Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Hay to Mr. Bunau-Varilla.

Department of State,
Washington, March 4, 1904.

No. 28.]

Sir: Referring to your note of the 20th ultimo, I have the honor to say that I am advised by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury that the Surgeon-General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service will issue instructions to officers of the Service serving in contaminated ports, directing them to act in regard to vessels sailing for ports of Panama as they do in regard to vessels sailing for ports of the United States.

Proper instructions will also be issued by this Department to United States consular officers in such ports to cooperate with the medical officers in this work.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.