The National tribune., 1908-04-30
TO
CORRESPONDENTS.

Mrs. G. r W.. Birmingham, Mich,
writes: / am looking up information on
Nigeria for Woman's Club. A neigh
Dor. who takes your paper, thinks you
had an article on that country in The
National Tribune within the last few
weeks. but cannot give me any exact
date. Will you send copy of that is
sue. or will you help me by. giving me
some information upon the subject OF
Nigeria?
Careful search for the article men,
toned by you has failed to disclose it.
and we fear that your informant had
some other periodical in mind. The re-
cent cyclopedias, such as the Interna-
tional and Nelson's. describe Nigeria as
a British colonial possession in Africa
that was organized in 1900. 1t occu-
pies the territory between the military
territories of French Sudan. Lake Chad.
the German possession of Kamerun, the
Gulf of Guinea, the British Colony of
Lagos and the French possession of
Dahomey- Nigeria has an area of about
500,0 square miles and a population
of something over 25.000,000. For
more detailed information consult Mi
geria. Our Latest Protectorate," by c.
Fl. Robinson Uondon, 1900, and The
White Man in Nigeria" by G. D. Hazel
tine. which is a later publication
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Where can 1 get the latest information
in regard to the city of Manila, in the
Philippine Islands?
The Manila Merchants Association
have published within a few months,
with the title, Manila, the Pearl of
the Orient" an interesting guide book
for the intending visitor. of about so
book says: Further information re-
garding the Philippines or her indus
tries will be cheerfully furnished by adj
dressing the Publicity Committee. Ma
Mia Merchants Association. Manila,
P. t.
N. C. s., Beachly. Pa, asks: viii
you please give me the name and ad-
dress of the Chief Mine Inspector of
the State of Pennsylvania
The Chief of the Department of
Mines in Pennsylvania is the Hon. Jas
E. Roderick. Harrisburg, Pa.
b. s.. Ellsworth. Me-, asks: Where
can purchase a ditch digger pulled by
one horse in the ditch such as the Gov
ernrn ant uses in their irrigation work !?
We find on consultation with the
chef of the Irrigation Investigations
the Department of Agriculture in
Ishington that he knows of nothing
that exactly fits your description, but
under separate cover we send you a
bulletin describing Methods of Prepar-
ing Lands for Irrigation"
J. w. E., Hampton, Kan. writes: If
have a claim pending in the Court of
Claims, to whom will they pay it, to
me or the attorney? Also to whom
shall I write to find out whether it has
For information concerning a claim
pending before the Court of Claims ad-
dress Col. Archibald Hopkins. Chief
Clerk, Washington, ID. G. AS we under
stand it. any claim allowed by the court
would be paid in check drawn to the
order of the claimant, but, of course,
the attorney would be permitted to re-
ceive it, and the cashing of it would
depend upon the arrangements between
| the claimant and his attorney.
G.. NJ W, Eau Claire. Wis, asks:
| VIII you give me the name. place and
year of the Commanders-in-Ch Chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic since its
organization
The following is a list of the Com
manders-in-Chiefo of the Grand Army of
the Republic, their years of service and
the places at which the National En-
campments were held: Stephen A. Hurl-
but Illinois. 1866, Indianapolis; John
A Logan, Illinois. 1868. Philadelphia;
1869, Cincinnati; 1870, Washington; A.
e. Burnside, Rhode Island, 1871, Bos-
ton; 1872, Cleveland; Charles Devens,
JE-, 10 ASSW-
1874. Harrisburg; John F. Hartranft.
Pennsylvania. 1875. Chicago" 1876. Phil
adelphia; J. C. Robinson, New York.
1877, Providence: 1873, Springfield,
William Earnshaw. Ohio, 1879. Albany;
Louis Wagner. Pennsylvania, 1880, Day
ton; George S. Merrill. Massachusetts,
1881 Indianapolis; Paul Van Der WORT,
Nebraska, 1882, Baltimore; Robert 3.
Beath, Pennsylvania. 1888, Denver;
John s. Kountz. Ohio 1884, Minneapo-
lis: s. s. Burdett. District of Columbia.
1885, Portland, Me-; Lucius Fairchild,
Wisconsin. 1886, San Francisco; John
P. Rea, Minnesota, 1887, st. Louis; Will
liam Warner Missouri. 1888, Columbus;
Russell A Alger, Michigan, 1889, Mil
waukee; Wheelock G. Veazey. Vermont,
1890, Boston; John Palmer, New York,
1891, Detroit: A. G.. Weissert, Wiscon-
sin, 1892, Washington; John G. B.
Adams, Massachusetts, 1898. Indianapo-
lis: Thomas G.. Lawler, Illinois, 1894,
Pittsburg; Ivan n. Walker, Indiana,
1895. Louisville; Thaddeus S. Clarkson.
Nebraska, 1896, st. Paul; John P. S.
Goblin, Pennsylvania, 1897, Buffalo; Jas.
A. Sexton, Illinois. died in office and
was succeeded by the Senior Vice Com
mander, w. C. Johnson. Ohio, 1898,
Cincinnati; Albert d. Shaw. New York.
1899, Philadelphia: Leo Rassieur, Mis-
souri,. 1900, Chicago: Ell Torrance, Min
nesota, 1901, Cleveland; Thomas j.
Stewart. Pennsylvania, 1902, Washing
ton; John C. Black, Illinois. 1903. San
Francisco; w. w. Blackmar. MaSSachu-
sets, died in office and was succeeded
by the Senior Vice Commander, John
R. King, of the District of Columbia,
1904, Boston; James Tanner. New York,
1905, Denver; r. B. Brown, Ohio, 1906,
Minneapolis; Charles G. Burton, Mis-
souri,. 1907, Saratoga The first Post of
the Grand Army of the Republic was
organized at Decatur. ILL.,, April 6. 1866,
and the first National Encampment was
held Nov. 20, 1866, at Indianapolis The
Encampment this year will be held at
Toledo, o.
A A, Sandusky, o., asks: What per
cent of the internal revenue collected in
the United States does the General Gov
ernment receive. and what per cent if
any, does the Government receive from
each State of its State taxes?
The total receipts of the National
Government for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1907. were s665,306,134, of
which $270.309.3SS was from internal
revenue and was distributed as follows:
Spirits s156.336.9O2: tobacco. s51.S11.-
070; fermented liquors, $59,567.S1S, and