Royal Canadian Mounted Police Unit (Mountie)

Instructions:
1) Locate your civilization 3 directory (example: c:\Program Files\Infrogames Interactive\Civilization III)
2) In the Units folder (Civilization III\Art\Units), create a directory called Mountie (case sensative)
3) Unzip the contents into the directory you just created
4) Load up the Civ3 editor and add the unit to your current mod or create a new one.

Created By:  Mike Doyle aka Doragon

RCMP History 
c/o the RCMP website (http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/history/origins12_e.htm)
By 1914 the Mounted Police had achieved an international reputation for their role in Western 
Canada's orderly development. In 1897, a NWMP detachment represented Canada at Queen 
Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in London. Further contingents participated in King Edward VII and
 King George V's coronations in 1902 and 1911, respectively. During the South African War
 members of the Force had been given leave of absence to fight with the 2nd Battalion, 
Canadian Mounted Rifles and the Lord Strathcona's Horse. In 1904, their achievements 
received recognition when King Edward VII granted the Force the prefix "Royal" and it became
 the Royal North-West Mounted Police. 
Although its deeds and its heroes were becoming a part of the legend of the West, a source of
 adventure and romance for the novelist and early motion picture producers, the Mounted Police
 frontier role was almost at an end. The First World War and its aftermath brought new 
conditions and challenges that resulted in the complete reorganization of the Force and its 
responsibilities.
Mounted Police members were anxious to volunteer for active service when hostilities began in
 Europe. The government, however, refused to relieve them of their duties. It was concerned 
about the thousands of German settlers who had immigrated to the prairies. The Prime Minister
 decided the RNWMP must be retained in the West to ensure there were no attempts to 
sabotage the war effort. 
By 1917, anxiety over the German settlers had diminished, but the government had become 
even more concerned over reports that United States pro-German sympathizers planned to 
cross the border and create unrest. As a result the Force terminated its provincial policing 
contracts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and concentrated its resources on protecting the 
international boundary. It was not until 1918 that the threat subsided and the government 
allowed the Force to send two mounted cavalry squadrons overseas. The first, or "A" Squadron,
served in France and Germany. The second, "B" Squadron, formed part of the Canadian 
Expeditionary Force in Siberia.
Conditions in post war Canada brought even greater changes. There was a sharp increase in 
industrial strikes and disturbances in western Canada due to unemployment and the high 
cost of living.
In December, 1918, to ensure that order was maintained, the government increased the 
Force's strength and extended its federal responsibilities throughout the four western 
provinces. During 1919, labour unrest continued, culminating in a general strike in the city of 
Winnipeg. Fearing that the country might be engulfed in a revolution similar to that which had
 occurred in Russia, the government decided there must be a single federal police force spread
 throughout the country to maintain law and order. In February, 1920, the Mounted Police 
absorbed the Dominion Police, which had carried out federal policing in eastern Canada. 
Headquarters was moved from Regina to Ottawa and the Force became responsible for 
enforcement of federal laws from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In keeping with its new role,
 it was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.


