Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1916, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72111/3335

The Secretary of the Treasury (McAdoo) to the Secretary of State

Washington, January 7, 1916 .

Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of a letter dated the 6th instant from the collector of customs at New York, and the affidavit and memorandum enclosed therewith, relative to the armament of the S. S. Giuseppe Verdi, of the Transatlantica-Italiana Line.¹

The collector reports that the steamer has mounted in her stern two 76 millimeter Armstrong guns, with a hundred rounds of ammunition for each gun.

I will thank you to advise me as soon as possible whether or not this vessel shall be permitted to clear with the armament referred to.

By direction of the Secretary.

Respectfully,

A. J. Peters

Assistant Secretary

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