 The FAMP were also re-organised for rapid mobility; lightly equipped and possessing considerable local knowledge, they formed a very effective police force for the rough and mountainous frontier terrain.Finally in 1878, the FAMP were fully militarised, as a unit of the Colonial Forces, and renamed "Cape Mounted Riflemen".A change in the Cape Government in 1878, and the new Sprigg Government's expansionist policies, led to outbreaks of conflict, both within the Cape Colony, and around its borders.