The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-14

are disabled by wounds or sickness inciden-
tai to their service, to pension their de-
pendent families (more or less) If they are
killed, and to return them to the place
where they were mustered in when they
are to be discharged. The privates have to
pay nothing regularly, anything extra that
they want, food, clothing, etc., they pay
for at the price that it cost the government
Elf: We have 10 admiral in our navy
and have had but two. Orange: The South
seems to have been overlooked in sending
volunteer troops to Cuba. No slight was in
tended, you may be sure. 1t may have been
that the Northern commands sent on were
originally better equipped. A movement is
now under way to send out enough Southern
regiments to establish the proper balance
5. S. E.: To find the circumference of a
circle, knowing its diameter, multiply the
diameter by 314159. For most practical pur-
poses three and one-seventh is near enough
Your query regarding algebra is unaswer-
able; that is, what you ask for you can
learn only by the study of algebra. Get a
copy If you are interested; you will not
need an instructor. w. G.. N: The Inter-
state-commerce Commission reported S26620
railroad employees in this country in 1896,
far greater number than is employed in
the Postal Department Daily Reader:
Perusal of the local option law governing
the case about which you inquire should
give you the desired information. You don't
give the information necessary to an an
swer
What kind of guns were the dynamite
guns mentioned among our field artillery at
santiago! = What were the size and weight
or the shells used? g. What explosive was
USED! 4. Are these guns shot with powder
or compressed air? 5. What is their extreme
rangeE .. What was the size and weight
OF the shells and solid projectiles used by
our siege guns at Santiago, and how far
were they effective?
They are the Sims-Dudley guns. They con-
sst of the tube in which the projectile is
placed; below it is a shorter tube in which
charge of powder is fired. This com
presses the air in the tube, which rushes
through a vent into the long tube and
forces the projectile out. g. The projectiIe
is thirty-four inches long and has caliber
of two and a half inches. 1t weighs eleven
and a half pounds. 8. Gun cotton 4. Com
pressed air, procured by exploding powder
In confined place. 5. About one mile 6.
The siege guns carry from two to four
miles. They are fve-inch breech loading
rifles. carrying projectiles weighing forty
five pounds and with a range of five miles;
seven-inch siege howitzers with 1O5-pound
projectiles, carrying from two to four miles,
and seven-inch siege mortars, throwing pro-
jecties weighing 125 pounds. The range of
the mortars depends on the elevation with
an elevation of 45 degrees they carry about
four miles
What does the small "y' stand for in
so many Spanish names?-A Reader.
1t is the conjunction and
What is the position of a yoeman on
board Ship-H. K. Il.
He is a petty officer who has charge of
the stores in his department. The ships
yoeman has charge of the boatswans, oar
penters, sailmakers, etc. The engineers
yeoman has charge of all stores in the
engineers department. while the paymas-
ter'S yeoman takes charge of provisions,
clothing and small stores and issues them
as directed
Please state the exact dates of the
coronation OF the young Queen of Holland;
they consist Of.-Reader.
There will be no formal coronation; the
young Queen will take the oath of office on
the 9Th of September but for two weeks,
beginning with her birthday, on Aug 81,
there will be a series of receptions, pa
geants, state dinners and other festivities
in Amsterdam and The Hague.
l. Was the late Mr.. Ward McAllister (the
so-called leader of New York city'S four
hundred) paid for all services rendered by
him with regard to the supervising of din
nerS balls, picnics or summer outings of
any kind which were given by any member
of New York's society who did not wish
the trouble of the undertaking? Also, was
he worth millions when he died or merely
possessed of a comfortable fortune in the
thousands? 2. Is there not a person en-
ployed in Washington, D. c., who coaches
all parties who, unaccuStomed to public life
in that city, wish to enter, and who may be
called upon by them for information in
lation to state dinners, the art of receiv-
ing, etc.-Inquirer.
/. 1t is our understanding that he under
took such survice, not for cash remunera-
ton, but for the social prestige it gave him.
If money payment was made the transac-
tons were known only to the persons di-
rectly concerned. He was not a wealthy
man. 2. There is said to be a number of
persons at the capital whose services can
be obtained as instructors in social ETH
quette.
Please give the date of the Versailles
lynchng and the dates on which the trial
of the supposed lynchers occurred.-G.
w. S.
The lynching occurred on Sept. Is, 1897.
The trial of C. H. Hughes, the only man
indicted for the crime, began on Feb. %,
1898, and ended in his discharge on March 1.