Sincerely yours,
Reed.
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War Department, Surgeon General’s Office,
Army Medical Museum and Library,
Washington, April 3, 1902.
My dear Gorgas:
Yours of March 28th reached me yesterday....
I was simply delighted with your Annual Report. What a glorious record! No wonder, my dear boy, that you should grow eloquent, as you did, in your closing paragraph. It made my heart beat faster as I read it. You have done a splendid work in Havana, my dear Gorgas, one that should always give you the greatest pleasure to look back upon. You have my sincere admiration and congratulations. We will really and truly have to go on that Toot when you land on your native heath, once more!! But if I had my way, you would remain in charge of sanitary matters in Havana for another summer! I have told Gen. Sternberg so. It would be such a pity to have this splendid work all undone, for the lack of an enlightened Health Official. Who will succeed you? His position will be the most important on the Island....
Adios, my dear friend. May Heaven bless you.
Your friend,
Reed.
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War Department, Surgeon General’s Office,
Army Medical Museum and Library,
Washington, May 14, 1902.