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. Rockhill to Mr. Lee.

Department of State,
Washington, June 18, 1896.

No. 13.]

Sir: The Department being informed that General Suero has been relieved of the command of the Cabaña fortress, you are instructed to ascertain and report upon the condition of the health and welfare under the new prison management of Julio Sanguily, the citizen of the United States who is at present confined therein, as his relatives in this country are apprehensive that the change in question may be injurious to him, especially as it is reported that Mr. Sanguily’s counsel at Habana has been ordered to close his office and advised to leave the island to avoid expulsion.

I am, etc.,

W. W. Rockhill,
Assistant Secretary.