Scarlet-Coated
Mounties Treat to

British Columbians

ORE THAN 100 members of
the R.C.M.P. in British Co-
lumbia were assigned to spe-

cial duty during the Royal visit of
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
to this province.

For them it was a busy and trying
time, for they were responsible for
security arrangements in liason with
provincial and civic authorities. But
to the.hundreds of thousands of citi-
zens who turned out to see the Royal
couple wherever they went the scarlet-
coated Mounties in Review Order of
dress with scarlet tunics, breeches,
boots, spurs, Sam Browne belts and
revolvers, and Stetson hats were a big
part of the show.

To many British Columbians it
marked the first time they had seen
the R.C.M.P. in full dress. Certainly
few, if any, had ever seen so many of
the colorful force at one time.

The scene was much the same all
across Canada but in British Co-
lumbia, where the R.C.M.P. has only
recently taken over the policing of
the province, it was a particular thrill
to see the smart policemen on duty at
such an occasion.

Citizens were high in their praise
for the courteous manner in which
they handled the crowds. Press photo-
graphers and reporters were particu-
larly pleased with the treatment
given them by the Mounties, who
made every effort to help them in
their difficult task of covering the
tour.

A special four-man bodyguard of
R.C.M.P. members traveled with the
Royal couple throughout the whole
Canadian tour and at the conclusion
of the trip Princess Elizabeth especi-
ally asked that they accompany them
to Britain for a vacation in England.
Constable T. A. Mathews of Revel-
stoke, British Columbia, was a mem-
ber of the bodyguard. A special de-
tail of R.C.M.P. maintained guard on
the Royal train and at the many stops
were assisted by the various city police
detachments. Two motorcycle squads
of R.C.M.P. members also traveled on
the train and in all processions there
was a motorcycle escort of eight riders,
four behind the Royal car and four
in front of it. Assistant Commissioner
M. F. E. Anthony, director of criminal
investigation, represented Commis-
sioner L. H. Nicholson, M.B.E., on
the tour.

One of the biggest jobs for the
Mounted Police in British Columbia

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Indian dances were performed for Royal couple at Thunderbird Park in Victoria. Here Con-

stable G. F. Kent and Constable W. Roach pose with one of the dancers. Photo by Jim Ryan.

was maintaining a large security guard
of plainclothes men at Eaglecrest,
where the Royal couple holidayed.

Assistant Commissioner C. E. Rivett-
Carnac handled all British Columbia
arrangements.

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This Magic Lantern Traps Them...

A “MAGIC LANTERN?” for the
identification of suspects has been de-
veloped by Lieutenant Hugh Mc-
Donald, of the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's office. The machine has
transparent slides which can combine
any type of chin, mouth, eyes, nose,
ears, etc., into a reasonable likeness
of a wanted person.

It took Lieutenant McDonald
eleven years of research to complete
the machine. He started by studying
the many types of noses, hairlines,
chin shapes, mouths, ears and eye-
brows. From these he made up
twenty line drawings on transparent
celluloid of each classification.

Recently a twenty-three-year-old

college student was arrested and con-
victed because the “magic lantern”

helped identify him as the man who
tried to kill a pretty Los Angeles
Sunday school teacher, Marilyn Dan-
son, 25.

Miss Danson watched the results of
the composite that police file clerks
made with the “magic lantern.” When
she matched the composite with pic-
tures in their files, she picked out the
man she accused of trying to kill her.

Less than twenty-four hours later,
Charles Hubler was arrested. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment after
evidence was produced that convicted
him in the courts.

Lieutenant McDonald is now work-
ing on a miniature Identicast which:
will be placed in all police cars, from
which “picture” information on sus-
picious persons will be radioed by
numbered code to headquarters.

THE SHOULDER STRAP