The National tribune., 1908-12-10

the blue uniform for Army use been
discontinued?
No; blue Is used for dress and full
| dress. while olive drab wooden Is for
Winter service and khaki-colored cot
ton for Summer service. The khaki Is
a dusty yellow, and accordingly does
not show dust. The bulletin describing
Army uniforms contains 65 pages.
T. E. R., Evansville. Ind, asks in
formation about the number of soldier
dead in the National cemeteries.
The United States Government has
established National cemeteries in va
rious parts of the country for the burial
of men who died in the military or
naval service. There are 83 National
cemeteries, scattered thruout 21 States
and Territories, including one in the
City Of Mexico, with 1,515 graves OF
these 81 have over 1000, not exceeding
5000 graves; nine have over 5000, not
exceeding 10000; II have over 10000.
Total number of graves in all ceme-
teries, 253,3S5, of which the known
number 201,282 and the unknown
152, JOB. OF these interments there are
about $500 Contederates. OF the 12.147
in the Salisbury IN. CO. Cemetery, only
112 are known. Arlington Cemetery,
opposite Washington City. in Virginia,
with 20,376 graves, Is the largest. The
Chattanooga Cemetery, about which
you also ask, contains S,439 known and
1870 unknown. 1t covers 129 acres,
about one mile from the city limits
and midway between Missionary Ridge
and Lookout Mountain. 1t was estab-
lished Dec. rs, 1868, by order of Cen
George II. Thomas. This cemetery,
with the Chickamauga and fChatta-
nooga National Park of 1855 acres. a
large part of which extends ovsr the
line in Georgia makes Chattanooga an
interesting locality. The park was es.
tablished in 1890. The first law pro-
viding headstones was passed by Con-
gress in 1873, when the sum of s1,O0O,-
600 was appropriated.
w. ]. G., Beaver Dams, N Y, wants
to know II soldier can acquire Gov
ernment land without settling on it.
If a homestead is taken a soldier or
sailor can apply his time of service as
part of the five years of residence
required Of all entrymen before secur-
ing patent. In case of the purchase
of timber. mineral and stone land, sup
posed to be unfit for agricultural and
settlement purposes, no residence Is re-
quired. There are fixed prices per acre
for all lands other than agricultural.
]. r. s., Carney, Okla, asks: Can I
take up second homestead after hav-
ing settled on one and abandoning it?
A second homestead entry for a quar-
ter section or less can be made by an
entryman who for any cause lost, for
feited or abandoned his claim before
Feb. s, 1908, if the former entry was
not Cancelled for fraud or relinquished
for valuable consideration. For the
second entry it will be necessary to Sc
lect and inspect the land and make ap-
plication therefor on blanks furnished
by the Register and Receiver Of the
U. S. land office of the district. Appli-
cant must declare under oaths of him.
self and some other person or persons
that there was no violation of law in
case of the loss of the first entry.
T. R. F., Warren, O., asks: How
many troops have we in the Philip
pines?
Over 10000.
R. S. B., East Poland, Me-, wants to
know something about the National
debt.
The National debt was at its highest
point in 1865. when it reached $2,674,-
est point was in 1910, when it totaled
$3,57S,343, or 81 cents per capita At
the close of the fiscal year 1907 the
debt was $S7S,596, 1853, or $10.22 per
capita.
S. A. L., Toledo. O., asks: What is
Unitarianism, the form of belief of our
new President?
The problem of defining Unitarianism :
is difficult because it comprises all |
shades of belief, from a close approxi-
nation to orthodoxy to a divergency |
from it SO wide that it retains but faint |
traces of the Christian faith 1t is
easier to define it on its negative side,
>r its opposition to certain tenets of |
orthodoxy, than on its positive side, or
what it really is. 1t is, in brief, an at
empt to HberaliZe or rationalize Chris
1anity. James Freeman Clarke, Theo-
lore Parker and VIM. e. Charming
we're noted New England Unitarian
preachers and writers. Edward Everett
Hale, present Chaplain of the United |
states Senate. and one Of the grand
I'D men of this age, is of that faith,
Ind he sets an example. in public and
private, for all mankind.