Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-10
Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

". Is wendell Wlllkie always neglect,
full of his personal appearance?-R. c. p.
A. He does not go in much for style,
saying that 1t is an asset in his business
to look like an Indiana farmer. Although
he received a salary of $3.50 a year he
has never owned an automobile He
goes about New York by subway or taxi
He likes fishing and plays some poker.
Q. What is the purpose of the Quarter
master Corps?-B. L.
A. The Quartermaster Corps clothes
and feeds the Army.
@. What did Ernest Dowson call the
poem containing the well-known line, II
have been faithful to thee, Cynara, after
my fashion"?-E. F.
A. Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub
Regno Cynarae," line from ore Of
Horace's Odes. This is the poem from
which Margaret Mitchell took her title
Gone With the Wind"
@. Which cabinet member had the
longest service?-B. D. c.
A. James Wilson, Secretary Of Agri-
culture from March 5, 1897. to March IS,
1913, under Presidents Mckinley, Roose-
welt and Taft.
@. How large portion of the pascal
lamb did each person have at the Feast
of the Passover?-A. H. D.
A. Each portion must have been as
large as the size of an olive.
Q. What is sea -squirt?-R w H.
A. A peculiar marine animal belonging
to the group of chordates called tuni-
Gates because of the outer covering
known as tunic. The relationship Of
the sea-squirt to the vertebrates was not
known until recently, when the life his
tory was studied. The larva is free-swim-
ming like tadpole. The adult is sta
tionary and degenerate, losing the noto-
chord or pre-spinal cord, and looking
very much like an animated water jar.
The name is due to the sea-squirt's habit
of ejecting water when irritated.
@. How long did it take the Mormons
to cross the plains from Illinois to
Utah?-B w.
A. The first Mormon wagons crossed
the Mississippi River into Iowa on Feb
ruary II, 1916. The advance guard under
Brigham Young reached G.a Salt Lake
Valley on July "a. 1847, after traversing
LOO miles of wilderness. ~
@. What kind of Identification tag was
used by the United States Navy in the
World War?-L. F. R.
A. The identification tags worn by men
in the United States Navy during the
World War were Monel metal etched
with nitric acid.
@. Are there many Russians In Bes-
sarabia?-B. F. r.
A. This province, which became Ru-
manian on December 10, 1913 and has
just been regained by Russia, has pop
ulation of 30000 900, of whom over TOO 900
are Ukrainians Rumanians comprise
100000, and the remainder of the pop
ulation includes Jews, Bulgarians, Ger
mans and Turks.
@. When was the Panama Pacific Ex-
position held?-J. D.
A. The Panama Pacific Exposition In
San Francisco, Calf, was opened Febru-
airy 20 and closed December 4, 1915.
@. When was Louisiana owned BY
| Spain?-F. I. D.
A. From 1852 to 1900. Louisiana east
of the Mississippi was lost by France to
the British by the treaty of Paris in
1853. Anticipating this defeat, King
Louis XIV decided to his cousin, King
| Charles III of Spain, New Orleans and
Louisiana west of the Mississippi. The
! territory was retroceded to France in
1900 and sold by Napoleon to the United
| States in 1903.
@. What is a depth bomb?-J. F. S.
A. A depth bomb consists of what
looks like an ordinary large ASH can"
1t carries $50 pounds of high explosive
TINT. A depth bomb is released from
the ship on runway astern. Depth
settings are made before release and by
mechanism. Hydrostatic pressure in
sures that the bombs explode at the
proper depth. Because water Is not
compressible, after the explosion a ire
mendous pressure is set up in the water
causing rupture of ship sides within a