letters (correspondence)

Hench wonders if Agramonte was with Lazear at his death because Carroll claimed that Agramonte had left three days earlier.

Hench has received microfilm of the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine and has recognized Lazear's and Reed's handwriting. The contents include case reports of sick soldiers, electrozone experiment notes, observations of non-experimental and experimental yellow fever cases, and notes about mosquitoes. The notebook shows that Lazear was working with mosquitoes even before the Yellow Fever Board was created.

Hench writes that still has faith in Nogueira, but thinks the American Embassy in Cuba and the Surgeon General should become involved if it is discovered that the Cubans plan to dedicate Camp Lazear and Building No. 1 with new names.

Hench asks Love to check into the [Cuban] situation, since Siler is ill.

Hench stresses the importance of the final name for the Camp Lazear site. He also thinks it is important that the Army medical department and the State Department have representatives at the ceremony. Hench requests that Love contact Siler and Lawrence Reed to find out if they plan to attend the ceremony.

Hench regrets that he will be unable to attend the meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association. However, he will report to the Association on the Camp Lazear dedication.

Hench informs Love that he will not be able to attend the Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting. He writes that he is going to make one more effort [to memorialize Camp Lazear] when he returns to Cuba in several months.

Hench requests that Love and Siler contact the editors of two military journals and encourage them to cover the dedication of Camp Lazear.

Hench seeks information on a photograph taken at the presumed site of Camp Lazear or Camp Columbia.

Hench thanks Recio for his courtesies, including paying Hench's hotel bill, when Hench was in Cuba for the Camp Lazear dedication. He requests a copy of Recio's speech given at the ceremony. Hench suggests enclosing Building No. 1 and using part of the structure as a pubic health center.

Hench inquires whether the true site of Camp Lazear was ever surveyed. He wonders whether Ramos is still Minister of Defense and is still interested in the memorialization of Camp Lazear, since Hench heard that the entire Cuban cabinet resigned.

Hench hopes that the sites affiliated with the conquest of yellow fever will be memorialized. Hench solicits Recio' help in obtaining a statement from the Cuban government as evidence that it accepted Hench's report on the actual site of Camp Lazear. He offers to write an abstract of the report for a Cuban medical journal, and hopes that the Cuban media will also be informed of the discovery.

Hench informs Recio that he found some interesting material about Camp Columbia at the U.S. Army Medical Museum.

Hench inquires if Recio will help him locate a copy of "Memoria del Hospital Numero Uno Correspondiente al ano de 1902." He would like to give a copy to the Surgeon General's Library.

Hench requests permission to borrow "Memoria del Hospital Numero Uno." He hopes that an accurate survey of Camp Lazear can be made. Hench heard that the entire Cuban government resigned and is wondering whether Ramos is still Minister of National of Defense, and still able to help him.