Mr. Adee to Mr. de Margerie.

No. 417.]

Sir: Replying to your note of the 3d instant, I have the honor to inform you that the Acting Secretary of War, under date of the 10th idem, says that the invitation of the Government of the French Republic to that of the United States to be represented at the grand maneuvers of the First, Second, Sixth, and Twentieth French Army corps in September next, is accepted with pleasure, and that suitable instructions have been sent to the military attaché of the United States at Paris.

Accept, etc.,

Alyey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.