The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-12

II tho lieutenant general we're sp(ctnliy s6o6t
iEnrted to control all the armleo u ~ tJ<
states tho lieutenant Eonesal would 10 n1Sr31
a title. General Nelson A. Mia. No. l. Y
cially known as the commander Of TIE Uh(k6&
States army. holds only tho rank or tue u:
mainr general. There arc two other ra61t
generals In the regular military setabt1n&-S
ment--Mcrritt ana Brooke neither one Y
whom has the power held BY Niles The ~
power OF any general officer OF the army. ~
he known as general 'lieutenant general. =
major scnerni' or what you will. IL that
which Ia dcputiscd BY tho president, who y
| the renl commander in chief Only four mer-.
Washington, Grant, sherman ana Shcridku-.~
| have held tho rank OF general" which Ii tie
highest grade We have. In all cases. howeyer
tho rank and tiiic wcre merely honorary.
neither one having greater power under Thorn
than they held with the lower grade Of ljep-
tenant general. Grant held only the title *
lieutenant general when he was In command
OF all the armies In the field and not one Of
the four who were hcnorcd by the full title Of
"senoraf' held 1t during actual war Prob
AMY the hest sense Of the torn ''iieutcnant
general comes from the French. when 'lieu-
teiant du ROT meant general commanding
IN place of his sovereign. Grant as lieuten-
commanding In place Of the president OF the
country. II should no said also that where
two or more officers hold tho same grade ths
relative rank Ia determined by the length Of
| service.
Please explain why III is used on the face
""'oh' instead OK ~, to express four.
BIC.
According TO tho tradition current nuionn
watchmakers the origin " this practice was
IN tho following incident: During the reign
OF charles VII. which began in 1924 tho lew
eior OF the court made for the king watch
| winch was considered u marvel OF workman
ship. Upon bringing the tlmcpiccc 10 the
KING. the royal parsonage, who was mona too
bright, but albeit inclined to be critical at
all times. looked IL over very carefully, but
manifestly to his disappointment found MOTH
ing 10 which no could object. Finally the
King had an idoa and, pointing to tho figure
| T. smu, Here, my man. you have made Q
mistakes this ought to no four Ia instead OF
| w." Tho jcwoler did not venture to correct
the royal misHpprchonson. bowed his ac-
acknowledgement, inumated his thankfulnsss
that tho king had been kind enough to cor
rcct 80 griovous u blundcr. took tho watch
home and changed the ngure on the dial. This
| new style prevailed during tho reign Of
Charles VII, which lasted thirty nine years,
and by tho time OF it's close tho four Is had
become habituni with jewellers. and only In
exceptional cases arc the proper numerals
now employed
What insignia OF rank do tho officers Of tho
United Statos army and navy wearg
T.F.w.
The rank OF commissioned officers, both In
the army and navy, Is shown by the shoulder
! strap. A plain strap indicates second lieu
tenant In tho army and an ensign In tho
navy; n strap with one bar indicates first
Lieutenant in tho army and a junior licuten-
ant In the navy; strap with two bars indi-
Gates an army captain and navy lieutcA- 6
ant. strap with gold leaf marks tho major
and tho lieutenant commander: With silver
leaf. lieutenant colonel and commander. The
silver eagle appears on the shoulder strap Of
army colonel and navy captain a silver star
indicates the brigador general aud commo-
dore: two silver stars are the insignia of ma
jor general and rear admiral; three Of tho
lieutenant general and vice admirsi; four Of
the general aud admiral.
| II my parents British subjects, and
am born In this country. IL IL necessary for
mo 10 take out naturalization papers before I
can vote? Joe.
man born within the limits Of the United
States In a native OF this country and entitled
| to all the privileges OF citizenship. even n
his parents are niens. There arc two notable
exceptions. however; the children OF Indians,
not taxed. arc not American citizens. and tho
| children Of Chinese people are not entitled
to citizenship by reason Of birth on American
| soil. In all other cases. children born In this
country arc citizens, and do not require nat
urallzatlon papers In order to exercise any Of
the privileges OF citizenship.
| what Ia tho origin Of the expression 'goins
| - my uncle's,' meaning to pawpbrokor's
shopy GOV.
| II Ind It's origin In n pun on the Latin word
uucus, meaning hook. At the present time
the English pawnbrokers have spouts down
through which goods are shot when redeemed.
| Before these came into use, however, pawn
brolors employed a hook TO lift redeemed ar
tiqleS from their storage places. lmpecunious
| oxford Students came TO speak of plcdging
their valuabcs ma sending them ito tho
uncus" and this In time became corrupted
Into uncle. and hence our present application
| OF the term
rSse state wheihs, OF not an =
iielvey or oIara) were at one time titles:
| O.D.R.
| You arc not correct Nc or Mac and o
are what may be termed patronymIc prenxes.
|
MAC" stood for son and 20" for grandson.
Macdonald was the son Of Donnell; oDon-
neil was the grandson. Patronymcs are COM
mon among many nations. Among the He
brews Ben means SON. among the Arabs
"ibn;" the Welsh ZAP" the Poles sky" and
the Mortimer "Fitz" as In Fitz James, Fitz
Gerald. Fitz Gibbon. etc.
who refused TO be king Of Austria-Hnngary!
! MOI.
The crown OF Austria Hungary was refused
In tho middle OF tho century by the Archdnko
Franz Karl the father OF the present en-
peror King Ferdinand abdicated In De-
ccmber. 1913. tho throne then descending In
the ordinary course TO Archduke Franz kari.
The archdukc. however, declined the crown.
which ne handed over TO his son, who stin
wears II.
VIII YOU please give the name Of the best
tn. thn NJ