The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
ANSWERS to QueTe S

SOLDIERS AND sAILORs-A. F.. City.
What is the law in regard to the naturaliza-
States army navy and who have been hon
orsbIy discharged?
Section No 21ss OF the revised stat
utes says: ANY alien OF the age OF
21 years and upwards who has enlisted
or may enlist in the armies OF the
United States. either the regular or
the volunteer forces. and has been, or
may be hereafter hOnorably discharged.
shall be admitted to become citizen
of the United States upon his petition
without any previous declaration Of his
intention TO become such; and he shall
not be required TO prove more than one
wears residence within the United
states previous TO his application to
become such citizen; and the court ad-
hitting such alien shall in addition 20
s1ch proof OF residence and good mora
character as now provided by law. be
satisfied by competent proof of such
person having been hOnOrably dis
charged from the service OF the United
States"
The same rule applies TO aliens who
shall have served five consecutive years
in the United States navy. or one en-
Iistment in the United states marine
corps.
and where was the first t8eater estsoushod in
the United States? Give such particular as
you can.
1t is said that an amateur theatrical
company presented plays IN New Hork
in 1850 and that there was "A stage per
formance in Boston. Mass, in the same
year. The first regular theatrical
company in America came from Eng
land in 1752 under the leadership Of
NJ Hallam- The company landed At
York. Va. anS by permission of Gov
ernOr Robert Dinwiddie, who was I'm
office from 1852 to 175S. hall was
rented in Williamsburg and the first
play was presented September s, 1t52.
A few months later the company went
to Annapolis. Nd. where the first
regular theater was established I'm
building erected for the purpose ON
September II. 1853, the same cOmpany
opened theater in New York In th-
following April HaIlam was induced
to take his company to Philadelphia.
where he gave performance in the
only building available, storehouse.
RAFTING-Subscriber city. Who first su--
gested the idea OF drafting men in Ine United
States army during the civil war; When were
men actually drafted during that conHiete
The first suggestion of draft was
made in 1861 by Colonel r. B. Marcy
of New York to General George George
that it be carried out at once. as men
were needed and volunteers were not
coming in fast enough. No drafting.
however. was authorized during that
year. but on July L, 1862. the president
called for 100000 more volunteers and
by the terms of the order this number
was 10 be drafted unless the quota was
filled by volunteers BY February j.
1853. not more than 10 900 drafted men
were in the union army. Early i'm
1853 congress passed an enrolment
and cOnscriptiOn act authorizing the
president when necessary. to recruit
the army by drafting from the able
bodied citizens OF the country between
the ages Of 20 and 4J. This act be-
came law March 3 of that year.
CRIBBAGE--P. c. ". A.. city. 10 a game ~
cribbage leads 2. PLAYS T. A pis~s ..
plays !. \ plays ., and PLAYS and claims
run II > A claims that the trey falling
between and breaks the rum Is he right:
According 10 your statement the play
was 4-4-I-36-5. This gives a run of
FIVE By the transpOsitiOn of the cards
after The first 3. namely. 3-4-5-6-7. It
does not appear that the trey fell be-
tween : and :, as you claim. and If IT.
did il would not affect the sequence.
for in sequences formed in the couTse.
of play the cards need not fan in reg
uIar order. but if they can be counted
without an intervening card they make
the run.
FINAL PAPERS-P J. $. Concord II q,
man has resided in the United States for 10
intention u become citizen, how long viii hc
have to wait before he can apply for his 6nsl
papers?
Two years. and on such application
he must produce proof that he has
resided in the United States five years
preceding the date ON
which he makes application and one
year in territory in which the court
in which he makes application is estsb-
lished.
SHOES-Subscriber. Berkeley. Can You tell
why shoe sellers will not or can not teil
whether the soles Of the shoes they sell
oak or hemlock tanned, OF whether they have
steel shanks?
Probably because they are so seldom
asked the questions that they do not
take the trouble 70 obtain the in
formation from the factories.
CUTTER SERvICE-H L. r.. Pslo Alto. To
examination 10 be held in San Pedro for the
revenue cutter service:
Address school Of instruction. L. 5.
r. c. s. South Baltimore. Md
PATENTED ARTICIE--K- E, City. Can ono
legally make FOR his exclusive use patented
article that be is not interested in so far the
patent goes?
No.
GREEK CHURCH-Subscriber. CITY. When
was the Greek church separated from the
Catholic church,
During the eleventh century.
SALARY-F. T. NJ. PlaceryilIe. What is the
salary Of the president OF the United States
at this time:
Seventy-fve thousand dollars year
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