Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 812.48/3225

The Secretary of State to the Secretary of War

Department of State,
Washington, July 3, 1916.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter, dated June 24, 1916, signed by the Assistant Secretary of War, inquiring whether the Army transport Sumner will be required for additional services after that vessel returns from Vera Cruz, Mexico.

In reply I have the honor to inform you that two hundred Porto Ricans from Progreso, Mexico, are about to arrive at New Orleans, and that the services of the transport Sumner are desired to convey these refugees to their homes in Porto Rico.

I have [etc.]

Robert Lansing