[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Mr. Bayless to the President of Peru .
Washington
,
October 29, 1912
.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the courteous note of September 23, 1912, from His Excellency Señor A. B. Leguia, ex-President of the Republic, in which His Excellency is good enough to appoint me, jointly with Doctor George M. Converse, engineer for the sanitation of the city of Iquitos, Peru.
I am glad to inform you that I accept the position and that I shall leave New York for Iquitos on November fifth.
Very respectfully,
Samuel E. Bayless.