File No. 812.00/979.

The Acting Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador.

No. 439.]

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 16th instant, by which you inform the Department that reports have come to the Government of Mexico that Mexican insurgents intend to dress like soldiers of the Mexican Federal Army and fire on American soldiers performing guard duty on the frontier.

Your note has been copied to the War Department and the Department of Justice for their information.

Thanking [etc.],

Huntington Wilson.