The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31

the greatest distance the gun can huIl .projeptlo,
- Ssd battle Of wstsrioo practically won and That
only the timely AAr;5iysl 81 5c!nfcrSsmsnts saved
never in doubt. !. ME- ;.
i. We think not 2. TwelysInch. We have sev.
eral Of them. At various forts. but mono Of them Is on
exhibition. o. One thousand pounds. 4. About
$3.50. 8. The total cost is about t2l7. The powder
we have estimated At about SET. o. About twelve
miles. Z. The result OF the battle was mover In
doubt. Napoleon had only one chance during the
day, when the Old Guard held the PruSsiAns for
a time, just before Noy's charge. When no lost that
he lost the battle.
Billy Patterson was struck by Col Ephraim L.
Snow, Who stood o:e and weighed 22S pounds. The
S SSIG sl, v &. ' sssnd 5o OF he ne t Gsiss Of a GSils sS;o G Gate E Naa
the csiebrSton Of the Introduction Of crpton
T mt cd 81 ssts Wa. A h lsFSS Sro @Ses Sss n TO sG %.i RssEla;
order. man was struck. An excited Scotch;
ana %sP E TSs SS,s e s s.s;,., %Ss , sIS;a XII rsii:S
Son; Tfe =. oO .Ss a,r rspG of The oS d,as. A az HEo S5iaaSs
avenGer exclaimed: ",You did e like a monl' Sew.
sTSl ssmS esiisS s6 SSF"ARRi e {. Snow e s0eIsi 6ni 81 n,sn x Sns
IN existence in the late forties, They were named in
to striking Billy Patterson. ALTRTD BuRToN.
This has Just az much authority as the answer to the
question about Billy Patterson's assAlAnt that we
have printed already, and no more.
I Submit that you are wrong whom ron say in your
issue Of the 10Th inst that the oonstituticn means
s eisiie 1no q FF tSs Sa@. f sta.s.S s susapoSot the Sss sls aSs for 3
New York and every other STAT, except Alabams
s soaSph w EGss tSF for SS HIoo Il S2EEsR 'S and ars he %siscs sna
for sma n 4 cts;pso q oSC Md y yori for for % TIGS1pr, fG5 REe'i dent
would the Constitution be Violated In the case sup.
R For Pro shS etT snS Siic spPSdS sase one 81 wS S1,a would S1iSdi
not be an inhabitant Of the same State with them;
the Constitution. J.R. g.,
We are not wrong. You have devised y way to
evade the Constitution. or rather have proposed .
conceivable question, which tho Constitution docs
not answer. Another question, which Story sug.
gested, Is: II there DO four candidates. and two Of
them have nm equal number of votes, what happensi
The Constitution does not provide.
While talking over the extraordinary display of
bunting and flags all over the city, the question was
raised as to whether the TRIANGLE with the single
nag have any special Significance, and no one seemed
TO be posted on the subject. kindly enhghten me
on tho subject as far a. may Ne possible. A. 9. G.
The Cuban nag was devised by Lopez about forty
seven years ago. The Ave horizontal stripes repre-
sent nothing in particular. Lopez wanted an effective
nag, and cared nothing for its heraldic correctness
or symbolism.
dent Of the United States. VINO beSomes the head Of
or next to the Vice-PreTidentf J. ASpRuS.
1. The members of the Cabinet. II oonsdtutonAlly
eligible to the Presidency. succeed in this order: The
Secretary Of State. the SECRETARY Of the Treasury. the
Secretary of War, the Attorney General, tho Postmas.
terGeneral, the Secretary Of the Navy. the Secretary
OF the Interior. the Secretary Of Agriculture. .. The
Vce-Prcsident IL President OF the Senate: . President
pro tempore Of tho Senate IL chosen. 70 act when the
vice.President IL absent. Senator Frye OF Maine ID
President pro temporo Of the Senate now.
1. Docs the term militia as used in the Constitution
apply only to the National Guard Of the different
s State s or does St i Sisni e. all Iv Of the "a sS aSS SS sSp %sr Of d
bearing arms2 2. Where can We .nnd the authority
enable the President to call out the National Guard
OF the different States. or In this an authority that he
Statutes. socaons16&s-1e1s be oStained14. Z.
1. 1t signifies all the able-bodied men between thu
ages Of IL and 40 who are capable Of bearing arms
2. In the Revised Statutes. section 1.o25. Q. NOT h
may call out the Guard for service anywheEe within
the United States to enforce the lAws. repress inSur
roction and repel invAEion. and may use the Guart
for nine months or less. This 10 . permanent law.
&. You can't get them separately. At the ASto
Library you can consult the volume OF Reviset
statutes. There In an entire chapter. Title XVI.
on the militia.
WIN you kindly say what the meaning Of General
T. and Il the rank Of General vas created 6y act o
JOHN o'BRIEN E0AN.
AaenerAl ia an onacer holding Q general oomman'
In an army. According q his command IL lsss o
greater, he 10 . BrgAdier-deneral. who
brigade; O M~AjorGeneral who has Q greater (mAjoI
| OA1lAoA - AhAo - NoAOA@Ae "AS
in theory the lieutenant or second to tho real General
who holds the highest rank Of all. The rank of Ger
Oral Of the Army was created in 1859. and Grant va
promoted 70 It. Sherman succeeded him when b
became President The rank was limited to Graz
and Sherman; but after the lAtter'S retirement
waa revived In favor Of Sheridan. who hold the ran
for two months, and died As General
Kindly Eeeo.mp9ond some books with Which tre'
Tv p a Mnkhavu'a "Fnmiliar Treaa and The
Leaves"
With a larger seating capacity than the Sethodrali
90, kindly give names. T.W.d oodN.
Tho Roman Catholic Cathedral of st. Patrick has
greater seating capacity than any other church in Il
city. It seats moro than 5000.
8 TAomas Nccormoek.-The Massachusetts, rates o.
Ar1tclAas bGttleship.
H. SdTord.-PortugG1 has twelve torpSdo boa
and one submarine torpedo boat
L. Ktuy.-sebasuan Bach died In 17So. aOuno
was born in 1918 and died In 1898.
q. n. Hov.-The Parkvtllo Tunnel accident on III
Long Island Railroad occurred on Futurty DG.
June 40, 1898.
n. Grdnt.-It IN estimated that the cost Of the %
vice charge of powder and the projeotle nrSd froI
. 1s+nch gun Ia about $500.
@. II. G.-Tho old stamp on bank checks was mad
unnecessary by Aot OF March 8. 1883. which went In
effect on July 1 OF that year.
A.E. D,-The chief celebration of Evacuation De-
occurred on Nov. IS. 1888. the one hundrOdth AnI
versAry Of the original evacuation.
J. w. SdvLS.-on April 3S Spain had 1850
troops In Iouba. OF whom $4,000 were eneotiV
There have been loases since then.
D. Harmon.-Ths East River. where the BrooklJ
Bridge CROSSES II, is about 900 feet Wide. The riV
span Of the bridge 10 1 ,6o5k feet long.
A.L.-GreAt Britain has the largest navy In Il
world; then como France. Russia. the United STATE
Germany, Italy. Japan. in the order named.
II. 4. Gddbourne.-The difference In time betwoA
New York and Manila Is thirteen hours. When II
noon here It Ia 1 O'Clock the next morning at Mani
II. ". HelItr.-Hell Gate was blown up on 5unda
IA - HO5a .nA -, .t,n1au nat IN IQpk n