Wishing to testify to you its gratitude for the services you have already rendered to the Red Cross, the committee decided to offer to you one of the medals which a German engraver caused to be struck off in 1870 in honor of the Red Cross. It will be sent to you in a few days. It is of very small intrinsic value indeed, but such as it is, we have no other means of recompensing the most meritorious of our assistants. Please to regard it only as a simple memorial, and as a proof of the esteem and gratitude we feel for you. Accept, Mademoiselle, the assurance of my most distinguished sentiments, G. MOYNIER President On the 26th of July, 1882, the following proclamation was issued by the President: _By the President of the United States of America_: A PROCLAMATION Whereas, on the 22d day of August, 1864, a convention was concluded at Geneva, in Switzerland, between the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Swiss Confederation, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Empire, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Kingdom of Würtemberg, for the amelioration of the wounded in armies in the field, the tenor of which convention is hereinafter subjoined; And whereas the several contracting parties to the said Convention exchanged the ratifications thereof at Geneva on the 22d day of June, 1865; And whereas the several states hereinafter named have adhered to the said Convention in virtue of Article IX thereof to wit: Sweden December 13, 1864. Greece January 5-17, 1865. Great Britain February 18, 1865. Mecklenburg-Schwerin March 9, 1865. Turkey July 5, 1865. Würtemberg June 2, 1866. Hesse June 22, 1866. Bavaria June 30, 1866. Austria July 21, 1866. Persia December 5, 1874. Salvador December 30, 1874. Montenegro November 17-29, 1875. Servia March 24, 1876. Bolivia October 16, 1879. Chili November 15, 1879. Argentine Republic November 25, 1879. Peru April 22, 1880. And whereas the Swiss Confederation, in virtue of the said Article IX of said Convention, has invited the United States of America to accede thereto; And whereas on the 20th October, 1868, the following additional articles were proposed and signed at Geneva, on behalf of Great Britain, Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, North Germany, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, and Würtemberg, the tenor of which additional articles is hereinafter subjoined;