Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — GUNBOATS ON ANOTHER JUNKET [ARTICLE]

GUNBOATS ON ANOTHER JUNKET

Christie Vick writes home from Seattle that ten of the U. S. gunboats on their way to the Philipines and Japan, anchored at Settle for ten days while enroute, and he sent home postcards of the boats. They are: The Maryland, 800 officers and men, main battery 18 guns. The Milwaukee, 600 men, 14 gunsi The Tennessee, 750 men, 20 guns. The Virginia, 812 men, 24 guns. The Washington, 800 men, 20 guns. The South Dakota, 780 men, 18 guns. The Colorado, 800 men, 20 guns. The Pennsylvania, 800 men, 18 guns.