File No. 711.1216M/255.

The Mexican Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Extract—Translation.]
No. 989.]

Excellency: I have the honor to inform your excellency that, by direction of the war office, sufficient troops have been dispatched to Todos Santos, Lower California, in two ships, for the effective protection of lives and interests in the northern part of the peninsula, being equipped with rapid-fire guns and the requisite war supplies.

I avail [etc.],

F. L. de la Barra.