Mr. Foulk to Mr. Frelinghuysen .
Seoul, Corea , March 5, 1885. (Received April 27.)
Sir: There is residing at Seoul an American physician, Dr. H. N. Allen, who has been sent here to render gratuitous service as such purely, and with the view of establishing for the Government or people of Corea a hospital, by the American Presbyterian Board of Missions. Immediately following the revolutionary attempt of December last Dr. Allen rendered great service to a large number of Coreans and Chinese soldiers who had been wounded.
In January last I brought the subject of establishing a hospital before the notice of the Corean Government and proposed Dr. Allen’s scheme. This has met with high approval from the Government and been accepted. A large house is nearly ready for use as a hospital, of which Dr. Allen will be in charge, assisted by a second American physician, soon to arrive. The only foreign expense incurred will be about $300 per year for medicines.
I am, &c.,
Ensign, U. S. Navy, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.