The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-06-09

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ships.
Gross Tonnage.-Oficial in United
States and England is 100 cubic feet.
Cubic contents of ship divided by 100
therefore give the gross tonnage.
Net Tonnage. = Cubic contents Of
ships space taken up by crew quar-
tiers, engines, coal bunkers, etc, de-
Quoted from the gross leave the net
tonnage. In an ordinary freighter the
space not available for cargo is estl-
mated roughly at one-third the gross,
but in big liners built for speed and
passenger service rather than freight
carrying the unavailable space may
he two-thirds of the total.
Freight Tonnage. For bulky rather
than heavy freight forty cubic feet Of
space are allowed for a ton. For freight
of heavy character charges are made
according to weight.
Dead Weight Tonnage The exact
amount of cargo ship can carry with
out sinking too deep in the water.
Displacement Referred to
mostly In connection with warships
The amount of water displaced by a
ship is, Of course, equal in weight to
the ship and all it contains. Since
thirty-fiye feet of water weigh one
ton the displacement tonnage is found
by dividing by thirty-fve the number
of cubic feet of water displaced when
the ship is immersed to load line.
Please give description Of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar is situated at the southern
most point of the province of Anda-
lusia, Spain, and commands the en-
trance to the Mediterranean 1t may
be described as one large rock, having
an area of IL square miles and rising
abruptly to height of 1,439 feet. This
rock is heavily fortified There is a
deep harbor of 260 acres, which Is
large enough to supply the needs of the
British Mediterranean fleet, of which
Gibraltar is the principal base The
population is about 23,500 of which
the garrison contributes over 1000.
what book can you recommend con-
<aInine information about the Samoan
islands7
The London Missionary society issues
yearly publication called the "Kalena
Samoa which treats of these islands.
There is also a book called Samoa
Una" "Old Samoa" London, 1897,
treats of the past of the islands, as
does also Samoa Hundred Years
Ago." London. 1884.
Have American vessels entered the
barred zone proclaimed by the English,
and are they doing so at PRESENT.
In the early part of the war Ameri-
can vessels did enter this zone, but
have not done so for long time and
are not doing so at present.
What 10 meant or included by the
term militia of the United States2
1t means the possible lighting force
Of the country, whether organized or
not. The new army law says, "The
militia of the United States shall con-
sist of all ablebodied male citizens of
the United States and all other able
bodied males who have or shall have
declared their intention to become citi-
zens of the United States, who shall be
more than eighteen years of age and,
except as hereinafter provided, not
more than forty-five years of age, and
said militia shall be divided into three
classes 1.-The national guard, the naval
militia and the unorganizcd militia"
According to the census Of 1910 the
number of males In the United States
between eighteen and forty-ave years
of age Is approximately 21,000000. Re
cent estimates have placed the number
of reserve or unorganized militia at
20,500,000, and liberal exemptions for
physical disability and other causes
would still leave large lighting force,