Osprey Men-at-Arms №197. Ross David. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1873-1987

Osprey Publishing, 1988. — 49 p. — ISBN: 085045834X.In 1870, after completing a 1000-mile trek across Canada, Lt. W.F. Butler, an officer of the British Army, recommended the establishment of a 'well-equipped force from 100 to 150 men, one-third to be mounted' for the purpose of policing the North West; three years later, the North West Mounted Police was established.