Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1898 — BATTLESHIPS' LONG VOYAGE. [ARTICLE]

BATTLESHIPS' LONG VOYAGE.

Oregon and lowa to Make an 18,000 Mile Trip. The Navy Department has ordered the battleship Oregon, Captain Albert 8. Barker, and the battleship lowa, Captain Silas Terry, from the Brooklyn navy yard, on their 18,000-mile voyage to Manila, by way of the Straits of Magellan and Honolulu. The armor clads will be accompanied by five colliers, two of which will accompany them all the way to Manila. They will make a short stay at Honolulu on their way to join Admiral Dewey's fleet. Their journey will require some three months’ time.