Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-24

in NattrNlllc ncNt year, he said to Mr..
Mayo.
Frum tn" time the matter was
hr,s,rhcd. the idea took posscssion of
MI Mayo. and upon returning to
Wairryillr ne was fully determined to
make the .ihrrhrnolc Guards and their
interesting ,riIl Il feature Of the fair Of
1860.
Mr. Mayo WAS aware from the first
that some sort Of diplomatic machinery
,n,,et be sat in motion to admit the
'uuadian snIdi"r boys to the United
States. Individually they could have
entered without question, bu. coffee
tiy,ly. in uniform. under arms, the case
,ay vastly different.
| CONGRESSMAN Rurlcigh kindly vnllIn-
,..r,l his sci vices to further the plan,
| ana urrs,ntcI the request Of President
Nayn to the state department at
Washington.
Tie official correspondence that fol-
I,v.,u is voluminous. The first letter.
.,,,lr,, .srd to Congressman Euilcgl
WAS to tie effect that the matter WAS
,u,d,l..trnd ana had been referred tn
| ,j,. secretary of state for consideration
and tha, it would be promptly settled
S.ti4;icJ that all was progressing
smoothly. all the parties concerned set
ned down to their other occupations,
and gave the matter no further Thought
nyrrpt ,u bless l'nclc sam for his kind
rnys ana expected promptncss.
Like lightning out Of Il clear SKY
came a letter saying that til" matter
Irnn,.cr,Ic,I not the state department but
IN. Wan. dcpartmrnt, and that tn" ap-
,Ji,..tinu should have been made to that
| ,o,u,,un,n, The process of making
an .Iiration was again gone through
with at the War department
At this pcint q new phase Of the case
d..y,.lop,d Tho military authorizes "r
the state of Maine must be consulted
ana ,hc whole matter was thrown ih'"
thr hands of the Adjutant General :
ulirc ut Augusta
IIcrt, thanks to thorough under
standing of the situation, there WAS ~
H. iav. ana the matter vas one" hlN"
in The hands of tn" Washington du-
Ihoritirs. with til" endorsement "t NJ
iutart General Farnham.
u.hnn some one i'll Washington dis
covered that tile initiative must come
n,, from tEe Central Fair Association
| thc STATE Of Maine. or tn" tnl'ed
states Government. but from the 'an-
| adian government.
As soon as this fact became KNOWN
IA President Mayo H. wrote 7" '"hShi
| General koatinE for information now
| to proceed for although h" IS mos
| 1irInuatic in tho general sense ol ,he
| ,or,n he wa, tnrr"d To plead lEh"fair'
| ~ tIc tcchni,aIiticS of international
| dipiouacv. into whose meSi"S ne anu
| the Central Main" fair, the Sh"rhf""he
| Guards. ana the canadian ana h''e'
states CoVrTum"nt1 SCENE" '' ih'H'
FALLEN. cou2uI General Heating az once
| rotincd col. K. J. Sp"arln OF 'h' '''
l,rciln,nlt. and tn" services NJ IN" hl'i'i-
|Inr or the canadian Parliament IRON
| ~bnrlronkc were enlisted t" St2l'
Things moving at ottawa.
| Finally the word came that AL was
satisfactorily adjusted. The 'ahadlal
| cnvrrnmont Mad sent its request !" 'h
II-nit,d states war dciartm'h'
INA request had been granted
ana All thnt now remained wa
for tho adiutont generals "fii''
~ Aufrusta to issue the necessary Or
IprS to tnt M1li' 'l"'tN'
| President Mayo had lust settled COZ"
| frtab;v iii his chair when t'l'Er"i
vas placed in his hand. y Ci'Ih I"
\y,ghinCton had looked at u ral'r"'"
man and had discovered that the
| adian troops to enter the nl''d 3'd,,
| v-o,IId hc forced to com" through 'o'
|etatcs Of New Hampshire and \"rt',"H'
| At thie ont President May" was apo"
ready to Civ" it up, hut '"hErcSSi''|'l
EurIcieh had seen iii" thing 'hf"oi
thus far and by strenuous efforts AN
ltcrsistent influence hr"ught I" o','
H., on tn, cana lian government hr""H'
lth, incident to clos and III" N"H''
lnucstion tn 4 settlement just h'f"r" n
lt,mc set for the departure "i TN" an
i,Iian Sul,ii"rS fnr Maine
After this" said President M"E''
shall steer clear Of int rna'i'''"' "'I'