Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, to Mr. Hall, district attorney.

[Confidential.—Telegram.]

J. Prescott Hall, Esq
United States District Attorney, New York:

[653] Dear Sir: In answer to yours, just received, I have to say, *arrest any man belonging to the Cuba expedition, against whom you have what you deem to be sufficient or reasonable evidence.

J. M. CLAYTON.