Mr. Uhl to Sir Julian Pauncefote.
Washington, May 7, 1895.
Excellency: Referring to the Department’s note of the 30th ultimo to you, inclosing, for the information of Her Britannic Majesty’s Government, a list of the vessels of the United States Revenue-Cutter Service comprising the Bering Sea fleet for the present season, and the names of all officers attached thereto, I have the honor to inform you that the Department has received a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, dated the 6th instant, stating that the revenue-cutter steamers Grant and Wolcott and the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross have been further designated by the President for patrolling that portion of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea embraced within article 2 of the Paris award; that the fleet as constituted comprises the revenue steamers Rush, Cortvin, Bear, Perry, Grant, and Wolcott, and the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross, and that the commanding officer is Capt. C. L. Hooper, of the Rush.
In view of the fact that within a few days at the most the last of the fleet will have cleared for duty, the Secretary of the Treasury would be pleased to be informed, with the least possible delay, as to the names of the vessels designated by Her Majesty’s Government for similar duty.
I have, etc.,
Acting Secretary.