Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 812.113/251.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Mexico, March 25, 1912—11 a.m.

Mr. George W. Cook and Mr. Emanuel Beck, wealthy and responsible Americans in Mexico City, desire from patriotic motives and on their own responsibility to order an additional 1,000 rifles, 1,000 field-service belts, and 1,000,000 cartridges, to be shipped with and in the same manner and for the same purpose as represented in the order sent through the Department by telegram dated March 22, 12 noon, and March 22, 6 p.m. This should leave New York City on next Thursday and as part of the original order.

Wilson.