Office of the Historian

Mr. Merry to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States of America,
San José, Costa Rica, May 9, 1899.
No. 251.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith the list of parties organized at Bluefields for the purpose of aiding the revolt of General Reyes. I regret that it is not complete, asthere were in all 42 returned to New Orleans on steamship Condor. I was informed that the Americans numbered 28. I am under the impression that some of the missing names were not registered by anyone in Bluefields, and the parties themselves would not be likely to furnish them willingly. I shall write to Mr. Clancy, consular agent at Bluefields, to see if the local Government will furnish him a complete list of the 42 passports issued. The inclosed list I was furnished by Mr. Consul Sorsby.

With assurances, etc.,

William Lawrence Merry,
United States Minister.
[Inclosure.]

List of “Rough Riders” aiding General Reyes at Bluefields, Nicaragua, between February 3 and 25, 1899.

  • J. M. Boate, American.
  • E. S. Beale, American.
  • J. S. Fosgard, American.
  • Thos. L. Frey, American.
  • E. C. Henrotin, American.
  • Jno. Harlan, American.
  • J. M. Harper, American.
  • Geo. H. Haymond, American.
  • Jno. Hay, American.
  • Jas. C. Kennedy, American.
  • David R. Lyons, American.
  • E. L. Newman, American.
  • Alex. F. Tarin, American.
  • Jno. Teal, American.
  • Bert Umstead, American.
  • Isaac Vincent, American.
  • Geo. Winchester, American.
  • Jack Martin, American.
  • Klein, Austrian.
  • A. K. Silva, Cuban.
  • Henry Carlonson, Swede.
  • Lorenzo Martin, Swede.
  • Chapman, English.
  • E. G. Sturidge, Jamaican.
  • H. M. Vase, Jamaican.