I am authorized to state that should your
Excellency so desire, the Government of the United States
will transport your entire command to Spain. I have the
honor to be,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM R. SHAFTER,
Major-General, Commanding.
Reply.
Army of the Island of Cuba, Fourth Corps,
July 11, 1898.
To His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of
the United States, in the Camp of the San Juan.
Esteemed Sir:--I have the honor to advise your Eminence that
your communication of this date is received, and in reply
desire to confirm that which I said in my former
communication, and also to advise you that I have
communicated your proposition to the General-in-Chief.
Reiterating my sentiments, I am,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
(Signed) JOSE TORAL,
Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Corps and Military Governor
of Santiago.
Headquarters Fifth Army Corps,
Camp near Santiago de Cuba, July 12, 1898.
To His Excellency, Commander-in-Chief of Spanish Forces,
Santiago de Cuba.
Sir:--I have the honor to inform your Excellency that I have
already ordered a suspension of hostilities, and I will
repeat that order, granting in this manner a reasonable
time within which you may receive an answer to the message
sent to the Government of Spain, which time will end
to-morrow at 12 o'clock noon.
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