File No. 312.52/629.

Consul Garrett to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

By order of General Luis Caballero, military governor of Tamaulipas, 19,300 pesos, Villista currency, was taken from José Pereda, a [Page 1043] Spanish merchant of Monterey, by military authorities here to-day. Department can take such action as they deem appropriate.

Garrett.