File No. 838.51/470

The Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of January 21, 1916, with which you were good enough to enclose a copy of the report of the Commander of the Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, at Port au Prince, Haiti, on the system adopted for paying employees of the Haitian Government.

I have read this report with interest and desire to commend the efficient disposition that Admiral Caperton has made of the means at his disposal to carry out the purpose of this Government to safeguard as far as possible the interests of all concerned.

I have [etc.]

Robert Lansing