Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Sherman to Mr. Woodford.

Department of State,
Washington, February 24, 1898.

No. 139.]

Sir: I am instructed by the Secretary of the Navy to instruct you to express to the Spanish Government his high appreciation of the services rendered and honors paid by the Cuban authorities to the officers and men of the U. S. S. Maine on the occasion of the public funeral of the members of the crew lost in the disaster.

Respectfully, yours,

John Sherman.