DUBS, President of the Confederation to Fogg, United States, November 14, 1864

[Translation.]

In regard to article 9 of the convention concluded at Geneva, on the 22d of August, 1864, for the improvement in the condition of soldiers wounded in armies in the field, the Swiss federal council has the honor to invite the government of the United States also to assent to that convention, for which purpose the original draught has been left open for the governments of nations that have not yet assented.

As the management of the affair has been intrusted by the congress to the Swiss federal council, the latter hopes to receive an affirmative answer from the government of the United States, and willingly accepts this occasion of offering to the minister resident of the United States the assurances of high consideration.