Letter

To His Excellency John A. Bingham to Terashima Munenor, September 15, 1875

No. 394. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish.

No. 267.]

Sir: In my No. 264, of date the 8th instant, I had the honor to acquaint you with the arrival in Japan of Major-General Upton and his two associates, under a commission to inquire into and report upon the army tactics, &c., of this empire, and also of other countries, and of their cordial reception. Upon their departure for China, on the 10th instant, at their request I addressed to his excellency the minister for foreign affairs a dispatch acknowledging the courtesies extended to them by His Majesty the Emperor, and by His Majesty’s minister of war, a copy of which I have the honor to inclose.

I am, &c.,

JNO. A. BINGHAM.
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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 P.