Manila
Manila, 1 July 1896
MR. JOSE RIZAL
MY DEAR SIR,
I have expressed to the Government your wishes and it has no objection to your going to Cuba to serve in our Army as physician attached to the Military Health Corps.
Therefore, if you still wish to carry out your idea, the Politico-Military Commander of that district will issue you a pass so that you can come to this capital where in my turn I will give you a passport to the Peninsula where the Minister of War will assign you to the Army of Operations in Cuba, attached to the Military Health Corps.
With this date I write on the matter the Politico-Military Commander and you can start the trip immediately.
To be able to please you has been a satisfaction for your most affectionate and attentive servant who kisses your hand,
RAMON BLANCO
05-901 [100 Letters]