In April of 1901, the formation of the Sixth Precinct was completed and the members of the Mounted Police Squad were announced.
The Mounted Police Squad was comprised of Lietenant Coffin, Sergeants Sheppard and Frane, and Patrolmen E.B. Wetherell, P.C. Kiesner, M.J. Salmon, James Madden, J.F. Cunningham, C.O. Redein, W.H. Jones, C.A. Warner, H.S. Tedman, A. Provost, F.A. Clawson, and M.F. Dugan.
Officers Provost, Clawson, Dugan, Kiesner, and Wetherell came from the First Precinct. Officers Tedman, Salmon, and Madden were brought in from the Second Precinct. Officers Jones and Warner came from the Third Precinct. The Fourth Precinct provided Sergeant Frane and Officer Cunningham and Officer Redein came from the Fifth Precinct.
The members of the Mounted Police Squad received an extra $200 per year above their pay for the feeding, stabling and care of their horses.
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Source: The Minneapolis Journal of April 30, 1901
Photograph courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society