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

Mr. Moore to Mr. Cambon.

Department of State,
Washington, August 30, 1898.

Excellency: Referring to previous correspondence concerning Mr. Jimenez Zapatero, I have the honor to advise you that he has been released from confinement as a prisoner of war at Fortress Monroe, but that he still remains at the post because of lack of funds.

Accept, etc.,

J. B. Moore, Acting Secretary.

Department of State, September 1, 1898.

The Department of State, replying to the inquiry of the French embassy of the 29th ultimo, has the honor to say that this Government does not, under the present circumstances, object to officers of the Spanish army returning singly to Spain by way of the United States.