Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Lee to Mr. Rockhill.

United States Consulate-General,
Habana, September 9, 1896.

No. 118.]

Sir: I transmit herewith copy translation of a note from Captain-General Weyler relative to the quarters in the Cabaña fortress occupied by the Competitor prisoners.

I am, etc.,

Fitzhugh Lee.

[Inclosure in No. 118.]

Captain-General Valeriano Weyler to Mr. Lee.

Army of the Island of Cuba,
Office of the Captain-General, Chief of Staff,
Habana, September 5, 1896.

Sir: In continuation of my official note of the 14th August last, I have the honor to state that, as I am informed by the general governor of the Cabaña fortress, the American citizens that belonged to the schooner Competitor occupy the casemates (calabozos) Nos. 41 and 42 of said fortress, which are the ones that are best conditioned among those in the fort.

God guard you many years.

Valeriano Weyler.