Mr. Lee to Mr. Rockhill.
Habana , September 10, 1896 .
Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your instruction, No. 76, directing me to press unremittingly for a full investigation and report as to the fate of Charles Govin, a citizen of the United States. It is [Page 707] to be remembered that the Captain-General, in a communication dated August 24, stated that said Govin had been wounded in a skirmish and had died from said wounds. To that communication I replied, under date of the 29th of said month, to the effect that I was constrained to believe that the information furnished to the Captain-General was not correct, and requested that Govin’s matter be referred back to the commanding officer of the troops engaged, as it is possible that he may have confounded the case of some other person with that of Charles Govin. Since that I have heard nothing further, but if no response is made within the next few days I will again call the attention of the Captain-General to the subject.
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I am, etc.,