April 21, 1917. HONORABLE ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: It is my very pleasant duty to inform you that at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace held at the headquarters of the Endowment in Washington on April 19, 1917, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the Endowment offer to the Government of the United States the services of the Division of International Law, its personnel and equipment, for dealing with the pressure of international business incident to the war. The Division of International Law of the Endowment has been engaged since its organization in researches and the preparation of material bearing upon the history and development of international law and, since the outbreak of the European war, upon many questions arising out of the war. It has available a large amount of information and a corps of trained officers and employees, all of which, by the above resolution, are placed at the disposal of the Government. The resolution also includes the equipment of the Division of International Law, which is located in the headquarters buildings at Numbers 2 and 4 Jackson Place. The resolution, therefore, is to be considered as placing this Division of the Endowment at the disposal of the Government as a unit. Of course, a general offer to the Government should be interpreted as an offer to the particular department of the Government to which the Division of International Law may be of more appropriate service, and, since the nature of the work of the Division is in line with, and many of its officers and employees are former officers and employees of the Department of State, I feel that the services and equipment of the Division should be offered to that Department, which offer I hereby convey as the representative of the Endowment in carrying out the above resolution of the Board of Trustees. Should this offer prove acceptable to you, the Division, its equipment and personnel, is at the disposal of the Department of State, for such services as it may be called upon to perform, and, as Director of the Division of International Law, I should be pleased to discuss with you at your convenience any arrangements which you might care to make, in order to render this offer effective. I am Very respectfully, Secretary. MY DEAR DOCTOR SCOTT: Department of State, Washington, April 26, 1917. I am in receipt of your letter of the 21st containing a copy of the Resolution, adopted on the 19th by the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in which the Board offers to the Government the services of the Endowment's Division of International Law, its personnel and equipment. I wish to express to you the very sincere thanks of the Government for the generous offer of the Board of Trustees and on its behalf to accept the offer. As you point out in your letter the Department of State is the department of the Government which can avail itself of the services of the Division and I, therefore, feel personally very grateful to the Board for thus adding to the active force of the Department at a time when the burden of work is heavy and increasing from day to day. I shall take the first opportunity to confer with you as to the incorporation of the Division into the public service in order that it may become an efficient adjunct to this Department and may enter upon its labors at the earliest possible time. It will oblige me if you will convey to the Board of Trustees the appreciation of the Government of their patriotic action in making the offer of service and the gratification which it gives me to accept it. DOCTOR JAMES BROWN SCOTT, Very sincerely yours, (Signed) ROBERT LANSING. Secretary, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D. C. APPROPRIATIONS OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1918 Administration Resolved, That the sum of forty-seven thousand, six hundred and ten dollars be, and it is hereby, appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Executive Committee during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, for the purposes of administration, and charged to the current income for that year. Library and Year Book Resolved, That the sum of twelve thousand, four hundred and forty dollars be, and it is hereby, appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Executive Committee during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, for the purposes of the library and the publication of the Year Book. Division of Intercourse and Education Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars be, and it is hereby, appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Executive Committee during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, for the Division of Intercourse and Education, and charged to the current income for that year. Division of Economics and History Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and twenty-one thousand dollars be, and it is hereby, appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Executive Committee during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, for the Division of Economics and History, and charged to the current income for that year. Division of International Law Resolved, That the sum of one hundred ninety-three thousand, nine hundred and forty-five dollars be, and it is hereby, appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Executive Committee during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, for the Division of International Law, and charged to the current income for that year. 184 |