File No. 812.00/15950.
Vice Consul Puig to the Secretary of State.
Brownsville, August 28, 1915—11.15 p.m.
Acting on reports of Commanding Officer Fort Brown yesterday personally called on Military Commander at Matamoros and requested [Page 806] immediate action be taken to stop firing to American side. He insists everything possible being done with small numbers of men at his command, and complains that armed men at different points are constantly shooting to Mexican side and that a Mexican custom [omission] was seriously wounded on August 25, at a point 12 miles west of Matamoros. Complying with your telegram today again urging that they take immediate steps to prevent further firing across border.