No. 394.
Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish.
United
States Legation, Japan,
Tokei, September 15, 1875.
(Received October 21.)
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.,
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[Inclosure 1 in No. 267.]
Mr. Bingham to Mr.
Terashima.
United
States Legation,
Tokei, September 10,
1875.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your
excellency’s dispatch of yesterday, and through your excellency beg
leave, on behalf of General Upton, General Forsyth, and Major Sanger, to
present their thanks to His Majesty the Emperor for his proffer made
through your excellency to give them audience as I had the honor to
request, and also to communicate their regret that they could not delay
their journey to enable them to meet and pay their respects to His
Majesty in person, as they greatly desired.
I am also pleased to communicate to your excellency that these gentlemen
desire to make their grateful acknowledgments to His Majesty’s minister
of war for the courtesy shown them during their short stay, and the
facilities afforded them for examining the drill, tactics, &c., of
His Majesty’s army.
I am, &c., sir, your obedient servant,
His Excellency Terashima Munenori,
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
