The settlement of international boundaries is a
matter for diplomats, usually assisted by lawyers and geographers. The
Argentine-Chile frontier case differs from most boundary settlements in that a
third country, Britain, acting as arbitrator, not only delimited but also
supervised the demarcation of the boundary in question. The following article
records the personal experiences of a member of the Boundary Commission in this
case and is reprinted from the Royal Engineers Journal by kind permission of
the Editor and Lieut-Colonel Rushworth.