The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-19
VOTES nj QUERIES.

W. G. oDEiI.
4. In 1915 Col. Richard Gridiey's regiment Of ar.
tlliery, which lost Ave of Its six guns at Bunker
Hil, consisted on paper of ten companies, each
with 1 Captain, / captain-Lleutenant, / First Lieu
tenant. and 2 secoud Lieutcnants, 4 serseants, I
corpornls. O gunuerr, 0 bombndicrs, and 90 ma.
,rosses or privates. The mattresses manuuvred the
pieces by ropes. Later In lTT5 CO. Henry Knox
rcorganized the artillery his regiment hal twelve
companies, made up as in Gridley's, with a drum.
mer and nfcr to each company. In November.
ira. Col. Iiarrlson's ffirst) Regiment had ten
companies, each with 1 Captain, ! Captain Lieu.
tenant. First and 1 second Lieutenant. I ser.
rcnnt. 4 corporuls. 1 bombardlcrs, X grnrcrs, ~
mattresses, and 4 guns. Col. Stevens's corps or
battalion had three companies, each with l Cap
tain, / Captain. Lieutenant, l First aud 3 Second
Lleutcnnnts, o scrgcarts, o corporals, o bombar-
diers, O gunners, 9 musicians, % mattresses. and 3
guns. The organization OF Harrlson's REGIMENT
was extended to all the artillery regiments by
Knox. who was Drigadier General OF Artillery, In
MAY. 177s. In october, 1850, this organization
was provided for: Ten companies TO n regiment,
each with / Captain, 1 Captain. Lieutenant, / First
and 3 Second Lieutenants. o scrgcants, o corporals.
@ bombardiers, o gunners, 1 drum, / nfe, 80 ma.
trosses, and o guns. and this continued t. tho end
Of the war. Some of the States raised battalions or
companies OF artillery, with more mattresses; but
the artillery, as q whole, was organized as above.
In handling the light brass 6.pounders the gun de.
tachments were composed OF l commissioned
onlrer, 1 sergeant, l corporal, 2 gunners, and ~
mattresses, OF these Nos. 1, g, ., and 4 served tho
piece, the other eight holding ropes in extension
OF the axle; the gunners pricked and nred. In
serving the 54 inch howitzer the detachment con.
sisted OF l oniccr, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, Q bonn.
bnrdicrs. and 10 mattresses. Sec Lieut.. Dirk.
himer's Historical sketch of the Artillery, United
States Army 9. See Sparks's Life Of Washington.
Al n meeting In a legislative body n member moves
the nomination made by the Mayor be now con.
nrmrd and on that motion calls for a roll call and
moves the previous question. Another member
moves an amendment that the motion lie on the
table. Another member says II the previous queS-
ton be ordered the amendment Is out of order.
IN" chair decides that the amendment is In order
and puts the amendment; tlease give me Your do
clsion on the above questions. lNUriRER.
The previous question having heen called for only,
and not having been ordered. the amendment was
in order; we don't know what It was to. however.
/. Was Pope Benedict TX. only 12 years old when
he was elected Popep Q. We're there really three
Popcs at one timer .. Were the priests and Bish-
OPS r aI IL. You say: The people OF Rome,
wearied OF his murders, robheries, and other auoin.
nations, drove him at last from the city. Is this
true? JOHN LYNCH
1. He was either ten or twelve years old. 2.
There were: BENEDICT TX, Sylvester H.. and John
Nm; later there were two, Benedict TX. and Gle
ment H., and again Benedict TX. and Damascus II.
You will not see this point dweit on In Dc Monitors
tNeligan's) lives OF the Popes; but II you read pages
2T6 to ESQ carefully you will see that there wero
three and two Popes for nearly sixteen years. 3.
We don't know about this las a rule; they were
not forbidden to marry until 1914. 4. De Monitor,
who was a Roman Catholic, whose work as trans
lated by DR.. Neligan was approved by Archbishop
McClo,key, says, p. 216: ION the lbth or June.
1913, the Romans, unable any longer to endure the
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF Benedict TX. de?osed him" The
p--... r-o,. at@n nut No Monitor n DAT ~ tho
time Of Hlldebrand. was q %plaything for ambi-
tIous princes and their consorts, and reached its
lowest state. Read the book itself which THE SrN
reviewed and you'll learn a great deal that you
haven't learned hitherto.
In what way was the rank OF commissioned ON
GERS in the armies of the Confedcracy designated?
W. contends that the method now in vogue In the
regular army Is identical with that pursued by tho
c. 5. A.. s. on the contrary, contends that the rank
ness" was indicated on the collar and sleeves. e.
The rank OF commissioned officers was indicated
upon the collar. A Second Lieutenant wore one
horizontal stripe on his collar; a First Lieutenant
wore two stripes, a Captain three; a Major wore
one star, n Lieutenant.C Colonel two stars, a Colonel
three. General omcers wore stars with a wreath
about them. A Brigadier-General wore one star,
and the buttons OF his coat were placed In groups
of two; a Mator.General wore two stars, and his
buttons were in threes; a Lieutenan General wore
three stars, while his buttons were in tours; and a
General wore four stars. with his buttons in Tours.
The wreath was the distinctive mark of general
officers. who also wore braid on their sleeves.
In your ANSWERS to Correspondents" column in
yesterdays Issue you said that the name Tommy
Atkins cane into use on account OF having first
been used under some cartoons in London Punrh.
In this you are mistaken The origin Of tho term
in the sos i believe. the Horse Guards issued a sol
diers hanibook-the one in use In this servic" is
patterned after it-givins the Articles of War and
other Information which 1t was Thought necessary
for the soldiers to know, In the back o. the book
keep his accounts with the officials, and. in order
to show how they should he kept; a page was
printed Private Thomas Atkins, The soldiers
stuck to them since. "Ex.DRAGooS."
''Ex Dragon" Is right as to the book and the
name of the sample soldier. But we believe Punch
took up the sample soldier and applied his name to
the line soldier.
Permit me to inquire why the seal herd has de.
creased 80 rapidly during our ownership and was
ions SMITH.
Because OF the rise of organized pelagIc sealing
within the past ten or fifteen years. Until within
a few years pelagic sealing (seal hunting In tho
ocean, ns distinguished from seal killlns OH lauiJ
was OF little Importance. Pelagic sealing Is vastly
more wastoful than land killing; in the former,
females and males are killed indiscriminately, and
q large proportion OF those killed sinks: in land
sealing. the bachelors" alone are killed; the
mothers are protected.
]. What is tho objectionable SIM 9. What Is
pro-Catholc and what u pro'cathcGrnl' 3. Why
Is the sentence OF nin"iy nine years imposed In.
stead OF IL lesser or greater: !. Why Is a railroad
or other corporation leased for the term OF ninety
nine years. {. r.
l.. The sin against the Holy Ghost; that Is be.
licved to be the ascrIption 10 Satan OF the power
of Jesus to work miracles. .. Pro Catholic means
or something that Is Inclined toward
Roman Catholicism. rro.cathedral means a church
used for the time being as the Bishops church; It
church that was NOT BUN. To he a cathedral.
but Is used as Il cathedral until n special cathedral
Is built. 3. II isn't. 1. We ini no account Of the
origin OF this strange term In leases. The term Is
not confined to railroad leases.
In dispute with an Englishman on the respective
merchant marine on the high seas made tho
clnim that In our history at some time we had
more tonnage than Great Britain, In fact, | wag-
cred the blooming nritisher "a silk hat that such
was the case. Can you shed your golden rays in
my behalf. q. 4, 4.
. The mercantile tonnage of the United States reach.
ed its greatest amount In 1885, We had then
3. $50. sl3 tons. III the same year the British mer.
chant tonnage was .35O, 695.