File No. 300.115G95/6
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
[Telegram]
Washington,
May 6, 1915.
1514, Gulf Refining Company informs Department that Gulflight was torpedoed without warning while “following British patrol boats to Bishop.” Please ascertain immediately from ship’s officers and crew or other persons whether Gulflight was under convoy or protection of patrol boats, and, if not, what communication passed between them, and why the Gulflight was following patrol boats.
Bryan