Mr. Uhl to Mr. Springer.

No. 1087.]

Sir: I am in receipt of your dispatch No. 2507, of the 25th ultimo, with inclosed copy and translation of a communication addressed by you to the Governor-General in obedience to the Department’s telegram of the 21st ultimo, protesting against the validity of military jurisdiction in the cases of Carrillo, Sanguily, and Aguirre, in any stage of the proceedings instituted against them by the Cuban authorities.

I am, etc.,

Edwin F. Uhl.