Señor Morla Vicuña to Mr. Hay.
Washington, June 26, 1901.
Sir: The Chilean training ship General Baquedano, recently returned to Chile from a voyage of instruction along the west coast of South and North America and over the eastern seas of Japan, China, and Australia, is being sent out again on a similar voyage along the coasts of America on the Atlantic Ocean. In the course of her voyage the General Baquedano will visit the port of New York on the first days of September next, and shortly afterwards that of Philadelphia, and my Government instructs me to request from the Government of the United States, through the State Department, the permission necessary for the commander, officers, and naval cadets belonging to the said training ship to visit the naval establishments existing in the two above-mentioned ports.
With renewed assurances, etc.,