Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Day to Mr. Cambon.

Department of State,
Washington, July 13, 1898.

The Secretary of State of the United States, with reference to the request of the ambassador of France of the 12th instant for information as to the Spanish officers who were taken prisoners by the United States fleet off Santiago de Cuba, and as to the Spanish dead and wounded in that engagement, has the honor to inclose herewith a copy which he has just received of a list of the Spanish prisoners brought north on board the U. S. S. St. Louis. This list of survivors contains all the information which the Navy Department is at the moment able to afford as to the officers and crews of the Spanish ships in question. The Department will take pleasure in communicating to the ambassador of France any other information that may be obtained on the subject.

Mr. W. R. Day avails himself of this occasion to renew to Mr. J. Cambon the assurances of his highest consideration.