File No. 812.00/21126
Assistant and Chief Clerk War Department to the Secretary of State
Washington, July 16, 1917.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: Referring further to your letter of June 2, 1917,2 requesting that the military authorities be instructed to permit the Mexican de facto Government’s garrison of seventy men from Ojinaga, which took refuge in the United States, and were reported to be at the Mexican Consulate at Presidio, to return to Mexico, I have the honor to inform you that the Commanding General, El Paso District, has reported that Colonel Robles and his men of the Ojinaga garrison were released and authorized to return to Ojinaga June 2, 1917.
Sincerely yours,
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