The Secretary to the Admiralty to Mr. Hammond. (Received February 28) Admiralty, February 27, 1862 Sir, With reference to your letter dated yesterday, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of Earl Russell, that their Lordships have deemed it advisable that the Marine force at Vera Cruz should be moved on board ship, in preference to being moved to Jalapa, and have given orders accordingly. (Signed) W. G. ROMAINE Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 8, Mexico 1861-67 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com