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I am not unmindful of the date on which you sent to us your cordial message — the 

 anniversary of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers — and I wish to thank 

 you in the name of our Society and to extend our felicitations for the happy development 

 of your Society and my. best wishes for the continuance O'f its prosperity. 

 Believe me, Mr. President and dear colleague, 



Your sincere friend, 



L. BERTIN. , 



Congratulations also for the magnificent development of vessel construction in the 

 United States. 



The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 



Engineering Societies Building 



29 West 39th Street. 



New York, N. Y., November sy, ipi8. 

 Mr. N. Soliani, 



Gio Ausaldo & Co., 



Sestre Ponente^ Italy. 



Dear Sir : — At the recent meeting of the Society, instructions were given me to send 



the following cablegram to the Italian Society of Naval Architects: 



"American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers now celebrat- 

 ing in Philadelphia its twenty-fifth Anniversary congratulates the members of its 

 sister society in Italy upon their brilliant achievements during the war now so 

 gloriously ended. 



"TAYLOR, 

 ,,'-*. ■-•.'■ President." 



Owing to the fact that I could not ascertain the name of the Society, I endeavored to 

 send the cablegram to you with the idea that you would convey the sentiments expressed 

 therein to the Society in Italy. As the telegraph cables abroad were overburdened with mes- 

 sages we could not send the cablegram so that it would be delivered within a reasonable time. 

 I am therefore communicating its contents by letter and trust that you will place it before the 

 Italian Society. 



Yours truly, 



DANIEL H. COX, 

 1 , , ; Secretary-Treasurer. 



