Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Day to General Lee.

Washington, February 4, 1898.

Secretary of the Navy thinks not prudent for a vessel to remain long in Havana; sanitary reasons. Should some vessel be kept there all the time? If another sent, what have you to suggest as to kind of ship? Telegraph your views.