The National tribune., 1909-02-18
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS.

c. B. A, Canton, O.: Tampa, Fla. Is
arranging to give Panama Exposition,
beginning in January, 1910. Florida is
growing very rapidly along fruit and
gardening lines. Five to 10 acres or
land, well titled, will make a comfort
able living for family. Something can
be grown each month in the year, while
fuel and clothing bills are nominal
compared with the North. Small areas
taken care of by owners do not require
hired help as on grain and STOCK farms
in the North, where reliable hired men
are hard to get. Florida. too, has ac-
cess to great markets by both rail ana
water. The State has an extensive ocean
coast, and breezes from salt water give
it, perhaps. the most uniform and
agreeable temperature of any other part
of the Union. There are plenty of fresh
water lakes and artesian wells are
easily made. All kinds of fish abound,
as well as oysters, clans, etc.
T. A. F., Springfield. Mass: A son of
Gen. Pickett, of Gettysburg fame, is a
Paymaster in the u. S. Army, and the
widow of the General is a clerk in the
Pension Bureau at Washington.
o. B. c., Mexico, Mo: President
Roosevelt used the expression regarding
the big stick at a reception at the
Chicago Auditorium, April 2, 1908. He
made an address on The Monroe Doc
trine,' which in his message to Con-
gress, Dec. 3, 1901, he described as "a
declaration that there must be no ter
ritorial aggrandizement by any nom
American power, at the expense of any
American power, upon American SOIL.
But to boast is bad" said
the President. "and causelessly to in
suit another is worse, yet worse than
all is it to be guilty of boasting. and,
InI 20 +t,p to ha
to make such boasting good.
There is homely old adage, said
he, (which runs: Speak softly and carry
big stick. and you will go far.
J. E. F., Talent, Ore: The prelimi-
nary order to muster out the soldiers
of the civil war was issued April %,
1865, beginning with recruits and vol
unteers at State depGts. Other orders
followed. and various forces were dis
charged as fast as muster rolls and ac-
counts could be made out. By Nov. 1,
had been mustered out, leaving at that
date 11,043 volunteers. white and col
ored, in the service. These were mus
tered out at scattering dates later.
G. S. p, Anoka. Mimi: Yes. you can
live in perfect comfort in the Gulf
States during the Summer. Hundreds
of thousands of people live in the
Southern States all the year round. The
most southerly State, Florida, has per-
haps the most uniform temperature.
having on each side of it such wide ex-
panses of salt water. The nights of
Summer there are never as Sultry and
oppressive, on account of sea breeZeS,
as they are in the interior States. There
are Winters when frost is felt half way
down the peninsula, but that is rare.
The States south of the Potomac and
IaI.s n. 20 -.
tality tables, show a larger percentage
of people above 80 years Of age in pro-
portion to population than in the
Northern and Eastern States.
S. T. F., Garfield, o., and others:
There are II National Homes for SOL
diers. The main Home is at Washing
ton. d. c., with branches at Dayton, O.;
Milwaukee, Wis: Togus, Me-: Hampton,
Va; Leavenworth, Kan; Santa Monica,
Cal; Marion, Ind; Danville, ILL.,: John
son City, Tenn. and Hot Springs. S. d.
At the present time there are about
$4,000 men in these various Homes,
1850 of them being listed at the Ma
tional Home at Washington which re-
ceives and maintains only discharged
soldiers from the Regular Army. All
soldiers who have served 20 years as
enlisted men in the Army Cncluding
volunteer services, if any). and all SOL
diers of less than 90 years service who
have incurred some disability by
wounds, disease or injuries in the line
of duty while in the Regular Army, un-
fitting them for further service, are en-
titled to the benefits of the Home. The
requirements for admission to the
branch Homes are: /. An honorable
discharge from United States service
during a war in which it was engaged.
2. Disability which prevents the appli-
cant from earning his living by any
form of labor. There are also % State
Homes, as follows: TOWNSVILLE Cal;
Monte Vista, Colo; Noroton, Conn;
Boise. Idaho: Quincy, Ill; Lafayette.
Ind; Marshalltown, Iowa; Dodge City,
Kan; Chelsea, Mass; Grand Rapids
Mich; Minneapolis, Mimi; st. James
Mo-: Columbia Falls. Mont: Grand
Island and Milford, Neb.; TiIton. N.
H; Kearny, n. J.; Bath and Oxford,
n. Y; Lisbon, N. D.; sandusky, o.;
l.; Hot Springs, s. D.; Bennington, Vt;
Orting, Wash; Waupaca, Wis; Chey-
enne, Wyo. Requirements for admis-
sion are not unlike those of the National
Homes.
It. s., Bangor, Me-: 1t is difficult to
oVerdraw the possibilities of an acre of
land. Plants will do as well under good
treatment as animals will improve by
right feeding and care. The writer of
til3 DdFdSIdpH saw ii tolldtO pant WelI !
developed and full of fruit. growing in |
a barrel of sand. 1t was being fed with |
liquid fertilizer. There are some very
practical men who claim that an acre
properly titled will yield a living for a |
family. Asparagus, celery. strawber- |
ries, etc, are reported as yielding from |
$500 to $1,000 an acre in Florida and |
other States of the South. The book |
entitled Three Acres and Liberty
gives numerous examples of fine in |
comes from small areas.
The Pennsylvania Pension Bill.
RoZel Jacobs, 14th Pa. Cav, Suffolk. |