The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

the Indiana of our navy; they have
caliber of thirteen inches and weigh sixty
and one-half tons.
What is the distance between Havana and
Santiago? 2. Please give length or the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.-Kaiser.
1. About $50 miles in direct line by land.
Not less than 1000 miles by water
2 Length, e4s feet; breadth, es feet; depth,
40 feet.
/. Was the Vizcaya in New York harbor
or in quarantine at the time the Maine was
blown up? 2. Has Weyler brother or half
brother in the United States?-Subscriber
/. After the Maine was ordered to Ha-
vana Spanish authorities sent the vizcaya
to New York harbor. but it did not arrive
until after the destruction of the Maine, and
remained but few days. 2. We do not
know of such relative.
4 gun thirty feet in length, with varia-
ton OF Cne-Sixteenth of an inch from a cor
rect aim at an object six geographical miles
distant how far will it miss the object,
surprising the ball to pass perfectly level?
w. S.
An utterly impossible state of affairs, but
if. as we understand your supposition, the
missile gets one-sixteenth of an inch out of
true line for every thirty feet it travels, in
over seventy-six inches from the mark: Six
geographical miles-S6,522 feet divided by
thirty and by 1916.
Kindly state the number of days occupied
the Pacific? Where did she start from, and
where did the cruise end? What is the dis
lance from Tampa to- Santiago de Cuba
over the course taken by ships ?-Reader.
The Oregon sailed from San Francisco on
Rio Janeiro from April 80 to May 4, and was
at Bahia on May g. Then she sailed to
Jupiter inlet on the Florida coast, where
she anchored on May a. The distance trav-
eied was about 1900 miles; the actual time
of sailing sixty-two days. The course of
our troop ships covers about 900 miles.
Being DESTROYS of getting on a United
States training ship as an apprentice,
want to know the best way to accomplish
this, and also where to find the nearest
ship.-E. NJ. G..
toned. one permanently, and three usually,
at Newport, r. l., and one at San Fran
cisco. During the summer they go on
cruises. The best way of obtaining the in
formation as to their location is to ask the
secretary of the navy. You can enlist on a
training ship wherever it is to be found; you
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and able to read, write and speak English
You promise to stay in the ship until you
are twenty-one years old. The apprentices
are taught all sorts of things that sailors
must know, and also study the regular
English branches. Many of the chief war
rant officers of the navy are graduates of
the training ships
What is the address and to whom should
l write Tor catalogue of the Culver Mill
t tary Academy ca 2 Can a person who
Congressman from district of which the
applicant is not resident? 8. What are
the educational requirements of private
or noncommissioned officer in the regular
army to gain a commission, as in the case
OF captain Capron, of the Rough Riders"
army? T. What is the pay and rank of
regimental chaplain? 5. Does the govern
ment furnish any literature about West
Point? If so, to whom should l write for
it?-Would-be Soldier.
1. Address A. f. Fleet superintendent of
Culver Academy, Culver Ind. 2, 3 and 5.
Address superintendent West Point Military
Academy, West Point, N. Y. L. Rank of
captain; pay. $3.50 year.
and navy batteries that carry projectiles of
six pounds and up? 2. How many fighting
vessels are there In our navy exclusive of
torpedo boats? 8. What is the maximum
range of the largest Krupp guns? a. What
is the daily expense of our entire navy
forces ?-Reader.
On Jan. 1 Of this year our navy had 1O20
guns carrying projectiles of six pounds
weight and more. The army had ten light
batteries, each with four guns which car
ried projectiles of more than six pounds
weight. Whether it had more we do not
know, though we think it must have g.
Fifty-four or more, depending on what you
mean by fighting vessels. We have counted
those with guns enough to defend them
selves, like the Harvard and Yale, etc. g.
About twelve miles. A. In time Of peace
about $4,000. What it is now we have not
heard; it will be well up in the hundred
thousands.
Please tell the various developments of
sect and a description of each stage so that
1T may be recognized; also, the means used
for its destruction?-S. l.. X.
The buffalo, or carpet, moth is named
scientifically anthrenus scrophulariae 1t
belongs to the family dermestidae. The
larva is about quarter of an inch in length,
dirty white in color and has punches of
long, stiff hair on both sides and especially
at the ends of the body. These punches are
the principal means of telling the beetle.
The adult beetle is rather shorter than the
larva, is black, its back variegated with
patches of red and white scales. The larva
does the injury for which the beetle is in
famous. The way to get rid of the insect is
to clean out as many rooms as possible, re-
move all dirt and squirt benzine into all
cracks and under the baseboards; have the
carpets beaten ana sprayed in the same way.
Benzine is very infammable, so do not have
any light about when using it.