Mr. Hill to Mr. Herdliska .
Washington , September 13, 1900 .
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 115, of the 4th ultimo, reporting your action in bringing to the notice of the Austro-Hungarian Government the statement that if any of their wounded required aid in Chinese waters they would be welcomed aboard the Maine, and that every possible assistance would be given them by the ladies of the executive committee of the vessel.
You are instructed, when a suitable occasion shall be offered, to express this Government’s high appreciation of the action of the executive committee in the matter.
I am, sir, etc.,