Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson

I return herewith the letter of J. Milton Waldron of May 11.
I was called upon many times by Mr. Waldron and representatives of his committee of one hundred. After considering their request I came to the conclusion that a training camp for colored people ought to be established, and took up with representative colored men the location of such a camp. It has now been definitely fixed at Fort Dubuque, Iowa, with the full concurrence of the authorities of Howard University, Hampton Institute and Tuskegee Institute, all of which educational institutions offered their facilities, but finally realized their lack of adaptation. So far as I know the question is settled wisely from the point of view of the army, and certainly from the point of view of the colored men.
As they have already been notified of the consideration, and concurred in it, it seems likely that no further acknowledgment from you is necessary.