Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-26
ONE DELAWAREAN
HAS PERMANENT WORK
UNDER GOVERNMENT
Edward L. Martin, an Engineer
OF The international Bound
AIRY Commission.
THE WORK 1T HAS TO Do

s,...tsf dispatch From Every Fweninss
Washington Correspondent
II smrston Feb. III Edward l.
ri Rridgeville. Delaware. who
~ Important position with the
rratiol,aI boundary Commission, IS
tL,. ,,,t,zer,s of the Diamond State
N en- tjnue in office under the in
.Jp,;pistrntion MIR Martin was
..1 bv President Roosevelt and
Hl office since 1908 He owns two
,f, ~ Delaware Is a personal and
t,,a,t fr,crd of Senator Wolcott and
tg a personal acquaintance with more
..ibc iucn in Washington than perhaps
any other man ia the United states
1Ac International Boundary Com
,,,ss,,p MIR Martin said is popularly
r,,g,,r,}od as n refuge for lame ducks
H. th,s sstIIuatc of the function oi that
,r,,af,vsttop. the Delaware man declared
a. ,,,hlic Was much mistaken. Real work
,l very exactlng nature il performed
~ tho commission, and no man who Is
serving IN that capacity feels that ne
mas 5ipecure
An IMPORTANT BODY.
.rTherc ia n strange misconcepton IN
- ,,,Lbc mind rpparding the duties OF
l,.t.rratiopal Boundary Commission
SAD MIR Martin "Some think that
ron = man gets a post Of tins character
M ne has to do IS n write an occaslonai
letter and preside ~ some functions
thing could he father from The tr,ith
,-,rv COMMISSIONER and every eInpioye
t -eal work e. do. M & II must be d"ne
r The fxing 81 boundaries Is no light
.r,rd thosr Who fix them must have
+, ngncerIng skill. ! he dIHpu'es 'Iru !t
,--. md which seldom or never reach the
,.lr.. ear arp exceedingly interesting
3 ,nr their settlement the finest q
t.,I,-7otlc talent must be employed
M, Martin SAID that last year the
,,,t,,r,sstaf, used two million pounds of
,sn,..,. merely as monuments to indicate
~ lar,ra The transportation 81 thus
......,iaJ ta The spots where It was needed
IL, .,r.,vc.l a. l,o problem Of somc mag
,+,,l, .'In Wild regions. inaccessible
r-v bpt men on foot. 1t has boon neccs-
~ man ~ carry the cement on their
a.Es for miles said Mr Martin I
Ti.n II has been carried on horsehaC x,
,,,.Ies AMI hv dog teams Y MAY be
-b4t ,,a Will be able ~ transport sup pilef
FL ,a.sr rcmotc parts by aupiane u
urla
af course in transporting cement
vaAs necessary 70 take along teil'S
L,4t,rr food surveying Instruments
II t.lt tEtNI ftEs@N~tAtA 'A4Ns't
..,.,,,-s,nn insists that b 0undarics hf
r,rirItelv marked. and ot course, thi'
Il, dome # j scientifically acCurnt'
rr.-,h, Il to bc givcu the people g
I,- country and Canada Moreover, 81
.ai,1...l, accurate marking ot 6oundanei
e,e,sarv to prevent criminals trnn
,s,.c hsrr,ted territory rs 2 harhor e
rsf,ge Tbc courts would be badly coz
r,sri ~ !, Question If jurisdiction i the,
w, flUy assured of the sovereign
q thc territory In which some actio
,,,L hoo callrg for settlement hy III
E9tlou
PtISTv or WORK TO no.
pa,nle Who think the Internationa
t...iary Commlssl0n has nothing % d
4--,r >alar> and make an anuua
.,,-t should come into my office Their
v,.lld ~,,c something of the results O
se.-- of effort J oa must remember tha
- c,,vr thc entire territory from IN
\t,a-ic Is thr Tactic and then we z
,lo- .Ac N..~D. boundary which border
the aaadlaa Yukon territory hen
tou viii tad cement monuments Whlc
mars tie boundary Inc
The ccmcat has hcen taken by DO
-sir arross hundreds q miles of terrltor
la taa.iv rjaccd in p5sltloE iraveieT
look N these monuments ought t
. Lttle thought to the problem (
.tr.c them u the place where for hur
-e. i ear- tbcywill toll where Canada
rt. ends and n.ted states sover
~. tic International Boundar
,nr,I~s.on is no place for the shirkc
I..- ar as am able 10 Judge there Al
Il real workers connected with il
II Martin expects to take q party
.aaer~ for AZ automobile tn
Delaware. the latter part of Aprl
invited Charles : Barrett chaI
the National Board Of Farm .
.aas. to form s party foT that pu