Chargé White to the Acting Secretary of State.

No. 395.]

Sir: I have the honor herewith to inclose a copy of an executive decree of the 21st instant, cut from the Boletin Oficial, No. 3817, of the 26th instant, naming a committee of representative men to provide for the reception of the Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the United States, on the occasion of his visit to this country. I accompany the decree with a translation.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

Charles D. White,
Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim.
[Inclosure—Translated from the Boletin Oficial, No. 3817, of July 26, 1906.]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship.

Naming a committee to receive the Secretary of State of the United States of America.

In view of the communication received from the legation of the United States, informing this department that in August next the Secretary of State of the United States of America, the Hon. Elihu Root, will arrive at this capital; and the Government desiring to receive him fittingly, the President of the Republic decrees:

I.
The deputies Dr. Luis M. Drago, Dr. Julio A. Roca, jr., and Dr. Antonio F. Piñero, subsecretary of foreign affairs and worship; Dr. Alberto Tedin Uriburu, Dr. Francisco J. Beazly, Dr. José N. Matienzo, Mr. Enrique Acebal, Mr. José M. Llobet, Capt. Guillermo Funes, and Mr. Cesar Gonzalez Segura are named to arrange everything pertaining to the reception of the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hon. Elihu Root.
II.
The committee shall act under the presidency of the first of the gentlemen named, the ex-minister for foreign affairs and worship, Dr. Luis M. Drago, and shall for the fulfillment of its commission consult with the minister for foreign affairs.
III.
The committee is authorized to incur the expenses incident to the reception.
IV.
Let it be communicated and given to the National Register.

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