May 12. Every thing the same, some of us think we past through the fleet last night, there wer several lights all around and acted Mighty quer.
May 13. Nothing doing and will wate untill we get in Port.
May 18. got into Barbadoes at 4 A.M. this morning and found lots of war talk going on; we are puting on coal Just now, expect to go out of hear to morrow morning erly. 8 P.M. up anchor once more after geting 250 tons of coal on and ready for buisness. Guess the Spanish dont want any of this craft, it seems we will get there without firering a shot.
May 24. arived at Jupiter light house after making a flank movement to the northard and not a ship to be seen.
May 25. up anchor once more for Key West, got there on the 26th; of corse the Capt dident know how things stud so he had to go slow. About 4.30 A.M. the man on the life Bouy gave the alarm, saying there was a small dark objict coming this way; the Officer of the Deck roused up the Capt and the next thing we knew Gen Quarters sounded. What should it be But the tug with our Pilot on board for us, the "Hudson" was the name of the tug.
May 27. still puting on coal, expect to go down to Cuba with the New York.
June 1. I herd the first shot in this war to day, Santiago de Cuba and with the flying squadron.
June 2. we had a wild goose chase.
June 3. nothing doing but laying off hear and watching what looks like to me a big hole in the grond. same thing the 4th and 5th.
June 6. Stand from under, we Bombard the forts and water Baterys to day for 4 hours but dont know how much damage we don.