Creator
Geo[rge] G. Mackenzie
Recipient
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
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2/pursuit of their peaceful industries and pleasures. 3. The Act of Congress setting aside the Yosemite Park as a forest reservation placed the control of that territory in the hands of the Secretary of the Interior exclusively. If Congress had intended or wished the reservation to be a military establishment, the control of the Park would undoubtedly have been entrusted to the War Department. 4. The presence of soldiers in the Yellowstone Park cannot be admitted as a precedent. In that place we understand that an army force is primarily maintained in the strict line of military business, and is used merely incidentally as park police. In the Yosemite region there is nothing whatever of military concern that can serve as a pretext for the invasion of a peaceful part of California by a military power, whose presence would be, at the least, a constant threat against the personal safety of all travellers and residents. 5. The probability of the uselessness of soldiers as protectors of Park property is indicated in the latest annual report of the Secretary of the Interior. In that report attention is drawn to the fact that during the 06357
Location
Raymond, Calif.
Date Original
1890 Dec 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28.5 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0803-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0803
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 6
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
