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168 LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS be devolved. . . . This will be a Cuban govern ment, conforming, as far as may be, to the consti tution of Cuba. The Cuban flag will be hoisted as usual over the government buildings on the island. All the executive departments and the provincial and municipal governments . . . will continue to be administered as under the Cuban republic. The courts will continue to administer justice, and all laws not in their nature inapplicable by reason of the temporary and emergent character of the gov ernment will be in force." The pledge was kept to the letter. Charles E. Magoon, who had been helpful in bringing order out of chaos in the canal zone, was installed pres ently in the provisional governorship and Mr. Taf t returned to Washington. An American "army of pacification" was sent to the island to prevent riot ing ; a cabinet was appointed, composed of Cubans, each with an American "adviser" at his elbow; the various local governments were reorganized, and pains were taken everywhere to instruct both officers and citizens in the fundamental principles of self-rule. Little by little, as these ideas seemed to be assimilated, the American instructors re leased their hold, till, early in 1909, the provisional governor turned over the reins of authority to a lawfully elected president, and the Cuban republic entered upon the second era of its history. Another memorable expedition was made by Mr.