The sun., 1915-03-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
In your columns OF January - last
W. q. in response to Charles Theo
Murray's inquiry about the origin and
meaning of the French slang term
"boches" as applied to the Germans
stated that /; VA" an abbre ;iation Of
the U"yt Bochiiu2,s, or Boschiirans
,Enslish Bushmen), the name of "A saw
age people Of South Africa. and meant.
in II word, savages. However. this de-
rivatiou was SO inherently inproba ble as
To amount to IL luCus a non lucendo. \
few days ago now my attention was
arrested by an article on "Lety molosie
du mot ho, he" which appeared orig
lnally in Lc Temps tParis) OF Deem
her 22, 1914, and in which the author.
Frof. lazare Saintan. author OF the
valuable works "I'argot anCien" I'aris.
1900 and les sources de Target an
cien" ,paris. 1912 two VOlumesb wrote
that "le mot 'boche' est tout supplement
la forme abregee de 'caboche On a
dit 'tete de hoche.' pour tote dure ou
enttte. c'est- a-dire pour exprimer In
meme notion que 'caboche.' - QUAINT
a 'alboche. II represents ce que le
grammairiens appcllent un croisenent,
c'cst "a dire Ia fusion de deuN mots
sNnOnNmes: 'allemand' 81 'hoche. &c
terne est na;urellement postfrieur A
boche 'ilboche, on designt alnsi les
Nlemands. LuXembOurgeois. Alsaciens.
,ous ceux CUT parlent rAllemand' tRos-
-ignol, 'Dictlonnaire d'srgot' la00)."
\. BowsKI.
With reference to william +. Bu-
chanans question about Capt. John Bu-
chanan OF the Water Guards: Capt.
John buchanan was a captain in the
New York city militia, l775 appointed
by Washington and Putnam superin-
tendent OF boats on the Hudson River
wounded in the right arm and shoulder
near Tarrytown, January 3. 1873
Colonial Hist. State OF y. Y. vol. l5.) ;
petitloned Continental Congress Decem-
Der l3, 1882. respecting his pay as
Captain OF water craft on Hudson
River in 1776' and indorsed by Gen.
Alexander McDougsll Naval Records
OF the Am. Rev), II william f Bu-
chanan's putative ancestor was Capt.
Iohn Buchanan who Gi.d Of Yellow
him 70 know that the New York Jour
mol in it's obtus12 OF this worthy man
says he left few II any relations" while
his will mentions four children. one of
them a son. George. then a minor. and
also sisters In scotland. and Capt. John
no doubt was Scotsman also. The
journal. while II lauded his services.
does no; mention one specific act tina,
would lead TO his Identification az Capt.
John Buchanan of Water Guards" b"
Yet he may have been. w ". NJ.
william F. Buchanan IL requested to
send his address to THE Sun.
Here are the words o. the song mo
Sir" asked for by John NJ. O'Connor.
The words and music were arranged by
y. VI. Wakefield.
Tell me something, tell me truly. why
YOU always scorn me so'
Tell me why. when asked a question, you
will always answer No.
No cir. no sir, no sir. no sir. no sir.
no sir. no SIR no.
NJ father was a SPANS sh merchant. and
before he wen, TO sea
He :old me to be sure and answer no
to all you said 20 me.
No sir &C.
II when walking in the ga den. pluck ng
flowers all wet with dew,
Tell me. will YOU be offended IL 7 walk
and talk with YOU?
No sir. &C
7, rb.n ~s,kins In N. sarder , .hou,d
ss,, Won 70 n. min.
Ana should tell you tha, Inv. vo,
would YOU then my heart decline
No sir, &c.
s,.x pr.nr,
l. W. r and A ! Bullock also send
Information on the sub1ec'. Forty years
ago it appeared in a book Of instruction
for the guitar.