Mr. Hay to Mr. Buck.
Washington , July 27, 1900 .
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 444, of the 29th ultimo, inclosing a copy of correspondence in relation to the claim of the Yokohama revenue administration bureau that officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy and Marine Corps stationed at the United States naval hospital at that place should pay an income tax to the Japanese Government on their salaries and pay.
Your course in the matter is cordially approved by the Department.
Copies of the dispatch and its inclosures have been sent to the Secretary of the Navy for any additional views or arguments that he may desire to communicate on the subject.
I am, etc.,