Letter

CROSBY, Chief Clerk to the Secretary of State, June 15, 1877

[Inclosure 2 in No. 395.]

Mr. Crosby to the Secretary of State.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit, for your information, a copy of a telegram from Lieutenant-General Sheridan dated the 15th instant, reporting that Colonel Shafter has interned a number of Mexican soldiers recently engaged in conflicts on the Rio Grande, and who fled to our side of the river; also a copy of the reply of the Adjutant-General of the Army to General Sheridan’s question as to what disposition should be made of the persons above referred to.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. T. CROSBY,
Chief Clerk.
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