The National tribune., 1909-05-20
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letter paper. Sien your full name, mot neees
sarily for publication,) and write II anu "a, a.
proper names very distinctly. em 20 nos az, ~
State We get letters occasionally In which
either the name OF postoihce address mas
been overlooked Do not mix business ques.
sheets Of pans letters viii be given
prompt attention. either By mail or In IHE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
T. C. p, Kalispell, Mont: Senator
Dixon. of your state, presented a COM
pilation of acts relating to the FIAT
head Indian Reservation on April 22,
and it will appear as Senate Docu-
ment No. II, First Session, 6lst Con-
gress. The Senator will doubtless send
it to you on application.
T. E. S., Estill, Miss: The 9Th U. s.
Inf is located at Northwestern posts.
Headquarters Cos. A, b, G and ~ at
Fort William Henry Harrison, MONT
Cos. E, F, and H at Fort Lincoln, N
D.; Cos. /, X, L and M at Fort MIS-
soula, Mont.
40. s., Togus, Me-: There are four
classes of rations provided for Army
cooks, viz, garrison, field. haversack
and travel There is certainly variety
enough, as fresh or cured meats, pota-
toes. beans, rice, coffee, tea, putter'
prunes. sugar, sirup, etc, are included.
OF fresh beef the allowance is 20
ounces, with substitutes of mutton,
fish, ETC., in quantity ranging from 1o
to 20 ounces. The butter allowance is
five ounces. The haversack ration is
the smallest, and includes IL ounces of
bacon, 16 ounces of hard bread, liz
ounces ground coffee, "a ounces of
sugar, .16 ounce of salt and .02 ounce
Of Ill aplr nd n
titles of the component articles of the
Army ration and the substitutive equiv
alent articles altogether constitute a
very good bill of fare when the ma
terials are available.
C. P. T., LIE Mars, Iowa: Few places
in the employment of the Government
are open except by examination. The
tests in many cases equal examinations
to enter college. Very few of the great
captains of industry could get high
markings, and some of them might not
pass were they to apply for Govern
ment job. We have before us sample
questions required in the examination
of minor clerks at Manila, in the Phil
ippines, for positions paying yearly sal
aries of $500 to $500:
"a clerk received salary of 1920 a
year. He spent three-fifths of it for
board, one-fourth of the remainder for
clothing and S144 for all other ex-
penses. How much did he save?
An open court contains $50 square
yards. How many stones nine inches
square will be required to pave it?
"A Manila grocer imported 1,0S3
pounds of butter at 80 cents pound
and sold it at five-thirteenths more
than it cost If his expenses were
$36.47, what was2h his net profit?"
Following are easy questions in his
tory and geography:
Explain the veto power of the Pres
ident of the United States. How may II
be defeated?
lowing: Vera Cruz. Oporto, Madras, The
Bosphorus, Lake Maracaibo?"
So The above are samples of questions
asked of stenographers, Weather Bu-'
reau, observersJ electricians, etc, but in
the various classes are special and
technical questions.
Here is a sample question for pre-
scription clerk, with salary of 5000:
..az"Give the names and formula of the
different oxides of nitrogen Which of
these is laughing gas?' Which takes
an important part in the manufacture
of sulphuric acid? Describe its action
in this process" saaoc
Here is one for acivil engineer, with
salary of 1,400: FTF
II lHe COelllclent OIL Ilne3r eXDdn-
sion for iron per one degree Centigrade
is equal to .000012, what will be the
length, of bar that is 55 feet long at
60 degrees Fahrenheit, when the tenn
perature of the bar is rs degrees Fahr-
enheit. both ends being free? If the
ends are fixed. what will pe the amount
of stress in the bar caused by this rise
in temperature, taking E equal to 30,-
600, ,0O0?"
Applicants are locked up in a room
with pen. ink and blank paper and
their questions. and are given a stated
number of hours to complete their
work. In Washington and other cities
there are institutions where students
just from school are "crammed" and
.juggled" for Civil Service examina-
tions.
. c. A. L., Lima, O.: The daily Con-
gressional Record for the First Session
Of the 61st Congress, now in session,
will be sent to any address for 81, pay
able in advance. Address the Public
Printer. Washington, ID. c. If you are
interested in the tariff, you can get all
sides of the question and statistics ga
lore. If you favor tariff for protection
or for revenue only, or even free trade.
you can get your fill of information
from the Record.