Señor Infante to Mr. Adee.
Washington, October 9, 1901.
Mr. Secretary: I am in receipt of instructions from the Government of Chile directing me to take such steps as may be required to obtain for the commander and officers of the training ship General [Page 36] Baquedano, at present anchored in the bay of New York, permission to deposit in the Washington Monument, on behalf of the people of Chile, a plaque commemorative of that illustrious leader of the American independence and founder of the Republic of the United States of America.
I shall be thankful if your excellency will kindly apply to appropriate authorities for the permission to place the said plaque, provided there should be no objection on your part.
It is for me a pleasure, etc.,