Office of the Historian

Mr. Hill to Mr. Porter.

Department of State,
Washington, May 25, 1900.
No. 783.]

Sir: Referring to the Department’s reply of the 19th ultimo to your dispatch No. 654, of April 3 last, concerning the towing of the disabled French steamship Bretagne into the port of Bahia by the United States cruiser Chicago, I inclose for communication to the “Société Générate de Transports Maritimes á Vapeur” at Paris a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy reporting that a copy of your abovementioned dispatch with its accompanying papers had been forwarded to Rear-Admiral W. S. Schley, U. S. N.

I am, etc.,

David J. Hill
Acting Secretary.
[Inclosure.]

M Long to Mr. Hay.

Navy Department,
Washington, April 21, 1900.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, inclosing for the information of this Department a copy of a dispatch from the Ambassador of the United States at Paris, inclosing a copy of a letter from the “Société Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur” concerning the towing of the disabled steamship Bretagne into the port of Bahia by the U. S. S. Chicago.

A copy of the letter with its inclosure had heen forwarded to Rear-Admiral W. S. Schley.

Very respectfully,

John D. Long.