Mr. Choate to Mr.
Hay.
American Embassy,
London, December 19,
1900.
No. 459.]
Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 445 of
September 11 last, I have the honor to inclose the copy of a note
received by me from the Marquis of Lansdowne, transmitting an order,
which I also inclose herewith, upon Her Majesty’s paymaster-general for
£1,000, which the secretary of state for war has awarded to Mrs.
Labram.
You will observe “that Her Majesty’s Government gladly take this [Page 625] opportunity of placing on
record their sense of the valuable services by her late husband during
the siege of Kimberley and of expressing their regret at the loss she
has sustained in his death.”
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
The Marquis of
Lansdowne to Mr. Choate.
Foreign Office, December 13, 1900.
Your Excellency: I referred to Her
Majesty’s secretary of state for war the letter from Mrs. Labram,
communicated to me by your excellency on the 2d October last, in
which she appeals for a grant from Her Majesty’s Government in
recognition of the assistance afforded to Her Majesty’s troops by
her late husband when Kimberley was besieged by the Boer forces. I
have pleasure in informing your excellency that Mr. Broderick has
found himself able to award Mrs. Labram a sum of £1,000, for which I
inclose an order on Her Majesty’s paymaster-general.
I have to request your excellency to be good enough to forward this
sum to Mrs. Labram, and to add that Her Majesty’s Government gladly
takes this opportunity of placing their sense of the valuable
services rendered by her late husband during the siege of Kimberley
and of expressing their regret at the loss she has sustained in his
death.
I have, etc.,
