Letter of the Day: April 15

Curatorial Records: Numbered Correspondence 03050

Subject:

War Department
Surgeon General's Office,
Washington, April 15, 1898

Major Walter Reed,
Surgeon, U.S. Army,
Curator, Army Medical Museum,
Washington.

Sir:

By direction of the Surgeon General, I sen you herewith, three (3) cakes of Red Cross Soap, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J., for report as to its germicidal value.

Very respectfully,
CH Alden
Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Army