File No. 4001/95–98.
[Inclosure 1.]
Rear-Admiral Davis
to the Secretary of the Navy.
Flagship Alabama,
Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, January 30,
1907.
No. 149–D.]
Sir: I have this day received a letter from the
governor of Jamaica under date of January 19, the day of my departure
from Kingston, a copy of which, together with a copy of my reply, I
transmit herewith. I request that these documents may be made an
appendix of my report of the operations of the squadron under my command
at Kingston.
Very respectfully,
[Inclosure 2.].
The Governor of
Jamaica to Rear-Admiral Davis.
Kings House,
Jamaica, January 19,
1907.
Sir: It is both a duty and a pleasure to me
to express to you on your departture from this port the profound
gratitude of the colony to you and to the officers and men of the
United States detached squadron for the services you have rendered,
and also for those tendered to this colony at a time when it was
suffering from the effect of a sudden calamity; the promptitude with
which you dispatched the surgical appliances which we needed, and
the rapidity with which you followed them and devoted the services
of the officers and men of your squadron to aiding suffering
humanity, to guarding your consular archives and the penitentiary,
to assisting in clearing the streets and pulling down walls, as well
as numerous acts of assistance generously rendered to citizens,
deserve my fullest recognition and gratitude, which I heartily
tender to you on behalf of the government and people of this
island.
- 2.
- I also desire to express my most sincere thanks for the desire
you expressed to have done more if my scruples had permitted my
acceptance of your squadron’s services so generously
rendered.
- 3.
- I trust that we may meet again under circumstances which will
permit my testifying more formally than the present turmoil
permitted my personal desire to do you the honor prescribed for
your rank in the King’s Regulations.
I have, etc.,
J. A. Swettenham, Governor.
[Inclosure 3.]
Rear-Admiral Davis to the Governor of
Jamaica.
Flagship Alabama,
Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, January 30,
1907.
Sir: It gives me great pleasure to
acknowledge your excellency’s letter of the 19th instant, and to
assure you of my deep appreciation of the sentiments which it
expresses.
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I may add without impropriety, I believe, the earnest wish that your
own efforts in behalf of your city will be crowned with success and
that the work of restoration and rebuilding will progress with
rapidity.
I beg to assure your excellency of the high consideration with which
I have the honor to be,
Your excellency’s obedient servant,
