893.00/8478a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Haiti (Gross)
12. For Secretary of War Davis. With reference to your inquiry, Secretaries of State and Navy concur with opinion of War Department that your return is not required by the situation. Fifteen hundred additional marines have been requested by Admiral Williams. Secretary of State conferred this morning with Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Chief of Staff, with result that following message is being sent to Admiral Williams:
“Henderson with 1,500 marines will be sent, arriving Shanghai in about 30 days. Regiment of infantry from Manila can reach Shanghai in 7 days if situation demands. Davison.”82
Acknowledge receipt.
- F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War.↩