Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — War Order Issued by Long. [ARTICLE]

War Order Issued by Long.

Secretory Long Thursday morning issued the first war order, which was to the effect that the bureau of navigation, until further orders, should give out no information touching the movements of vessels, etc. A circular letter waa sent to all the clerks in the department forbidding them to talk to outsiders or give any information to newspaper men.