File No. 811.0144/95
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher)
[Telegram]
Washington,
May 8, 1918, 7 p.m.
1047. Commanding Officer, Southern Department, telegraphed May 1 as follows:
Commanding officer Big Bend district reports that one of his patrols of 10 men was attacked this morning at 4 o’clock by a force of between 25 and 50 Mexicans who were on the American side of the Rio Grande near Neville ranch. No casualties.
Bring substance foregoing earnestly to attention Mexican Government.
Lansing