Mr. Hay to Mr. Day.
London, September 13, 1898.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that on the 8th instant, at the “march past” on Salisbury Plain of the troops which for several weeks previously had been taking part in the military maneuvers, in the presence of the commander in chief of the British army, the secretary of state for war, several members of the royal family, the foreign military attachés, and a vast crowd of people, the national flag of the United States was placed side by side with the British royal standard, the union jack, and the white naval ensign, upon the principal marquee at the saluting point.
There were no other flags on the tent in question but the four mentioned.
I have the honor to be, etc.,