Mr. Adee to Mr. de Margerie.

No. 509.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 25th instant, expressing anew the thanks of the Government of [Page 417] the French Republic for the aid extended by the United States to the sufferers in the recent volcanic eruption of Mont Pélée.

It was with gratification that I made this known to the Secretary of the Navy.

Accept, etc.,

Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.