Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Hay to the Duke de Arcos.

Department of State,
Washington, March 16, 1900.

No. 82.]

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence on the subject, I have the honor to communicate for your information that I am advised by the Acting Secretary of War that he is in receipt of a cabled message from Major-General Otis, at Manila, stating that 84 officers and 427 enlisted men, Spanish prisoners of war held by insurgents, also 8 wives and 14 children of officers, were shipped on the 15th to Barcelona.

Be pleased, etc.,

John Hay.