The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
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ID exceed five hundred dollars $500,
or Imprisonment in the county Jail for
not more than six (G) months, or both,
and it shall be lawful for any officer
Of the militia on duty Herewith to ar
rest or cause the arrest Of any person
so offending and detain such person in
custody until his arrest can be pro-
cured by civil authority"
Who was it that said, "To be pre-
pared for war is one of the nost eff
feetuaI mesns of preserving peace"
George Washington in his first an
nual message or address to congress,
Jan. i, 1870. He added, "a free peo-
pie ought not only to be armed, but
disciplined to which end a uniform
and well digested plan is requisite
With how large an army did Napo.
leon invade Russia in 1912?
During the invasion Of Russia in
1912, commonly called "The Great In
vasion," Napoleon had an army of 67S,-
900 men, OF these 5000 were French.
To settle wager, will you be 50 kind
az to let me know who declared war
first, Germany or England?
II you mean on each other England
declared war on Germany.
When and under what circumstances
were the Bahamas in the possession Of
the United States?
On two occasions in the Revolution
the Bahamas, or atleast their princi-
pal island, New Providence, were cap
tured by the Americans. In March,
1776, the fleet under Commodore Essex
Hopkins cruised to the south, the p1in-
cipal object being to stop Lord Dun.
more's depreda tons on American COM
merce In, the fairway south of Hat
teras. In this cruise Commodore Hop
kins put in at the Bahamas and found
New Providence disposed to dispute
his presence. A landing party of 300
/ under command of Captain Samuel
Nichols of the marines carried the
fort. But as the retention Of the fort
had no part In the objects of his cruise
as set forth in his commission, Com
modore Hopkins soon withdrew. He
carried away eighty cannon, fifteen
barrels Of gunpowder and all the
stores. AS hostages he took Governor
Brown and q number Of citizens. Gov
ernor Brown was afterward exchang-
ed for General Lord Stirling.
After this incident the Bahamas
seem to have reverted to their former
owners. the lords proprietors. holding
on a loose tenure from the British
crown.
Early in 177S Captain John p. Rath-
bourne in the twelve gun ship Provi-
dence appeared off the Bahamas, and
on Jan. q New Providence was cap
tured again by the Americans, with q
landing force Of only twenty five men.
In the course of a few days Captain
Rathbourne beat off the Birth sloop
Of war Grayton, He in turn retired.
It was not until 1888 that the owner
ship of the islands was definitely as
signed to Great Britain.
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What were the salaries paid to the
higher officers of the Confederate
states, army and navy7
The provisional congress of the Con-
federate states in its first session set
the salary Of brigadier general at 1901
per month, that of colonel at $195-$2OO
per month. The ranking naval officers
had the grade Of captain, with salaries
from $4,000 to $1,000 year, according
to duty assignments.
Sugar and bread cards are gener-
ally used in Sweden, owing to the