Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Sloat, commandant navy-yard

[Telegram.]

Navy Department, May 15, 1850.

Commodore J. D. Sloat,
Commandant Navy Yara, Portsmouth, Virginia:

Prepare the United States steamer Saranac for immediate service. Sailing-instructions will be sent by mail.

WILLIAM BALLARD PRESTON.