letters (correspondence)

Siler informs Hench that the Walter Reed Memorial Association has approved increasing the monthly payments made to Emilie Lawrence Reed.

Siler informs Hench that Ireland is in the hospital. The Reed Memorial Association plans to place plaques on the building where Reed died at the next meeting of the group, which Hench will attend.

Siler agrees with Hench that Emilie Lawrence Reed's pension should be transferred to Blossom Reed. Siler requests Hench's opinion regarding the wording of the plaque to be placed on the building where Reed died. Siler regrets that the plans for the Camp Lazear preservation have fallen through, but suggests that General Bliss may be able to help with the matter.

Siler encloses minutes of the Walter Reed Memorial Association and asks Hench to review them.

Siler regrets that Hench is unable to attend the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association. He discusses his visit with Bliss and his efforts to preserve Building No. 1. Siler informs Hench about his plans to have a plaque placed on the wall of a building where Reed had died.

Siler requests that Hench send a number of reprints of his paper, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever," to the commanding officer of the Army Medical Center.

Siler discusses suggestions to change the inscription on a plaque memorializing Reed's place of death. He discusses a resolution introduced in Congress to honor the memory of Reed. Siler informs Hench of Osborne Wood's death.

Siler regrets that Hench was unable to attend the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Association. Kean told Siler that Hench approves of the modification of the inscription on the plaque to memorialize Reed's place of death.

Siler does not have any recent information concerning the status of the bill in Congress honoring Reed. He offers his opinion as to how any funding should be spent. The final wording of the plaque memorializing the site of Reed's death has been agreed upon.

Siler describes his preparations to have the plaque memorializing Reed's death unveiled. He has not heard from Wallach and does not know the present status of the bill and the allocation of the funding. He offers his opinion on how any government funding should be spent.

The plaque honoring Reed will soon be installed at Fort McNair. He will send Hench a photo of the plaque after its installation. Siler has not heard from Wallach since his original visit to Washington.

Siler informs Hench that the plaque commemorating the room where Walter Reed died has been placed at Fort McNair. He discusses the subsidy paid to Blossom Reed by the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

Siler believes that the project to publicize Reed's work, proposed by Sidney Wallach, would be a waste of money and only benefit Wallach's company. Siler informs Hench that Kean has been ill.