The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-24

was presented by him to the national government for safe keeping. The presentation took place in 1S43 in the hall of the house of representatives in the presence of a large assemblage, in- cluding the president, members of the cabinet, judges of the supreme court. foreign ministers and citizens. The sword was presented with appropriate remarks by a representative from Virginia and was accepted on behalf of the government by John Quincy, Adams of Massachusetts, who eu- logized Washington as "the warrior of human freedom, whose sword was never drawn but in the cause of his country and never sheathed when needed in his country's cause" Rleass tell me who was the American commander of Fort Meiss, in Ohio, somewhere between 1912 and>7415.
 General W. H. Harrison was in com mand of the fort when 1t was besieged by the British and Indians in April, 1913, and when British General Proc tor on May sent an officer with white flag to demand the surrender of the fort General Harrison replied, "Tell General Proctor that if he shall take the fort it will be under circum- stances that will do him more honor than a thousand surrenders." The British failed to capture the fort at this time, and later in the season they besieged the fort again. During the second siege the fort was commanded by General Green Clay of Kentucky. The second attempt also failed.
 Will you please name the Latin American countries? Why arc they called Latin America?
 Latin America is a general name given to the countries and people in South and Central America, especially those races who come of Latin stock These include naturally the Mexicans, the. inhabitants of Central America and certain islands of the West In dies. Phe Rio Grande river serves, as a dividing line between what is known as Saxon America" and Latin Amer. ica-"
 E Who was the instigator of the mur- der of the former king and queen Q. Servia?
 Colonel Machin, the brother of the former husband of Queen Draga, or ganized conspiracy to exterminate the Obrenovitch dynasty and nominal ly was the instigator of the resultant assassinations. There is, however, req son to think that more important per sonages than this colonel were involv- ed in the conspiracy and that Machin was mere figurehead used on account of personal vendetta he had with the | queen.
 Recent events have placed the Ser vian archives in the hands of strangers, and this will probably result in the formerly unknown phases of the con spiracy becoming known.
 To settle bet will you please let me know whether or not there arc more British subjects and Americans of British descent in this country than there are German subjects and Ameri. cans of German dsscsnt.
 There are more Americans of Brit fish than of any other descent ih the United States.
 Of the annual expenditure of the United States government what per cent is for the support and maintsnance of the army and navy and the other in- eidentaIs necessary for our national defense7
 During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, the total ordinary disburse- ments of the government were $751; 390, ,759, of which $172.973,O91 was fol the war department and $141, ,S31 ,653 for the navy. These totals included every disbursement directly or indi rectly connected with the army o, navy, as $o9SO35 for the Military acad emy, $9,O30O93 for the national guard 3,150,249\ for national homes for dis abled soldiers. $814,211 for the Maya academy, etc. The pay of the arm during the year amounted to, $4S.657, e77 and that of the navy to $42 .t42 .O00
 1T