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The Mounted Force Lieutenant Colonel George A. French
1876
Ottawa, Ontario

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By the time Colonel French has finished the round trip of the March West, he amazingly rode almost 2,000 miles on horseback in 3 ½ months. Unfortunately, after serving three years on the force, Colonel French was fired as Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police due to irreconcilable differences around the politically charged railway scandal.

French was engaged as Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police only after the troops arrived at Fort Garry. Upon arrival at the Fort, he organized and accompanied the troop of men by rail to Fort Dufferin. Colonel French and the entire police troop were not prepared for what lie ahead on their great March West.