Mr. Hill to Mr. Curry.

No. 3.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch of May 31, 1902, reporting your reception as ambassador extraordinary of the United States on a special mission to attend the ceremonies on the occasion of the coming of age of Alphonso XIII.

The Department is gratified to learn of the appreciative reception accorded to you, as a forecast of the good will which this Government trusts will ever prevail between the United States and Spain.

I am, etc.,

David J. Hill,
Acting Secretary.