Admiral Evans also received by wireless through the Culgoa this message of greeting from Admiral Oliva, in command of the Argentine ships:
Jan. 26, 1908, 2 p.m.
To Rear Admiral Evans:
The commander of the San Martin division of the Argentine navy salutes Rear Admiral Evans, his officers and men, and transmits to him the position of the Argentine division ordered to meet him as by dead reckoning latitude 36° 46' S., longitude 53° 41' W.
Hipolito Oliva.
To this greeting Admiral Evans sent this response:
Jan. 26, 1908, 2:43 p.m.
To Rear Admiral Oliva:
Rear Admiral Evans thanks the chief of the Argentine division for his courtesy and begs that he will transmit to the Argentine Government his thanks for sending a naval division to meet the United States fleet.
Evans.