The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13

ANSWERS TOT
CORRESPONDENTS.

VUNMSfUNUENlS.
| G. E. D., Carmel, Me, asks: 1. What
is the pay of asCaptain, First Lieuten-
ant and Second Lieutenant in the Regu-
lar Army, and what ARE the allowances
2. Would retired officers of the volun-
teer service receive any allowances
should such be retired on half pay?
| /. A Captain, mounted. gets $4,000;
unmounted, s1sS00pa First Lieutenant
$1,000 and $1;500;0 a Second Lieuten-
ant. $500 and 31j4OO. In addition
they receive after five years service 10
per cent; after 10 years. 20 per cent;
after Is, 80 per cent, and after 20
rank. 2. Volunteer officers, when mus
tered out, receive no further pay from
the National Government.
M. G., Hudson, N. Y, writes: Can
you tell me where the dead were buried
after the battle of Chantilly, in 1862, in
Pope's compaign?
The remains of the Union soldiers
VINO fell at Chantilly, Va, were re-
moved to and reinterred in the Airing
ton, Va, National Cemetery.
S. M. L., Pittsburg, Kan, asks: 1.
Has Chicago or Kansas City the largest
| hall? 2. Please give the seating ca
pacity of the three largest halls in the
United States?
1. Kansas City. 2. AS many as $4,000
| people can be accomm odated comfort
ably in the Kansas City Convention
Hall. and on April %, 1899, $4,000 chill
dren gathered in this building, consti-
tuting the largest audience which was
ever at one time in any building in this
| country. The Coliseum in Chicago has
a seating capacity of 1920. The Madi-
son Square Garden in New York has a
seating capacity of 5000 and standing
room for many more. On it's opening
night, June 10, 1890, there were pres
ent 1900 people. The Denver Con-
vention Hail, soon to be completed, will
have seating capacity of $4,000.
ID. P. H, Brookfield, Mo-. writes: 1.
What would be the cash value as an
ancient relic of bill which reads OH
the outside margin, continental cur
rency: the United Colonies" inside the
note reads, This bill entities the bear
er to receive six Spanish milled dollars,
or the value thereof, in gold or silver,
according to the resolutions of the Con-
gress held at Philadelphia, the 10th of
May, 1775"? 1t is a genuine old Con-
| tinental issue. 2. One of my comrades
has Roman coin dated 799, Angus
fuss image. The reading ON it is part
| ly worn off, but can read as follows,
''R. Gius Del G. C. D. Rex Urgens D. E.
IL? 1t is evidently a Latin or Roman
coin. Please find out it's value.
/. Continental paper money is cata-
| logued at five cents each. 1t should be
borne in mind that these old Continent
tai bills were extensively counterfeited,
and were not received by the Govern
ment in payment Of revenue. 2. Old
coins are of little value except in ex-
ceedingly good condition, and the piece
you describe is probably a Europ aan
coin of the 18th century.
c. w. B., Ybor City, Fla, asks: l..
What States have passed bills for a
two-cents-a-milep passenger fare, and
when did the laws go into effect? 2.
How long may ] hold a pension check
without having it cashed? 8. want to
go to Pike County, ILL.,, by way of At
lanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, Louis
vile, Indianapolis and Springfield, Ill.
Have any of the States two-cent law?
1. AS your question is of such general
interest we have had compiled the fol-
lowing list of maximum passenger rates
as recently enacted by State Legisla-
lures, the date of the law following the
name of the State: Two cents-Arkan-
sas; Iowa, July 4, 1907; Illinois, July 1,
1907; Indiana, April 10, 1907; Kansas,
Oct. 4, 1907; Minnesota, May 1, 1907;
Mississippi; Missouri, June II, 1907;
Nebraska, March Z. 1907; Ohio; Okla
homa, by Constitution; West Virginia;
and Pennsylvania, Oct. 1, 1907 but the
Supreme Court Of that State has just
held the law to be unconstitutional.
Two and a half cents-South Dakota,
Oct. Is, 1907: Wisconsin, May 12, 1907;
two-cent mileage books. Other States
have legislated as follows: Alabama,
two cents, but later, on Oct. 81, 1907,
compromised with the railroads on a
two and-three-fourths basis; Georgia,
two cents on Atlantic & West Point R.
R.; two and quarter on Atlantic Coast
Line g. Georgia r. r.; two and a half
on Central Of Georgia. Southern Rail-
way, Seaboard Air Line; Georgia South
ern. and Florida G. Alabama Great
Southern: Maryland, roads charging
over two cents shall issue mileage
books at two cents; Michigan, Lower
Peninsula, two cents; Upper Peninsula,
three cents; New York, three cents ex-
cept New York Central, two cents, two
cent mileage books; North Carolina,
| two and fourth cents, but the Legisla-
ture is now in extra session on the
subject of rates; Virginia, two cents on
trunk lines, other lines from two and a
half to three and half cents. g. 1t is
never good practice to retain checks
over the next business day, but Gov
eminent checks are good for any length
of time, as there is no danger of the
U. S. Treasury reporting mo funds"
3. The answer to the first question will
give you the information desired, as
something depends upon the routes
Travelled.
Mrs. G. L. H., Dover. Me-. asks: Will
you tell me when our flag was first
called "Old Glory" and the circum-
stances that led to its being SO called ?
In the proceedings of the National
Flag Committee of the Society of Colo
NAL Wars in the State of Illinois," pub
lished in 1895, appears the following:
Our ensign was never known as Old
Glory until after it had been baptised
in the tears. love and blood of the great
rebellion;" and, further. Gen. w. T.
Sherman was the first to call the Stars
and Stripes old Glory" AS no au-
thority Is cited for the statement, and
as other and various accounts of the
origin of the name have appeared from
time to time in the newspapers. it is
doubtful whether the actual origin is
known.
| r. C. D., Dayton, O., asks: Can you
tell me the origin Of the leap year priv
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