Washington, January 18, 1923.
My Lord,
I have the honour to inform you that on the 18th December I received a courteous invitation from Mr. Davis, the Secretary of Labour, to visit Ellis Island. I accepted this invitation, and on the 28th December, 1922, I visited the island and inspected the institutions there.
Ellis Island consists of three islands. The buildings of the immigration station are on one island, the general hospital on another and the isolation hospital on the third.
I saw the immigration station thoroughly, and enough of the general hospital to arrive at a fair idea of its state of efficiency. I had time merely to glance at the isolation hospital. I propose to give my impression of these establishments in order.
- The Immigration Station
- The Hospital
- The Isolation Hospital
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