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Answer-The word @sterling'' is
used in England with the ancient
French meaning Of true and came
10 be associated with the fineuess Of
the coin Of the realm. Hence. the ad-
jective asterIInE' became synonym
for pure or genuine silver.
Why is 81. Andrew the patron saint
! Of Scotand2
Ansvrer-This has never been salts
factoriIy settled. An old legend tells
how the form OF cross appeared In
the sky to Achaius, king OF the Scots
the night before the great battle with
( atheIstan. After the victory Aehaius
went barefoot to the Church OF St
! Andrew and vowed to adopt his cross
a. a national device.
What is the insignia Of the medical
! corps and why2
/ Answer-The Insignia OF the meii-
Z cal corps f. the Cnducus, the rod borne
I By Hermes or Mercury a. n stEm OF
I authority Of office. The rod repre-
I SCENTS power. the serpents. wisdom anu
Z the two wings diligence and actlF-
[ ity. The insignia was adopted by the
I medical CORPS because Hermes was re-
Earded as the god Of science and medi-
cine.
Anauer-This word + derived from
the French colonel which. in turn
came from the French "colonna' and
the Latin acOlumna,7 a column. The
word was introduced into England
about I54s in reference 10 the COM
mander OF a column.
I the British army2
AnsWer-At the present time the
age limits are from Il 10 -, although
I exceptions are made where applicants
are in excellent physical condition.
What is meant when officers are
detailed for "liaison duty.
AnSwer-Offieers and soldiers de-
tailed to tsIinison duty are men IA
miliar with telephone. telegraph, wire
less and all other signals for impart-
ing information from the branches 10
the rear or from one end OF the
branch 10 another.
In what language was the Bible
originally written
Ansvver-The New Testament was
originally written in Hebrew or Ara
bic. II was later written in the Greek
language, because n large number Of
Greeks became converts 10 the Chris
tian religion
Are many aviators killed in the
training camps2
Answer The number OF aviators
killed 1t each camp g. not available
70 the public. A report recently given
ont showed that 81 avintorE had been
killed in this country. only 10 OF which
were Officers On January 1. 1918, the
aviation section OF the signal corps
consisted Of $500 officers and SIZED
men, Not all OF these were niers, how
ever.
Did the United States violate the
rules Of international law in taking
over the Dutch ships2
Auswer-No: the decision was based
entirely on the fact that this Tonnage
l. vitality needed. An agreement was
made for such ships as may be taken
20 he returned rffer the war. and COM
pensation given FOR any that may he
destroyed. such action WAS taken I'm
the Franco-Prussian war when the
German government exercised its
right in taking possession OF ships
under construction for neutrals as well
rs for entente powers
What colonies did Germany bold AZ
the beginning OF the war and how
were they Eoverned2
Ansuer-The principal German col I.
onies were German Southwest Africa. ]
Guinea. German Samoa. kia0cho1v and 4
Kamerun- These colonies were adj I
administered from the mother coun- /
try. Neither natives nor white In
habitnmfE had any voice in the poiiti- i
cal and fiscal administration of the ]
territories. The laws were formed by 4
the imperial government, and German j
citizens in the colonies enjoyed the 4
same civil rights as in the mother /
country
What is Garabedg
AnsWer-The secret Of this new /
scientifie discovery viii not be dis
closed until after the war. The fnveu-
tor claims that this discovery will he 4
% great use in war. and, for that rea-
son. does not wish its secret TO fail I
into the hands OF the enemy. The
trials are 20 be held in Boston shortly. I
Was Paul Revere killed on his IA
nous rlde2
Answer-No. Paul Revere was not
killed on his famous ride OF April Is.
l1sS- After the war. he euGuged in
the manufacture Of gold and silver
wares and died at Boston, Mass, on
May 10, ISIS.
Why are three balls used as a pawn
Answer - This sign originated IN
Lombardie. The LOmbardie were the
first great money lenders and the Ne
dtcl Of Florence were the first TO
make money lending n regular bust
ness hence the money lenders came to
adopt the arms OF the HedfcI family,
which included three silt balls. E
W hat European countries have I
adopted the daylight saving plang
Answer - Germany. Holland. Aus
trias France. Turkey, ENGLAND. Nor
lf AZ, sweden Denmark, Italy. sWftEcr-I
land, spain and Portugal.
Where is the largest dam in the
Answer-The Assuan dam. which
stretches across the Nile river. is the
greatest dam in the world. The sfor-
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