The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
 M1Tsrc HALzw. F., City. The music
 hall which stood on Montgomery street
 on the site now occupied by the Occl9ent5al ! a. Hotel was destroyed by fire September z'' | 1860.
 TWO AND A HALF-C. c. w, Stock
 ton, Cal. A S2 50 gold piece of the OHlleo
 States dated 1S46 does not 60 Gonnalai sn,a ei 5a | That Is the value dealers place o4i 'AOi a coin.
 THE NAVAL ACADEMY-A. S., City. | If a boy wants to enter the Unlteo states 1 Naval Academy he must file an appnca- 1 ton with the United states rep i 1'l1ib l tive of the Congressman uisIiie' III " he lives.
 | HEART TROUBLES-R. R., Napa, Cal. | Stout and thin people are all liable 10 certain kinds of heart trouble Persons of stout build are more ukeIS to 70 troubled with fatty degeneration or tho heart than thin ones.
 DE FOE-R R., City. Paresis IS the
 man here about two years ago Wno claimed to be nephew of Daniel De Foe of Robinson Crusoe fame. It is said that he died in one of the hospitals, and there being no one to LOOK aIter, hfS ei1e'iii' they were inferred in potter's held'
 MAIL TO CHINA-Reader, City. The war with Spain will not interfere with the
 forwarding of mail to Japan, unless
 some of the Spanish privateers shoui9
 seize the vessels carrying sucn, ana II
 they did there is no telling what they would do with the mail.
 BRIGHT'S DISEASE AND DIABETES R. R., Napa. Bright's disease of the kidneys and diabetes are two ftd dlnereaat r9at neys. In the former disease cohee ana
 ali indigestible articles, of food. such .s as rich pastries, new bread, highly seasoned meats and fats, must be avoided.
 POSTAGE-Landsman City. Postage
 in the United States was reduced from three to two cents October 1, 1883. Prior to the establishment of the free delivery system in San Francisco the postage on drop or city letters was one cent. The law is that in cities or towns where there is no free delivery the post age such letters shall be one cent, but where there is a free delivery it shall be two cents.
 JEWS IN THE WARS, Brentwood. Cal Simon Wolf in 'The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen" says that as near as the records disclose there were officers Union army 16; Confederate, 24; officers in the Confederate navy, Il; num- Der of classified men in the Union and Confederate armies, 703S; unclass1hed, S46. Of this number of classified men 5953 were in the Union army.
 LARGEST SHIPS-A O. S., City It
 has been asserted and published that the largest warship a1oat is the Italian ves- sel LItalia. and the next largest the Le- panto, also belonging to the Italian feet BraSSey in his Naval Annual, looked upon as an authority of the first class on such matters, gives the displacement of these two vessels at ,387 and IA, 400 tons respectively, and gives the measurement of each, as length 40O6 breadth 74 and depth SIP The same authority in the list of British vessels gives the displace- tic, Mars and Prince George at 14,90O tons and the mea easurement of the three vessels at length 390 breadth 75 and depth PIG. FORMING REGIMENTS - Veteran, City. Evidently you have not been watching the columns of The Call very closely of late. Congress authorized the increase of the regular army and men for the new regiments are enlisted in all parts of the Union. When Congress authorizes the President to call for vol unteers the number required from each State Is designated, and then the War each State. Recruiting offices are then opened and eligible volunteers are, ac- nothing to do with the matter except to furnish the quota. from the National Guard, if the members of the guard wish to volunteer.
 MILITARY RESOURCES OF EUROPE E., City. The following is the estimate of the population of the countries named capable of bearing arms: Austria, 9.S00- 00o Belgium, 1,460.o0O; Denmark. 4e0o0O; France, $500 GOO: Germany, 12 000, 600; Great Britain, not including India or Colonies outside of Australia and Canada, 12 0OO, 900: Greece, 495 o00; Italy, 7500, 900; Neither lands. 1,050,000; Portugal, 1,170, GOO; Russia, not including Tartary and Central Asia, 22 GOO GOO; Spain, 42O0 GOO; Sweden and Nor way, 1600,G00, and Switzerland, 720,0o0. in the the general and local civil administra stsa tion, railroad, necessary tillers of the soil, who would not be spared from the field except as a last resort.