffin Island .. ... , ....... .... .... .... .... .:-.. :.. .. - 2 ' 5 .!;.. • , ,7 :. , : : ... .... 37 North Devon Isiand.. - . 1 2 • . 3 . 24 Ellesmere Island ................. : : •. :: : : ••. : ••. .: : : : : :•:::. : : : •.: : •.: : : •'1 •• .:: " • 3 .':'•::. Y.`, : : 24 Chesterfield Inlet ........... .... .... .... .... .... .... 1 , ..: . •...... 4 .... .... .... 21 Baker Lake ... ..... .. .. ... .... .... .... ... • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • • • • • • Canadian Legation, Wash... .... .... .... .... .... .... 1 .... .... .... 1 2 9 45 1 1 36.117 166 835 438 1,3,51 193. ,.:-22 215 500 5' ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE The engagements, discharges, and other changes during the period under review were as follows:— Engagemeits- Engaged. Constables (three years) 163 ‘‘ (five years) . 24 Re-engaged after leaving 13 Rejoined alter desertion 2 Engaged Special Constables 73 Total increase 275 Discharged through death, expiration of service, invalided, etc 169 Total increase for the year 1931 106 Thé fàllowing died in the twelvemonth:— Reg..No. 9879, Const. Pitre, O. " 10399, " iVfacdonell D. R. The following were pensioned:— Reg. No. 5209, S/Sergeant Walshaw, W. 4611, Sergeant Spurgeon, P. " " 4970, " Calow, A. J. " " 5093, " Morgan, L. H: " " 9044, " Trepanier, W. H. • The following changes took place among the officers:— Appointed Commissioner: Major-General J. H. MacBrien, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. Promoted Assistant Commissioners: Superintendent J. W. Spalding, ic T. S. Belcher. Promoted Superintendent: Inspector T. Dann. Pronaoted Inspectors: Reg. No. 3573, Sergt.-Major Powell, H. M. 5740, S/Sergt. Darling, II. • 3193, S/Sergt. •Dempster, W. J. D. 9150, Sergeant Belcher, A. T. " " 9935, Sergeant Rivett-Carnac, C. E. " " 9154, S/Sergeant Ca.rroll, •E. " " 5320, S/Major Binning, G. 4709, Sergeant Schutz, F. W. Appointed Surgeon: Doctor F. Guest. Retired to Pension: Commissioner C. Starnes, Asst. Commissioner G. S. Worsley, A. W. Duffus, Superintendent T. C. Goldsmith, • Inspector C. Trundle, H. Giroux. Died: ,-- :Slirgeàn T. X Môrrison.- COMMISSIONNER'S REPORT 7, The number of recruits who joined during the.twelve months' period was 187, and 13 rejoined after leaving. The number of applicants was 3,249, as against 2,807 in the preceding period. This completes the twelfth- year since the reorganization of the force in 1920, when the Royal Northwest Mounted Police absorbed the Dominion; Police, extended their duties to cover the whole Dominion, and changed their name to the present form. The following table exhibits the strength of the force at certain intervals:— .. Personnel , constables Total excluding Year Officers and special personnel special Horses constables constables 1920 73 1,598 1,671 1,532 942 1924 58 . 962 1,020 941 433 1928 55 1,032 1,087 991 228 1930 56 1,189 1,245 1,123 206 1931 59 1,292 1,351 1,213 - 215 - The distribution into posts and detachments on September 30, 1931, was:,— . Provisional Detach- , . poste relents ) Maritime Provinces 1 1 Quebec 1 6 Ontario .2 15 Manitoba 1 14 Saskatchewan (1 depot) 2 95 Alberta '2 15 British Columbia 1 14 Yukon Territory - 1 12 Northwest Territories 20 - Baffin Island 3 Ellesmere Island 1 North Devon Island 1 11 197 . In 1930 there were 190 detachments, and in 1929 the number was 188. There were increases in Quebec of one, in Ontario of two in Saskatchewan of five, in British Columbia of two and in the Northwest : ritoriesTer one; against -these there were decreases of -two in Alberta and two in the Yukon. — 1920 1924 1928 1930 _ 1931, ; _ Maritime Provinces 25 31 35 34 34 Quebec 8 24 33 37 34 Eastern OntariP 395 339 342 365 360 Western Ontario 31 46 40 46 47 Manitoba 189 55 50 72 90 Southern Saskatchewan 354 159 200 254 332 Northern Saskatchewan 53 41 66 96 107 Southern Alberta 248 97 84 92 89 Northern Alberta 89 90 116 118 120 British Columbia 229 . 97 80 85 92 Yukon Territory 50 41 41 46 46 . . • The foregeing -are territorial subdivisions, arranged for .convenient.,e: of. administration... Southern Alberta includes the eastern Kootenay district, 'Mani- toba, a part of western .Ontario, and Eastern. Ontario, a part of western Quebec; ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE while thewestern Arctic région, the MackenZie valley in the Northwest Terri- tories and Herschel Island in he Yukon Territory are administered by Northern Alberta, part of Hudson bay by Northern Saskatchewan, the southern part of Hudson; bar, by Western Ontario, and the eastern Arctic and Chesterfield Inlet by HeadqUarters, which are situated in eastern Ontario. VOLUME OF WORK During the twelve months under review the number of cases dealt with, of one sort and another; was 101,131.