File No. 763.72112/2357
The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Berlin,
March 18, 1916, 5 p. m.
[Received March 19, 3.30 p. m.]
[Received March 19, 3.30 p. m.]
3642. My 3627. Rubber gloves are used in work on civil and military prisoners. Wounded prisoners here have been splendidly treated. It would be a sad matter if Germans had to cease care of wounded in order to save gloves for their own people. This matter is urgent.
Gerard