The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-23

Will you please give me a sketch of the Roumanian army, it's strength in men, artillery, etc.?
 The Roumanian army may he said to date ffom 1882, in which year four army corps were created and gradual ly supplied with all their troops and services. In 1891 a fusion was effect ed between this new army and force of some 44,OO0 territorials. The whole Roumanian army then amounted to thirty-four infantry regiments, with one battalion activd and two territorial. Behind these troops there stood the untrained militia and the levy in mass. At this time the nominal train ing of the .territorials amounted to six 'ty days in the spring and thirty days in the autumn of their first year and thirty days each year thereafter. In 1902 the numbers had risen to 6O,7Oo in the active army and 75,O00 territori- als. Various reforms were introduced in the years 190S-11 aud more liberal grants of money for military purposes made, so that at the beginning of this war the strength of the Roumanian army was 93,O00 of all ranks on a peace footing, with 24,000 horses and GOO guns. This army in 1914 was able to mobilize 22O battalions, S3 squad rons, 124 field and howitzer batteries 19 fortress artillery companies and 13 technical companies. These troops rep resent a fighting strength of 250,000 rifles, 1S,OO0 sabers, eco, modern and POO older field guns and howitzers and 300 machine guns. Behind this army of operations was a second line army of trained men amounting to about 10000 rifles. Behind these again were about 100000 very effectively trained or untrained> >men. It therefore seems from the above figures that at the max imum the trained Roumanian army, in cluding reserves, will not run much above 45O,OOO. ~.
 Please teIf about tho extent of the
 bee industry in this country.
 In 1910 the, department of agrfcul- ture estimated that there were 3,445, O4O colonies of bees in this country. valued at $10,373,G14. It was also Ses-
 timated that tho annual value of hon. ey and wax produced was in the neigh
 borhood of $35 100000.
 How many natioHaI holidays are there in the United States? IS Fourth of July national holiday?
 There is np national holiday, not even the Fourth of July. Congress has at various times appointed special holi- days. In the second session of the Fifty-third congress it passed an act making Labor day a public holiday in the District of Columbia, and it has
 recognized the existence of certain days as holidays for commercial pur- poses, but with the exception named there is no general statute on the sub | ject. The proclamation of the presi- dent designating a day of thanksgiving
 only makes it legal holiday in the
 District of Columbia and the territo- ries. There are over fifty legal holi- ! days observed in the various states and
 territories.
 | what foreigners have had statue. l erected to them in Washington, ane
 why? lafayette, for distinguished services
 during the Revolutionary war; Ro
 chambeau, who commanded French
 army side by side with the Americans l under Washington at the final surren- | der of Cornwallis; 'Kosciusko Polish | patriot and general, who served in the
 war of the Revolution; Baron Steu. beh, an officer of the German army l under Frederick the Great and a most e2fectve drillmaster for the Ameri
 can army; Commodore John Barry 1 Irish by birth, who rendered valuable | service to the Americans as a naval
 commander during the Revolutionary var.