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Major Ross of the Canadian Mounted Scouts Recalled
The article profiles Maj. C. J. Ross a British Army officer and now game warden in British East Africa. It chronicles his 40 year career across Australia, America, Canada, and Africa, including service with the Canadian Mounted Rifles in the South African War and his controversial execution of 15 Boer prisoners, which helped earn him the Distinguished Service Order.
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Athi Plains
Utah
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Salt Lake City
Northwest Mounted Police
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Red River
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Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
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Orange River Colony
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