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54-756: The Commission was composed of three members. The British government appointed Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt as its representative on the Commission. The United States appointed Ensign H. Kellogg as its representative. The third member and the chair was M. Maurice Delfosse, the Belgian Minister to the United States, who was appointed by the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Sir Francis Clare Ford

108-519: A contract with Galt and Magrath in 1898 to construct an irrigation system in southern Alberta. The agreement required the Church to provide skilled labourers to build fifty miles of irrigation canals from Kimball to Stirling. They were also required to populate two settlements along the planned irrigation line with at least 250 colonists each. These two communities would become the Village of Stirling and

162-569: A daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt , and Jane Torrance, who married David Torrance , president of the Bank of Montreal . Galt's wife died on May 25, 1850, shortly after giving birth to their only son, Elliott Torrance Galt (1850–1928), a businessman and developer who died unmarried. Later he married her younger sister, Amy Gordon Torrance (1834–1911). Amy gave birth to eight daughters and two more sons. They lived in Montreal at their house within

216-569: A high level, charged with a nationwide mission to inspect some specific services and provide government officials with advice regarding that service. Most ministries have their own inspectorates general, including for instance: The inspection générale des Finances is particularly prestigious as a job appointment after studies at the École Nationale d'Administration . In recent decades, many of its members have occupied various high positions in lieu of their traditional mission of inspection. The corps has come under increased criticism for this. Within

270-748: A new treaty was signed in 1888. The Treaty and the Commission were notable steps in the recognition of Canada as a self-governing dominion within the British Empire . Although the Commission had been formally set up by the United Kingdom and the United States, the British Commissioner and four of the five counsel representing the British government were Canadian, the fifth counsel being a Newfoundlander. Alexander Tilloch Galt Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt , GCMG CB PC (September 6, 1817 – September 19, 1893)

324-443: A railroad was soon to be built in the region, Alexander likely saw the economic potential in southern Alberta's coal. This knowledge and planning may have been part of why he secured Elliot a post as Assistant Indian Commissioner. North Western Coal and Navigation Company. Alexander Galt sent Nicholas Bryant and William Stafford to decide the best location for a mine in southern Alberta . The men took samples at five locations across

378-558: A rapprochement with the re-elected Macdonald . As this was the only important office of the Canadian Government overseas at the time, he also travelled to France and Spain to negotiate trade deals with those nations. The British Government knew of these trips and was displeased that Canada had developed a foreign policy separate from the Empire. The British demanded that Galt's position be formalized, and in late 1880, he became

432-446: Is a three-star rank who heads the police force of a province. The inspector general of police (IGP) is a Police Service of Pakistan officer, appointed by the federal government with consent of the provincial chief minister. The rank insignia of an inspector general of police is the national emblem or one pip containing the national emblem above a crossed sword and baton worn on both shoulder flashes. The office of General Inspector of

486-658: Is an investigative official in a civil or military organization . The plural of the term is "inspectors general". The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (Australia) (IGIS) is an independent statutory office holder who reviews the activities of the six Australian intelligence agencies under IGIS jurisdiction. The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force conducts internal reviews of administrative action, investigates Service Police professional standards breaches and other significant incidents including Service deaths, and reviews and audits

540-551: Is another temporary post of inspector general of police, known as Pulish Shômônnoyôk ( Bengali : পুলিশ সমন্বয়ক্ ) or "police coordinator", currently held by Bivuti Vooshon Choudhury. Before 1867, the position of Inspector General of Canada existed as the minister responsible for finances and government spending in the Province of Canada . After 1867 the position was assumed as the Minister of Finance . Alexander Galt served as

594-667: Is broadly equivalent to that of the British Chief of the Defence Staff . In the system of German police forces ( Bundespolizei , Landespolizei , and the German Parliament Police ), the highest-ranking riot police officer is called inspector of the federal police ( Inspekteur der Bereitschaftspolizeien der Länder ), although this position is a more coordinating than commanding one. All of the sixteen German state police forces have an inspector, usually as

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648-483: Is home to approximately 1000 students from grades 7 to 11. The Galt Gardens public park and Galt Museum (formerly a hospital) in Lethbridge, Alberta are named after him. Galt was portrayed by Patrick McKenna in the 2011 CBC Television film John A.: Birth of a Country . There is an Alexander Tilloch Galt fonds at Library and Archives Canada . Inspector general#Canada An inspector general

702-721: Is interred in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. He has a street named after him: Avenue Galt in the borough of Verdun, Quebec , in the city of Montreal where he had lands. In Sherbrooke , Quebec , he has two streets named after him: rue Galt Est/Ouest and rue Alexandre. The Quartier Alexandre, located downtown, is also named after Galt. There is also a high school in Sherbrooke (Lennoxville) - Alexander Galt Regional High School ( http://alexandergalt.etsb.qc.ca/ ) found close to Bishop's University, which

756-419: Is one star above a crossed sword and baton. The Indian Coast Guard also has the rank of inspector general. The coast guard regions are commanded by officers of the rank of inspector general. The army's inspector general ( generalinspektøren for hæren —GIH) is the immediate superior of the commanding officer of special forces FSK . In Pakistan, the inspector general of police or provincial police officer

810-689: Is the successor to the Soviet Armed Forces 's Group of Inspectors General , which was dissolved in 1992. In the Swedish Armed Forces the inspector general ( generalinspektör or truppslagsinspektör ) was the highest official for a military branch or combat arm . The first arm to have an inspector general was the artillery where the Master-General of the Ordnance had this function since 1634. Inspector general of

864-504: Is they head a police force for a particular city. Inspectors general in Central Armed Police Forces (BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP) are either Indian Police Service (IPS) officers or directly appointed gazetted officers ( DAGOs ), who are directly appointed Assistant Commandants (through UPSC entrance test from the year 2005 onwards). The rank insignia of an inspector general of police or joint commissioner of police

918-566: Is usually a senior military officer responsible for the inspection of military units to ensure that they meet appropriate standards of training and efficiency. Unlike American inspectors general, they do not usually have an investigative or law enforcement function. For many years the Royal Air Force maintained a post of inspector general . The commanding officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary (and later of

972-592: The Golden Square Mile , which Galt built in about 1860. Galt appears to have had a very non-sectarian approach to religious faith and although the grandson of a Calvinist theologian , Alexander Galt supported both the Methodist and Anglican churches while his wife, Amy, was a lifelong Presbyterian . Galt was reported to be a Freemason of Victoria Lodge, No. 16 (Quebec) of Sherbrooke . Galt died in Montreal , Quebec on September 19, 1893. He

1026-680: The Hudson's Bay Company ). The motion succeeded, and Alexander Galt, John Ross , and Sir George-Étienne Cartier went to London to begin the long process of convincing the British to make British North America into the first sovereign Dominion within the British Empire . As Inspector General, Galt reformed the Province of Canada's banking system trade policies. He was the main architect of the Cayley-Galt Tariff , which protected colonial businesses and caused consternation in both Britain and

1080-606: The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation was established in 2008, and consists of around thirty retired senior officers. The main task of the office is "to promote the organization of combat and operational training of troops, the construction and further development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the development of the theory and history of military art, and the education of personnel." It

1134-543: The North Western Coal and Navigation Company , went through various name changes as it moved into railways and irrigation enterprises. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier dedicated the 1910 Galt Hospital addition. Since the construction of the new hospital Lethbridge Municipal Hospital in 1955, The 1910 Galt Hospital has served as a senior citizen's home, a rehabilitation centre, and the Health Unit. In 1966,

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1188-604: The Royal Ulster Constabulary until replaced by chief constable ) and many Commonwealth police forces also bore the title of inspector general of police and it is still used in India and some other former British territories. The inspector general is also the name given to the chief executive officer of the Insolvency Service . Inspector and variants of it are rank titles of officers in

1242-491: The uniformed services , "inspector general" can refer to both a rank (especially within the police) and a job title within an inspectorate general, the best known of which are: Despite often similar names and an apparently similar structure, different inspectorates general often have significantly differing roles. During World War II , Colonel General Heinz Guderian was appointed inspector general of armoured troops on 1 March 1943, reporting directly to Adolf Hitler . Since

1296-634: The Armed Forces existed in the Second Polish Republic and was held by, among others, Józef Piłsudski . In Romania , inspector general is the title given to the head of the Romanian Police , Romanian Border Police , Romanian Gendarmerie and the Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (whose central commands are called "general inspectorates"). The Office of Inspectors General of

1350-687: The Galts to undertake a significant irrigation project because the area around Cardston was so dry. Even though he was unable to secure financing for the project at a time of nationwide recession, the Galts nevertheless formed the Alberta Irrigation Company to purchase the Alberta Railway and Coal Company land for future irrigation projects. Galt, Charles A. Magrath, the Company Land Commissioner, and

1404-888: The Lethbridge News lobbied the Government for almost ten years for additional funding for irrigation projects. In 1896, the Dominion Government and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) agreed to fund their irrigation plan by supplying cash, constructing a rail line to the Crowsnest Pass and writing off the debt of surveying fees on previous land grants. The leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah entered into

1458-717: The Sir Alexander Galt Museum moved from the Bowman Arts Centre into the Galt Hospital and occupied the top and bottom floors. In 1979, the Galt Museum & Archives took over the rest of the building. The museum has built two expansions to the original building, one in 1985 and the most recent in 2006. Alexander Galt was also the founding president of The Guarantee Company of North America in 1872, providing fidelity bonds to guarantee

1512-473: The Town of Magrath . Voluntary immigration of LDS colonists to southern Alberta was slow, despite propaganda put out by the Church. LDS Church leaders eventually resorted to calling members on "missions" to build the irrigation canal or move to southern Alberta with their families to meet the Church's contractual obligations for populating colonies. By 1900, over 95 miles of canals had been completed, including

1566-553: The United Kingdom and held that the United States was to pay the British government $ 5,500,000, in gold, as compensation for American fishing rights in British North American waters. The American commissioner, Kellogg, dissentedand stated that the treaty conferred greater advantages on the British than those conferred on the American. He also questioned whether the commission could render a binding decision unless it

1620-618: The United States. On July 1, 1867, Canada East and West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia became the first provinces in British North America to form the Dominion of Canada. Galt served as the first Minister of Finance in the new Confederation. As minister of Finance, he reversed many of his earlier policies, promoting trade within the British Empire. Following a strong disagreement with Macdonald and Cartier concerning

1674-405: The cavalry and inspector general of the service troops was founded in the 19th century. The infantry did not get an inspector general until 1914. The engineer troops and signal troops followed in 1937 and a surgeon general in 1941. In 1941 the commander of the coastal artillery was also renamed inspector general of the coastal artillery. In 1998 the previous inspectors general were abolished and

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1728-472: The commanders of the major branches ( army , air force and navy ) was renamed "inspector general", renamed again to "branch inspector" in 2003 to resume the title commander in 2014. In Turkey the office of an Inspector General was created in 1927 and disestablished in 1952. He ruled with martial law and over all military, juridical and civilian matters. In the British tradition, an inspector general

1782-531: The community and the region did not attract new European settlers to move here in the numbers they had expected. Charles Ora Card was sent to establish a colony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Canada in 1886. He selected a spot "3 miles up Lee's Creek," the current site of the Town of Cardston. A small group of Mormon colonists arrived to establish the community in June 1887. Card encouraged

1836-630: The fate of the Commercial Bank of Canada, Galt resigned from Government. He continued to sit as an MP until 1872. Nevertheless, Galt remained an important figure in Canadian business and politics. In 1877, The British appointed him as their representative in the Halifax Fisheries Commission concerning American fishing rights in Canadian waters. Galt was sent to London to be Canada's informal representative, thereafter

1890-700: The first Canadian High Commissioner in London . He left his post on 1 June 1883. Sir Alexander Galt and his son Elliott Torrance Galt used their connections in Ottawa to arrange for Elliot to be appointed the Assistant Indian Commissioner in southern Alberta. Alexander was undoubtedly aware of the work done by Dr. George Dawson to map the coal deposits in south Alberta on behalf of the Geological Survey of Canada. As well, knowing

1944-566: The highest-ranking uniformed police officer. The state police commanders-in-chief ( Landespolizeipräsidenten' ) are very often not genuine police officers but recruited from administrative personnel. The competence for police services in Germany is in general assigned to the federal states of Germany. The federal police is a coordinating police department with a number of narrowly defined competences, e.g. in border control, airport and trial security as well as protection of German embassies abroad. In

1998-478: The last Inspector General from 1858 to 1867 and the first Minister of Finance in 1867. Colombia's inspector general is a unique post with broad powers to investigate government malfeasance and to bar public officials from running for office. In the French Civil Service , an inspector general ( inspecteur général ) is a member of a body of civil servants known as inspection générale , generally of

2052-764: The main canal from the St. Mary River starting from the hamlet of Kimball near the United States border and branch canal to Lethbridge . The immigration boom to southern Alberta began in earnest in 1905. The Government, the CPR, and Galt and Magrath promoted the region heavily. People lined up for homesteads every year until the outbreak of the First World War . Galt's sugar beet farms and factory at Raymond and his model farm near Lethbridge demonstrated that agriculture could prosper in southern Alberta. Galt's company,

2106-557: The operation of the military justice system independently of the chain of command. The Inspector-General Australian Defence Force is appointed by the Minister for Defence. The chief of police of Bangladesh is known as the inspector general of police. He is from the Bangladesh Civil Service police cadre. The current inspector general of police is Dr. Benazir Ahmed, and his predecessor was Dr. Javed Patwary. There

2160-435: The police of Britain and most Commonwealth countries. In the United States, an inspector general leads an organization charged with examining the actions of a government agency, military organization, or military contractor as a general auditor of their operations to ensure they are operating in compliance with generally established policies of the government, to audit the effectiveness of security procedures, or to discover

2214-588: The possibility of misconduct, waste, fraud, theft, or certain types of criminal activity by individuals or groups related to the agency's operation, usually involving some misuse of the organization's funds or credit. In the United States, there are numerous offices of inspector general at the federal, state, and local levels; the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army is

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2268-571: The post on the condition that Macdonald and Cartier made Confederation a key platform in their new Government. In 1858, Alexander Tilloch Galt made a motion in the Legislature at Kingston recommending that the Province of Canada ask the British Government to create a federal union of British North America ( Canada East and West , Prince Edward Island , Newfoundland , New Brunswick , and Nova Scotia ) and Rupert's Land (owned by

2322-424: The reestablishment of German armed forces after World War II, the inspector general of the federal armed forces ( Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr ) has been the highest-ranking soldier (four star or full general in rank), responsible for the overall military planning and the principal military advisor to the federal minister of defense and the federal government. As professional head of the Armed Forces, his position

2376-473: The region. Finally, Stafford decided upon the west side of the Oldman River. On October 13, 1882, William Stafford and a group of miners from Nova Scotia opened Drift Mine No. 1 near the community of Coalbanks. Alexander created the North Western Coal and Navigation Company to grow his industry with the participation of English investors, the largest shareholder being William Lethbridge. William Lethbridge

2430-597: The scope of responsibility of the state police departments, the federal police can only act with permission, or request of the local state police. During the British rule in India , in 1861, the British Government introduced the Indian Councils Act 1861 . The act created a new cadre of police, called Superior Police Services , later known as the Indian Imperial Police . The highest rank in

2484-666: The second line would go south to Montana. Canada's Governor-General, the Marquess of Landsdowne , demonstrated the Dominion government's support of the Galt enterprises by opening the Galts' railway in September 1885 in Lethbridge. The Federal Government granted large tracts of land in southern Alberta to the Galt's companies in return for building those two rail lines. The Galts wanted to sell that land to colonists and settlers, but

2538-475: The service was the Inspector General . Currently, in modern India , the inspector general of police or joint commissioner of police is a two-star rank officer and one of the most senior officers in the state police forces. All inspectors general and joint commissioners in state police forces are Indian Police Service officers. They are in some states the commissioner of police for the city, that

2592-411: The surety of employees of railroads and Government. Today, the company is the largest provider of surety bonds in all of Canada in public works and government services. On February 9, 1848, Galt married Elliot Torrance (1828–1850), the daughter of merchant and entrepreneur John Torrance , of Saint-Antoine Hall, Montreal . Among Elliot's sibling was Daniel Torrance, who married Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt,

2646-406: Was a first cousin of Sir Hugh Allan of Montreal , the owner of the Allan Shipping Line which was the largest privately owned shipping empire in the world in 1882. He was educated at Reading School . He was a member of the Great Coalition government in the Province of Canada that secured Confederation between 1864 and 1867. He became a leading figure in the creation of the Coalition when he

2700-412: Was a politician and Father of Confederation , the union of British North American colonies into Canada . He was born in Chelsea, England on September 6, 1817. He was the third son of John Galt , a Scottish novelist and colonizer, and Elizabeth ( née Tilloch) Galt. His mother was the only daughter of Alexander Tilloch , the journalist and inventor who founded the Philosophical Magazine . He

2754-453: Was asked to become premier of the Province of Canada by then Governor-General Sir Edmund Walker Head . Doubting his ability to demand the loyalty of the majority of members of the Legislative Assembly , he turned down the position. Still, he recommended that George-Étienne Cartier and John A. Macdonald be asked to become co-leaders of the new Government. Cartier and Macdonald asked him to become Inspector-General of Canada . He accepted

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2808-411: Was named the president of the company, and the growing community called Coalbanks was officially renamed Lethbridge in his honour in 1885. Alexander and Elliot Galt established the Alberta Railway and Coal Company to build two narrow-gauge rail lines, hoping that the infrastructure would attract other businesses and settlers to the region. One rail line would go east to Dunmore, near Medicine Hat, and

2862-424: Was the agent representing the British government. Dwight Foster was the Agent representing the American government. Counsel for the British government were: William Henry Trescot and Richard Henry Dana Jr. served as counsel for the United States before the Commission. On 23 November 1877, the Commission gave its decision. The Commission split 2-1. The majority, composed of Delfosse and Galt, ruled in favour of

2916-421: Was unanimous. Foster, the American agent, then registered a formal protest against the non-unanimous award. In spite of the dissent by the American commissioner and the protest by the American agent, the United States duly paid the award of $ 5,500,000 by means of the American Minister to the United Kingdom, John Welsh . When the treaty was later denounced by the United States, negotiations had to be resumed, and

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