The National tribune., 1908-07-30
ANSWERNTO
CORRESPONDENTS.

:. sGVNALSlU NULlSlS.
j. r. s., Frankfort, KY, writes: Will
you please give me the address of Mr..
Andrew Carnegie, or his agent, and
also all the Information in reference
e to a medal as reward offered by him
S for heroic vaaor in saving lives of 9TH
t ers. have saved four or five lives,
l and would like to know how to get
r my application before him for his con-
sideration? 1t has been about 80 years
since this occurred. sd --n.e.f
, Mr. Carnegie'sy personal address Is
No. East S1st street, New York City,
and a letters1addressed to him there
Will unquestfonably reach him, altho
he Is at present at his Summer resi-
denee in Skibo. Scotland. With regard
to the medals. we would say that in
April, 1904. Mr.. Carnegie created a
Il fund of 100000 for the benefit of
those losing their lives in heroic efforts
to save their fellowmen, or for. the
heroes themselves, if injured only. The
1und, however. applies only to such
acts as have been performed on or
after April Is, 1904. The head
quarters of the Commission is in Pitts
burg, where Mr.. r. M. Wilmot, Secre-
tary and Manager of the Fund, can be
addressed.
i N. r, H., Olive Hill, KY, writes:
Some weeks ago you gave the name
and address of the persons from whom
to obtain employment on the Canal
Zone, but l have forgotten the name.
! VIII you please give me the informa-
ton again?
The Chief of Office of the Isthmian
Canal Commission in Washington is
| Lieut.-Col. H. F. Hodges, 18th and G
streets On the Isthmus. the head
nj q VIC NJ
j. c. S. Blackburn is head of the De-
partment of Civil Administration, and
/ the Hon. Joseph B. Bishop is Secretary
of the Commission.
w. ]. B., Danville, ILL.,, writes: In
The National Tribune of April %, H.
S. j., Scottville, Mich, asks, Has the
United States ever coined any silver
money of the denominations of 1914
and 81 cents. Now, 1 feel sure you
are mistaken. I have seen them, and
am sure they were coined by the
United States, and an older. man tells
me that there was u. S. on them; they
used to call them bits" and "fopence"
and fps" I suppose there are none
now, excepting as relics.
Subsequent to the War of the Revo-
luton all monetary transactions in the
10 original Colonies were expressed and
recorded in terms of pounds, shillings
diu pcHCt, anu DTdCtiCt COHtiHuto
until our present national monetary
system was established by Congress in
1923, eight years after the close of
the War of the Revolution and three
years after the final adoption of the
United States Constitution in 1888 Al
tho no official coiyis of the denomina
lions above mentioned were ever mint
ed by the United States, the terms
shilling. penny, levy, ftp, bit and plea
yune have continued in use up to
within recent years in various parts of
the country. The Spanish medic,
or. u cents piece, and the bit, which
was the Spanish "real' or 12k cents. |
were commons in the Western States
up to the close of the period of the
civil war. This entire subject has
been Interestingly discussed by DIR.
Charles A. White under the title, 1.-The |
Archaic Monetary Terms of the United
States, 20 which can be had for 10 cents |
on application, to- The Smithsonian In |
stitution, Washington, D. C.
W. W. H, Kansas City. Mo-, asks
Please give me the statistics of the
amounts of gold owned by England,
France, Germany, Russia and the
United States respectively.
The approximate stocks Of gold, ac-
cording to the report of the United
States Director of the Mint, are as
follows: United States. S1f34S, 200, 900;
British Empire, $1,0S4,200, 600; France.
1926, 400, 000;l Germany, $S66,700, 600;
Russia. s7Sa.7en.0ooi and Austria,
1905, 000,0
W. r., La Crosse, Wis, writes:
would like to know II the late Senator
Morgan. of Alabama, was not the rebel
guerrilla of the civil war, who made
the unsuccessful raid into Ohio?
The late Senator from Alabama was
John Tyler Morgan, who entered the
Confederate army in 1861 as "a pri-
yate, and became Major and Lieu
serving in Virginia.
Subsequently, he raised the 51st Ala,
of which he became Colonel, and he !
later commanded a division, with thel II
rank of Brigadier-General, serving
variously under Longstreet, Johnston
and Hood The famous raider was I
John Hunt Morgan, a man two years
younger than Senator Morgan, who
was killed in 1864 while attempting
to escape from "a farmhouse near
Greenville, Tenn, when surrounded by
the Federal troops. He held the rank
army, and did much damage by his
raids in Kentucky. Ohio, Indiana and
Tennessee.
j. McF., Los Angeles, Cal, asks:
What is the value of two gold 10 dol
lar pieces, one coined in 1847 and one
in 1S49. / am told that one of these
is very rare. s-a
Dealers offer no premium for any
of the gold coins for the years 1847
and 1919. with the exception of small
advance on the face value of one
dollar piece when in good condition.
We fear that you have been misled in
regard to the value of these coins.
Mrs. c. R. G., Ludlow, VT, writes:
If young man, recently married, de-
serted his wife without cause, and en-
listed in the U. S. Army, would she
not be entitled to support, and
could she not draw his pay or at
least a part of it? What is the pay
per month of private in the u s.
Army? How are the regiments and
companies designated, by letter or by
tg-...--.-. seen.
The redress of a deserted wife IS .
thru the regular channels of the
courts, and the War Department.
would not be likely to consider any {
claim until proper judicial decree {
had been obtained. The pay of a pri-
vate in the army is $13 month s
Regiments are designated by numerals {
and companies by letters.
W. A. NJ, u Champaign, H., asks:
What becomes of the notes of the Bank
of England? 4 have heard something
about only using them once; how can
this be done?
When Bank of England note =
to the bank 1t is never rei;sued; .
n iS nv having tho c;rr |