Mr. Day to Mr.
Cambon.
Department of State,
Washington, July 13,
1898.
The Secretary of State of the United States has the honor to inclose
herewith to the ambassador of France a copy of a letter of the 9th
instant, addressed by Admiral Cervera to Captain Goodrich, of the U. S.
S. St. Louis, as to the treatment of the Spanish
prisoners on board of that ship.
Mr. W. R. Day has the honor to renew to Mr. J. Cambon the assurances of
his highest consideration.
Capt. Casper F.
Goodrich,
U. S. M. S. St.
Louis.
My Dear Sir: I have the greatest pleasure
in acknowledging by the present, in my own name and also in that of
all captains and officers actually on board this ship, that we
consider ourselves under the greatest obligation to you for the many
kindness and excellent treatment which you and all the officers
under your command have shown to us during this passage. I must also
mention the careful and most valuable medical assistance which has
been given to our wounded and sick men; your kind feelings are gone
as far in this respect as to order them to be put in one of the
saloons of the ship, in order to provide more effectually to their
comfort.
I know nothing which does not agree with what I have just written,
the case of D. Enrique Capriles being wholly unknown to me, since
neither you nor him have spoken me about.
I thank you again for the delicate and manifold acts of kindness
through which you have endeavored to alleviate the sore burden of
our great misfortune. I assure you that I shall never forget them,
and I am, sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Pascual Cervera.
At
Sea, July 9,
1898.
