The times., 1898-07-31

own own and Sehley,s squadronsi Before or after
| the "bottling' Of CeFvsra's feet? j. L.
| Captain, now Commodore, Sampson
was made acting rear admiral by the
exercise of a department practice clearly
| Illegal in its nature, and assumed COM
mand of the two squadrons the day
after the "bottling" He was thereby
] placed in authority over his senior in
rank and service, 20 the great scandal OF
| the navy. and the country. If his extra
legal elevation was allowable. there IS
nothing 70 prevent the Secretary OF the
Navy from placing the youngest cadet
| az Annapolis in full command of all the
| sea power of the country by arbitrary
executive order. 1t is probable that the
| outrage in question viii be investigated
| by Congress.
Are persons going from the United States TO
1 foreign ports. coming from foreign ports into
and why? c. c. s
The United States has not required
passports since a short time after the
| end OF the civil war Great Britain does
not require them, either; but all cOun-
/ tries of Continental Europe require them.
| Passports are simply means Of ideuti-
| flying persons, and show that the bearer
/ is in good standing with his government
ships Maine, Missouri and Ohio? ENQUIRER
Each will have four 13-inch cannon,
fourteen 6-inch raDid-fire cannon, six
teen 6-pounders. one automatic Colt gun
and two field pieces for landing parties.
Unless plans are changed by lessons
/ learned at Santiago. each ship viii have
two torpedo tubes. Turret armor will
be fourteen inches thick, and the maxi
mum thickness of side armOr viii be
10 IL inches.
A bets that any man who enlists in the United
States army for three years service can al the
expiration OF those three years, leave the serv-
ice. If IS against some country
bets that he must serve until the war Is over
ABB
A wins: an enlisted man is discharged
as soon as his time is up, unless he re-
enlists at once. whether war is going on
or not.
Please give the dates of the Cleveland bond
issues. ?. The vote in Congress on the repeal Of
the Sherman law. H. p D.
The first bond issue of Cieveland's sec
ond term was in February, 1891; the Sec
ond in November. 1894; the third in Feb
ruary. 1895 (this issue was made to the
Morgan syndicate). and the fourth N
February, 1896 2. The Senate voted, yeas.
43; nays, 80; not voting. To- The House
voted, yeas, 1S3: nays, 81; not voting, So.
The votes were divided thus: In the SEN
ate % Republicans and 20 Democrats for il
and II Republicans and u Democrats and
Populists against it. In the House, 124
Democrats and SO Republicans for I. and
| 6s Democrats, IS Republicans and Pop
| ulists against it.
What two chapters in the Bible are word for
| word alike? 2. What verse in the Bible contains
all Of the alphabetl " C. c.
II Kings. chapter XIX, and Isaiah
| XXXVII. These are practically alike.
The division of verses IS slightly differ
| ent, and where. Kings says " I5) and
Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord and said.
o Lord God of Israel" etc, Isaiah says
| (v. 10 and Hezekiah prayed unto the
| Lord, saying " 16l, o Lord OF Hosts.
| God of Israel" etc. . No verse contains
every letter of the alphabet. but Ezra
| VII, p, contains every letter except J."
No other verse contains so large a pro-
portion of the letters of the alphabet
Were the qualifications made easier under the
i second call for volunteers than under the first
! call? Ii so, in what way? ?. Has Mexico a navy2
| Ii 50, Of what class of vessels does it consist?
| 8. Which has the stronger navy. Russia the
| United States? QUIZ
/ We think not. Certainly not intention
| ally so. ?. Mexico has the beginnings of
F! a navy. Snc has two dispatch boats.
built in 1870; two unarmored cruisers $50
of 425 tons and 425 horse power; one steel
| training ship, the Zaragoza- She has
\ four gunboats building and five torpedo
| boats. Her navy is manned by about 80
officers and 500 men, 3. Russia AuthOri-
| ties place the four largest navies thus:
| Great Britain, France, Russia and the
| United States.
Is William T. Sampson acting admiral or act
Il l-r.- =. L. n
not Major General Joseph Wheeler ex-senator of
Alabama? What was his rank and command in the
| Confederate army? 3. Was Major General William
/ r. Shafter in the Union army during the civil
war? l. Is Brigadier General Young now in Gu
/ ba, ex-cOlonei OF the Third United States Cav
airy? Did ne serve in the civil war; if so, which
| sldef THE ELF.
! He is the Junior commodore. but He
| gally placed in command over his superb
! ors by an arbitrary order designating
| him as acting rear admiral" an office
| unknown to the statutes. 2. He is not ex-
| senator; he is a representative in Con-
| gress, and has not resigned. 1t is not
necessary for him to do so. as the decf-
| sion of the Attorney General per-
mits members of Congress to hold
volunteer commissions. He was the
| last lieutenant general appointed in the
| Confederate army: his date of rank was
| February 2s 1860. 3. Yes. he began as first
lieutenant in the Seventh Michigan IN
/ fantry and ended as colonel of the Sew
4 enteenth United States colored infantry.
| serving from August %, 1861. until No
/ vember 2 1856 A. He is the present coll
onel of the Third Cavalry. He enlisted
| as private in the Twelfth Pennsylvania
| on April 25, 1861. and was mustered out as
colonel of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cav
| airy on July l, 1860. Nearly all the Off
| GERS of the present army who served IN
the civil war served in the Federal army;
| 1t is only very recently that ex-COnfed-
| crates have been allowed to hold commits
sions in the army. Fitzhugh Lee Is one
of the first to hold such commission;
Joe Wheeler is another.