The San Francisco call., 1901-11-23
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
REVOLvER-E. B., City. According to
army regulations of the United States the
revolver, in service, is worn on the right
| side.
| RUBBER PLANTATIONS-T. Spreck-
els, Cal. There was quite a long article
ON rubber plantations in Mexico in The
Call of December 16 1900.
POOLES INDEX-T., Spreckels, Cal.
The volumes of Pooles Index of Periodi-
cal Literature and the Cumulative Index
of such may be found in any frst-class
| library.
sCHMITz'S APPOINTMENTS L.,
City. The Mayor-elect, E. E. Schmitz,
when he is inducted into office will have
to make one appointment on each COM
mission.
= CHATTEL MORTGAGE. C. c., City.
The law question asked cannot be an
swered unless there is information as to
the State in which the party named gave
the chattel mortgage.
AGRICULTURAL LANDS-H. c. F. p,
City For information relative to agri-
cultural lands in the State of California
you should make inquiry at the General
Land Office in this city.
ACROSS THE RAPIDS-H. P. M, Dos
Palos. Cal This department has not been
able to find any record of Miss c. Beck
with having at any time swum across
''the whirlpool of the rapids of the Nj
agara."
MONEY LOANED-A. E. H., City. If
a party owes you money, is engaged in
| he loon
you say you made to him, consult a law
yer about bringing an action against him
for the recovery Of the money.
PORTAMENTO-Mus City, Porta-
mento is a term applied by the Italians
to the manner or habit of sustaining and
conducting the voice. A singer who is
easy, yet firm and steady, in the execu-
tion of his passages is said to have e.
good portamento.
STATION RECEPTION COMMITTEE
Subscriber, City. The duty of station
reception committee is to go to the rail-
road station, give the expected visitors
the glad hand, welcome them to the city
and then turn them over to the general
reception committee.
| NO SUCH ACTION-J A. r., Tuolumne,
| Cal. The Salvation Army at no time dur
|
| land, nor any other time, obtained work
for certain number of men at the Union
Iron Works or offered to put men to work
there for 81 so per day.
PAY DAYS-H. B. B., City. This de-
partment has not the time to canvass the
| leading firms and companies of San Fran
cisco for the purpose of ascertaining when
| they pay their employees and publish the
same. Further, it is a private matter and
certainly not matter of general informa-
! ton.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL-Sub-
scriber, City. st. Patrick's Cathedral in
Dublin, Ireland, was founded in 119O by
Archbishop Comyn on the site of an old
| church. In 1916 it was used as a law
court, but was restored in 1858. After
renovation through the munificence of
Benjamin Lee Guinness it was reopened
February a. 1865.
PICKLE-J., Railroad Flat. Cal. The
pickle that is used to give corned beef
a red color is made of the following mix
ture Mix brown sugar, bay salt, COM
mon SALT each two pounds; saltpeter,
eight ounces; water, two gallons" This
| pickle gives meat a fine red color while
the sugar renders it mild and of excellent
| flavor. Large quantities are to be man.
aged by the above proportions.
DEBATING SOCIETIEs-M. S.. City.
! This department does not furnish facts
and ideas for those who desire to take
part in a debate any subject De-
| baters are supposed to furnish their own
| ideas and not those that might be fur
! nished to them. If you want some points
for the affirmative side on the subject
Negroes should not be disenfranehised''
you should read current history, weigh
both sides of the question and then give
| your reasons in support of the side YOU
/ take.
| QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT
e. L., City The quartermaster,s de-
partment of the United States army. is a
general staff department charged with the
execution of all orders relating to the
movement. quartering and maintenance of
| troops Thus the department provides for
the marching, embarking, billeting and
cantoning of troops: for provisions, for
age and clothing. for making and repair
| ing roads, military telegraph lines, rail-
roads and bridges and for ammunition
! for the men, all supplies and all means
of transportation. There are different
branches which carry out the orders of
| this department. The duty of the chief
quartermaster is to give the required
orders and have them carried out.