Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Adee.
New London, Conn., September 26, 1898.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a dispatch from the Marquis of Salisbury, bringing to my knowledge a signal act of courtesy on the part of the United States military governor of Santiago de Cuba on the occasion of the death of Mr. Ramsden, late Her Majesty’s consul in that port. Her Majesty’s Government have been informed that as a mark of respect to this officer, who died in the active discharge of the arduous duties of his post, orders were given by General Wood, on August 12, that all flags in the town be put at half-mast. I am desired by the Marquis of Salisbury to express to you the appreciation with which Her Majesty’s Government have learnt of this graceful act of respect to the memory of the late consul.
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