Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1909 — WAR SUPPLIES MOVING [ARTICLE]

WAR SUPPLIES MOVING

Today Guns and Stores Start For Hawaii and Philippines. San Francisco, Feb. 5. —An unusual amount of war material and supplies are being shipped from this port to the Philippines and the Hawaiian islands. This fact, taken in connection with the arrival of the naval transport Buffalo from Honolulu painted leaden gray, and the unexpected return of the torpedo flotilla from the south is causing comment. Today the bark Mohican will clear for Honolulu, riding deep in the water under the weight of two great disappearing guns destined to form a part of the defense at Pearl Harbor, the site of the new- naval station in the Hawaiian islands. Tomorrow the Pacific mail liner Asia sails for Manila and Japan carrying 3,500 tons of cargo, 2,000 tons of which consist of army and navy stores for the Philippines. Included in this shipment are 200 submarine mines which are to be placed beneath the waters of Subig bay at| the entrance of Manila harbor, and 2,500 cases of small arms ammunition. The army transport Sheridan also leaves for Honolulu today laden with 3,000 tons of general supplies for the troops in the islands.