QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Feb. 6, 1900. 
To all 
Quart e mast ers , 
of Cuba and Puerto Rico. 
Gentlemen : 
By direction of the Quartermaster General you will 
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please furnish transportation, on any Army transport, around 
the Island of Cuba or Puerto Rico for Major J. W. Powell, 
and Professor W. H, Holmes of the National Museum, who are 
visiting these islands to carry on scientific investigations for 
the Government, 
where the Array transports make regular stops, and when the same 
will not interfere with the transportation of military persons 
or supplies. 
This transportation will only be furnished to points 
Respe ctful ly , 
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