Lamon reported to Lincoln that the arrival of even a boat load of food at Sumter would lead to fighting.

拉蒙向林肯报告说，即使是一船食物抵达萨姆特堡，也会导致战斗爆发。

But he sent two men separately to Charleston to get him information on the situation there. One was Captain Fox. The other was a close friend, Ward Lamon.

但是他分别派了两个人到查尔斯顿去了解那里的情况。一位是福克斯船长，另一位是一个亲密的朋友，沃德·拉蒙。