No Mexicans Please

A U.S. Navy cruiser pulled into port in Mississippi for a week's liberty.The  first evening, the Captain was more than a little surprised to receive the  following letter from the wife of a wealthy plantation owner: 



"Dear Captain,  Thursday will be my daughter Melinda's, coming of age party. I would like you  to send four well mannered, handsome, unmarried officers. They should arrive  at 8 p.m. prepared for an evening of polite  southern conversation and dance  with lovely young ladies. One last point: No, Mexicans. We don't like  Mexicans."



Sure enough, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, the lady heard a rap at the  door. She opened the door to find, in dress uniform, four exquisitely  mannered, smiling black officers. Her jaw hit the floor, but pulling herself  together she stammered, "There must be some mistake!"



"On no, madam," said the first officer, "Captain Martinez doesn't make mistakes."  