Letter
Hamilton Fish to Adjutant-General’s Office , Washington , February 26, 1872 . Official copies: E. D. TOWNSEND, Adjutant-General, March 5, 1872
No. 295. Mr. Fish to Mr. Nelson.
Department of State, Washington, March 5, 1872.
No. 229.]
Sir: I transmit herewith a copy of a letter from the Secretary of War, dated the 27th ultimo, and of a report, by which it is accompanied, from the commanding officer of Fort Davis, Texas, in relation to the crossing of armed bands of Mexicans into that State. You are requested to lay these papers before the minister for foreign affairs of the Mexican government, and to express the expectation of this Government that the Mexican government, upon becoming acquainted with the facts, will hasten to disavow this violation of the territory of the United States, and will take means to prevent the recurrence of any similar acts.
I am, &c.
HAMILTON FISH.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.