Mr. Uhl to Señor
Romero.
Department of State,
Washington, November 21,
1893.
Sir: I have the honor to inclose with reference
to your note of the 17th instant, a copy of letter from the Secretary of
War of the 20th instant, and of the telegrams which he communicates of
the 18th and 19th instant, by which it appears that U. S. troops visited
San Elizario but found no armed party there of any kind.
Accept, etc.,
Edwin F. Uhl,
Acting Secretary.
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[Inclosure.—Telegram.]
General Ruggles
to Commanding General Department of
Texas.
Telegraphic advices from Mexican consul at El Paso report an armed
and mounted force of 25 men at San Elizario, Tex., preparing to
invade Mexican territory. Use the force at your command to prevent
this invasion. If these men are armed with the manifest intention of
invading Mexico, apxrehend the party, disarm it, and report by
telegram. Acknowledge receipt.
By command of Major-General Schofleld.
Ruggles,
Adjutant General.
[Telegram.]
Gen. Wheaton to
Adjutant-General U. S.
Army.
San
Antonio, Tex., November 18, 1893.
Dispatch of 18th received. Maj. Henton, with company of infantry from
old Fort Bliss in wagons and detachment of 30 cavalry from Fort
Hancock, ordered to San Elizario.
Wheaton,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
[Telegram.]
Gen. Wheaton to
Adjutant-General U. S.
Army.
San
Antonio, Tex., November 19, 1893.
Maj. Henton left Fort Bliss at 10 o’clock Saturday night with company
of infantry in wagons and arrived at San Elizario at sunrise Sunday
morning. After careful investigation and conference with mayor, city
marshal, and postmaster, he reports that no armed party of any kind
has appeared in that vicinity, nor have any strangers visited the
village for the purpose of creating a disturbance. Maj. Henton also
reports Mexican inhabitants quiet and peaceful and without arms of
any kind. Lieut. Corcoran, Seventh Cavalry, with detachment of 30,
from Hancock, reached San Elizario at 2 o’clock Sunday morning,
having scouted the surrounding country without finding any trace of
armed party. Maj. Henton has been ordered to leave his command at
San Elizario pending further investigation, and return himself to El
Paso for conference with Mexican consul, with view to locating party
referred to by that official, and thereafter to take necessary
measures to apprehend and disarm the party if found.
Wheaton,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
