Señor Romero to Mr. Gresham.
Washington, June 9, 1893. (Received June 9.)
Mr. Secretary: On the 28th of April last I had the honor to address to you a note in which, by order of the Government of Mexico I complained that a colored soldier of the U. S. Army had on the 8th and 9th of that month fired his rifle on the north sentry box of the frontier town of Camargo, situated in the state of Tamaulipas on the margin of the River Bravo del Norte. For this reason I requested you that if after the proper investigation by the Department of State the facts should prove to be as had been communicated to the Government of Mexico, I hoped that that of the United States would consign the responsible party to the respective judge, in order to have this abuse put an end to.
I have not as yet had the honor to receive a reply from your Department to said note, and unfortunately it does not appear that necessary measures have been taken to prevent the abuse, or that these have not [Page 449] been sufficient to avoid the repetition of it, as I have just received a telegram from Señor Mariscal, secretary for foreign affairs of the United States of Mexico, dated yesterday, in which he tells me that on the 2d instant soldiers of the U. S. Army again fired upon our sentry box at Camargo, and he instructs me to repeat my complaint to the Government of the United States of that proceeding, and to ask it to order more efficacious measures to prevent the repetition of similar offenses.
Aware of your justice and integrity, I believe it will suffice to report to you this repeated occurrence of the act, and to call your attention to the circumstance that the provisions that may have been taken on account of my previous complaint have not proved adequate, to hope that on this occasion measures maybe concerted necessary to avert the repetition of this abuse.
Accept, etc.,