Mr. Raikes to Mr. Adee.
Bar Harbor, Me. , August 30, 1902 .
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a dispatch from His Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, stating that he has read with great interest the dispatches in which I reported the military honors accorded by the United States Government on the occasion of the funeral service for His Majesty’s late ambassador at Washington and the naval preparations made for the conveyance of Lord Pauncefote’s remains to England.
In order to afford a fitting reception of the Brooklyn on her arrival in British waters, H. M. S. Australia and Apollo met her outside the Isle of Wight and escorted her to Southampton, while the commander in chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Charles Hotham, G. C. V. O., K. C. B., proceeded to Southampton in H. M. S. Fire Queen and there awaited the arrival of the Brooklyn.
I am now desired by the Marquis of Lansdowne to convey to your Government the expression of the deep sense entertained by His Majesty’s Government of the respect paid to Lord Pauncefote’s memory, and their sincere appreciation of the signal honor shown to him in the conveyance of his remains to England on board one of the public ships of the United States.
I have, etc.,