The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

Kindly answer the distance an up to
date rifle used by both national guards
and United States army will carryi
also at what distance could it hit to
kill?
The carrying power of the United
States magazine rifle, caliber 80, with
which the regular army and militia
troops are armed, has an estimated
carving power of about 1000 yards.
The arm is effective at about two miles.
How and when was the autonomy of
Belqium established2
The treaty guaranteeing the neu-
trality of Belgium was signed in Lon
don. April 10, 1889, between Prussia.
Austria. Great Britain, France. Russia
and the Netherlands.
Kindly give the rules Of war as prac-
ticed by the United States applicable
to such cases as that of the English
nurse executed by the Germans in
Belgium.
"Rules of Land Warfare" Washing
ton, 1914.
Section 202 All unauthorized or Sc
cret communication with the enemy is
considered reasonable by the law of
war. Foreign residents in an invaded
or occupied territory, or foreign visitors
In the same, can claim no immunity
from this law. They may communicate
with foreign parts or with the inhabl-
tants of the hostile country so far as
military authority permits, but no
further.
General orders 100, 1868; article 1902.
The law of war makes no difference on
account of the difference of sex con-
corning the spy, the war traitor or the
war rebel.
Section 203. A traitor under the law,
or war traitor, is person in a place
or district under martial law military
government who, unauthorized by the
military commander, gives information
of any kind to the enemy or holds in
tercourse with him.
What is the correct pronunciation of
bomb?
Authorities are not quite agreed.
Webster the Oxford dictionary and
the Century dictionary give bonn or
bum; Worcester gives bum only; the
older English photographers, as Walk
er and Smart, give bum, and that pro-
nunciation prevails in England. There
is sufficient authority for either pro
nunciation.
What Is "iinoo?" Please give def
.sss,lon.
'Fhe phrase originated in England
during the Russo Turkish war of 1877
Is. A song which became popular in
England ran:
We don't want to fight; but, by lingo. il
we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men,
we've got the money too
Kindly explain to me the block sys-
tenn now in use on nearly all railroads.
What system is used on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad?
The block system was introduced
into this country by the Pennsylvania
railroad in 1876. 1t is system to in
sure increased safety by keeping trains
certain distance apart by dividing
the line into blocks or sections, the en-
frances of which are guarded by ap.
propriate signals for the government
of the train. The blocks may be OF
any reasonable length depending upon
the physical characteristics Of the line
and the frequency with which the
trains are run.
1. What is the distance of PoIaris
the north star, from the earth? 2. Is
it sun shining on some other planets
as the sun shines on our earth?
/. Some idea of the distance of the
North star from the earth may be
given by the fact t at it is forty-fve
light years from the earth-that is, il
takes forty-ive years for the light from
Polaris to reach the earth 2. Nothing
definite is known about the nature OF
this star, but it is supposed to be a
sun lighting other worlds.
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