The National tribune., 1908-10-15
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Scendant of William Williams. q signeE
Of the Declaration ef Independence. Ny
grandfather was Thomas Owen Wi,
liarns; hts father was Ohio, son Of VIII
Ham Williams. My grandfather died IN
! 184S, aged "a. and his house and papers
were destroyed in the civil war. we
lived in Beverly, Randolph County, Va
His mother was Lamar.
For the information You seek 1t VIII
be best to write Mr.. william q. Stanard.
who Is Corresponding Secretary OF the
virginia Historical Society, and editor
| Of the Virginia Magazine OF History
and Biography. His address II 107 East
Franklin st.. Richmond, Va. There Ia
also q representative Of Ohio Holland
williams in the Maryland Society OF
tho Cincinnati. and his name and adj
dress can be obtained by writing to
Col Oswald Tilghman. Baltimore, Nd.
B. M. H., Ebert, Colo, asks: Has an
act Of Congress passed that allows a
man to take a half section OF land. or
after deciding quarter section Of land,
in the dry region, and is an old soldier
compelled to live on this land?
Such an act was passed An old SOL
dier is compelled to live on his land for
at least one year.
Mrs. r. c., Laurelville. o., asks: VIII
you please give me the address Of some
toy manufacturer who might bury new
"ideas'' for novel Christmas toys?
For this Information we would ad-
wise to correspond with MIR. Schwartz.
Chestnut street near Tenth. Phiiadei-
phia. who is one OF the largest dealers
I'm toys in the United States. McLough-
lin Brothers. New York City, are like
wise large publishers of and dealers in
toy books and games.
P. s.. Lesueur Center. Minn.. asks:
/. What was the number of casualties
in killed and wounded in the much
laHded battle Of San Juan Hill, Cuba. in
the following organizations: Rooseyelfs
Rough Rides: 10th u. s. Cav.. coIored.
and 25th u. S. colored? 2. How large
a force engaged on each side in that
battle?
1. The Rough Riders lost Is killed
and 72 wounded. The 10th Cav. lost Z
killed, SO wounded and missing. The
25th inf. did not participate in the bat
tie OF San Juan Hill, but lost on that
same day s killed and IS wounded.
These figures vary slightly according to
the different authorities, and you will
find the most satisfactory information
on this subject given in r. H. Tither-
ington's "History of the Spanish-Amer-
lean War;" published by ID. Appleton &
Co, New York. 2. 1t is estimated that
the American forces on the firing line
/ at San Juan and Ell Caney were about
1900 The information in regard to
the Spanish forces is unsatisfactory.
President Roosevelt says that they Finn
bered about 1850, but this is probably
too low. The number OF surrendered
troops few days later is given as 22,-
80a
G. ". B., Sidney Ill.,, writes: Please
tell me whether there is such thing
as putting a silver plate in a persons 8
skull. Our doctor says there Is no such
thing, but a number of persons have
said they knew Of cases of the kind
Tn cases where the bones of the skull
have been removed in part. owing to in
jury and the like, it has been the GUS
tom, especially in the operation known
as trepannsng, to substitute plate OF
silver for the bone that has been re-
moved This metal has been chosen
largely in consequence of the fact that
silver is not acted upon by animal
juices.
G. W. J., Branch Hill. Ohio. asks:
Please inform me how long President
Andrew Johnson's brother has been
dead, what caused his death, where and
by whom he was buried. How many
children had he, and what was his full
name. Did the President have more
than one brother?
In the life of Andrew Johnson" by
the Rev. James S. Jones, who "had
unrestricted access to all the data re-
lating'' to the family history in the pos
session of Mrs. Patterson, daughter
of the President, the only reference to
his family is that the ancestry of An
drew, Johnson "can hardly be traced
beyond his own fathers family. and of
them only enough Is known to assure
one that while they were poor, they
were honorable and upright people"
His father died in Raleigh, N. c., in
January, 1912. and there is no mention
OF either brother or sister. Andrew
Johnson was only four years old when
his father died. and his mother married
again. President Johnson had three
sons. The eldest, Charles, served as q
Surgeon in the Union army and was
killed by a fall from a horse in Nash
villey Tenn, on April 4, 1863. A Sec
ond son was Robert, who became a law
|yer, and was Colonel of the 1st Tenn.
Cav. He resigned on May 81, 1864. to
become private secretary to his father.
and died on April %, 1867. The young
est son was Andrew, Junior, who died
about 1873 at the early age Of 26. None
of these three sons left descendants. Be-
ginning with the current (September)
issue of the Century Magazine is a Sc
ries Of "reminiscences by william H.
Crook. of the White House staff, entf-
tied "Andrew Johnson lin the White
House," with pictures of his immediate
family.
H. H., Milwaukee, Wis, asks: What
is the greatest depth ever sounded In
the ocean?
| According to the Reports of the
Challenger Expedition the greatest
depths found were as follows: Pacific
Ocean, 10000 feet; Atlantic Ocean, 27,-
366 feet; Southern Ocean, $500 feet;
Indian Ocean, 1852 feet; and Arctic
Ocean, 5000 feet. The greatest single
depth reported is 31,614 feet, in the
Pacific Ocean near the Island of Guam.
L. m. Smithsburg, Md, asks: How
| many Ioaves of bread. about, does a
baker make from q barrel Of flour OF
1875 pounds?
We find by reference to one of the
largest bakeries in the city Of Wash
fngton that on an average the yield is
275 loaves of bread to a barrel Of flour
containing Is6 pounds.
w. w. A, Cleveland. Ohio, asks:
What is the pay Of the enlisted men and
petty officers in tho Navy now by tae
new act Of Congress. passed at the
last session?
According to the Pay Tables Of the
Navy and Marine Corps, seamen receive
| $24 a month, ordinary seamen $19 a
the chief petty officers in the seamen
branch these range from $65 a month
| for, the Chief Master-at-Arms 20 $50 q
month for Chief Quartermasters. First
class petty officers receive $40 a month;
I second class sac. and third class S20 a