Letter of the Day: May 7

Curatorial Records: Numbered Correspondence 02235

War Department,
Surgeon General's Office,
Washington, May 7, 1897

Lieut. Colonel D.L. Huntington,
Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Army,
Army Medical Museum.

My dear Colonel:

It is understood that there is at the Museum a Greenleaf's travois with harness complete. If such is the case, the Surgeon General desires that you ship it by express addressed to Lieut. Colonel W. E. Waters, Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Army, Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio. It is needed for the use of the approaching Military Surgeon's Association, and will be returned to the Museum after the meeting. Expressage both ways to be paid by the Association at Columbus.

If there is none on hand, please telephone me.
Very truly yours,
C.H. Alden
A.S.U.

[handwritten notation]
May 8, 1897, travois with harness and stretcher shipped by Adams Express.