Mr. Storer to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Madrid, March 3,
1902.
No. 642.]
Sir: Continuing the report to the Department
made by myself in my dispatch No. 634, bearing date February 26, 1902,
concerning the action of the Spanish authorities in the case of Mr.
Antonio Gisbert y Bayot, I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of
an official letter received this morning from the consul-general at
Barcelona.
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I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Lay to Mr.
Storer.
Consulate-General of the United States,
Barcelona, March 1, 1902.
Sir: Referring to my letters of the 10th
and 14th ultimo, relating to the case of enlistment in the Spanish
army of Antonio Gisbert y Bayot, I have now the honor to report the
receipt of two letters of the 27th and 28th February from the
“Comision Mixta” of Barcelona, informing me that until Gisbert and
his mother can show their actual place of residence on the 11th
April, 1899, the date of ratification of the treaty of peace, the
said Gisbert can not leave Barcelona without depositing 1,500
pesetas with the civil governor.
Although Gisbert has diplomas and registers from the schools and
colleges in Manila showing that he attended these colleges regularly
between 1892 and March, 1900, and the certificate of registration
issued by the United States military authorities in Manila to his
mother and himself, his mother does not seem to be able to produce
satisfactory evidence that she resided in Manila on the
above-mentioned date. She sails to-day for Manila and will send from
there the necessary proofs of residence to her son here, who expects
they will reach him in time to get away in three months.
I have, etc.,
