Mr. Hay to Mr. White.
Washington, November 28, 1900.
Sir: The Department is in receipt of a dispatch, No. 399, of September 1 last, from the United States minister at China, inclosing the hospital record of such United States marines and soldiers as were treated in hospital during the recent siege of the foreign representatives in the British legation in Pekin, together with a general summary of casualties.
[Page 338]In his transmitting dispatch the minister says:
These have been kindly furnished me by Dr. Gustav Velde, Stabsarzt of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, the official surgeon of the German legation, who was in charge of the hospital at the time and rendered such unselfish, impartial, intelligent, and successful service as to merit the most grateful recognition of all.
For his constant care and tender devotion to the sick and wounded of our detachment, I have on their behalf and my own offered him by letter expressions of high appreciation and profound gratitude.
You will request the German Government to convey to Dr. Velde the sincere appreciation and deep gratitude of the Government of the United States for the services rendered by him on the occasion mentioned.
I am, sir, etc.,