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

File No. 837.001M52/2.

The Secretary of State to the American Minister.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington , May 14, 1913 .

The personnel of the Special Mission to the inauguration of President-elect Menocal is as follows:

Chief of Mission, Arthur M. Beaupré, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Habana, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on Special Mission. General Enoch H. Crowder, Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, as Representative on Special Mission, with rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary; and Mr. Dudley Field Malone, Third Assistant Secretary of State, as Representative on Special Mission, with rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

The Representatives, accompanied by their Secretary, Mr. Edward Bell, of the Division of Latin-American Affairs of the Department of State, will be conveyed from Key West to Habana on the U. S. S Prairie.

Make all necessary arrangements for their reception.

Bryan.