Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 312.52/57.

The American Consul at Chihuahua to the Secretary of State.¹

[Telegram—Extract.]

American Consulate,
Chihuahua, December 11, 1913.

A considerable number of Spanish subjects will leave here tomorrow by train for El Paso. I recommend that financial aid be requested from Red Cross for relief at El Paso. If possible authority is requested to issue letters of identification to Spanish subjects here for use at border.

Letcher.

1. Referred December 13 to the Secretaries of Labor and War, and the American National Red Cross, for such action as may be deemed necessary.