Mr. Buck to Mr. Hay.
Tokyo, August 17, 1900.
Sir: I have the honor to report that Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress have each sent a representative to visit our marine hospital in Yokohama to convey sympathy for the sick and wounded sailors and soldiers there, the Empress conveying, by a lady in waiting, not only the sympathy of Her Majesty but also presents of delicacies conducive to comfort.
These gracious acts of Their Majesties have been duly acknowledged by me, through the minister of the household department, with the assurance that the President, on being informed of these kind expressions of the solicitude and sympathy of Their Majesties for the unfortunate inmates of the hospital, would be highly gratified and would doubtless convey his acknowledgments for their sympathetic interest in the welfare of our sick and wounded so graciously manifested.
I have, etc.,