input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters) and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set. It operates under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, and can be transferred to the U.S. Department of the Navy by the U.S. President at any time, or by the U.S. Congress during times of war. This has happened twice, in 1917, during World War I, and in 1941, during World War II.

Created by Congress on 4 August 1790 at the request of Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue Marine, it is the oldest continuous seagoing service of the United States. As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton headed the Revenue Marine, whose original purpose was collecting customs duties in the nation's seaports. By the 1860s, the service was known as the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and the term Revenue Marine gradually fell into disuse.

The modern Coast Guard was formed by a merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Life-Saving Service on 28 January 1915, under the U.S. Department of the Treasury. As one of the country's five armed services, the Coast Guard has been involved in every U.S. war from 1790 to the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan. the Coast Guard had over 36,000 men and women on active duty, 7,350 reservists, 29,620 auxiliarists, and 7,064 full-time civilian employees. In terms of size, the U.S. Coast Guard by itself is the world's 12th largest naval force. 1. When was the United States Coast Guard created?
2. At the request of what person?
3. What body created it?
4. What was it originally know as?
5. What was Hamilton's title when he created it?
6. What was it originally created to do?
7. When did it change it's name to U.S. Revenue Cutter Service?
8. How many uniformed services does the United States currently have?
9. Does the coast Guard act only in domestic watters?
10. During peacetime, what department does it operate under?
11. Who can change this oversite at any time?
12. Who can change this during war?
13. Has this happened during war?
14. How many times?
15. Which wars?
16. How many armed services does the US have?
17. Is the Coast Guard generally involved in wars?
18. How many active duty personnel does it currently have?
19. Does it employ civilians?
20. Does it have reservists?
numbered_answers: 1. 4 August 1790
2. Alexander Hamilton
3. Congress
4. the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
5. the Revenue Marine
6. collecting customs duties
7. the 1860s
8. seven
9. no
10. the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11. the U.S. President
12. the U.S. Congress
13. yes
14. twice
15. World War I and World War II.
16. five
17. yes
18. 36,000
19. yes
20. yes

Q: CHAPTER XXXV.

RALPH A PRISONER.

At the appointed time, Ralph called again upon Horace Kelsey, and was given instructions in regard to the work he would be called on to do.

"But you had better not start in until you hear from your mother," said the insurance agent. "She may wish you to pay a visit home before you settle down here."

Ralph thought this good advice, and he resolved to act upon it.

"I ought to get a letter by to-morrow noon or night," he said. "And I will wait that long. If I don't get word, I'll take the trip home anyway, seeing as you say you will be kind enough to wait for me."

Kelsey then asked him what he intended to do while waiting, and learning Ralph had nothing in particular in view, he advised the boy to get a guide-book of the city and walk about, so that he might become familiar with the streets.

"The work I have for you will take you out more or less," he said. "And it is a great help if you understand how to get around."

At a nearby bookseller's Ralph purchased a guide-book for twenty-five cents. He studied it off and on the entire afternoon, walking around in the meantime. Before he retired that night at the hotel, he had taken in the city from Fourteenth street down to the Battery.

"It's awful big and crooked," he thought. "But I guess I'll manage to get around, especially if I keep the guide-book on hand for reference."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who did Ralph contact?
2. When?
3. What was Ralph told?
4. For what?
5. What is Horace's occupation?
6. Who did Horace tell Ralph to wait for?
7. When is Ralph receiving a note?
8. Will he wait for it?
9. Where will he go if he doesn't receive the note?
10. Is Ralph young or old?
11. What purchase does Kelsey recommend?
12. And then what should he do?
13. Why?
14. Where did he go to buy the guidebook?
15. How much did it cost?
16. Did he read it?
17. What was one place he visited?
18. Another?
19. Did he think the town was well-organized?
20. When was he done exploring?
A:
1. Horace Kelsey
2. At the appointed time
3. he was given instructions
4. the work he would be called on to do
5. Insurance agent
6. until he hears from his mother
7. by to-morrow noon or night
8. Yes
9. home
10. Young
11. guide-book
12. walk about
13. so that he might become familiar with the streets
14. At a nearby bookseller's
15. twenty-five cents
16. Yes
17. the Battery
18. Fourteenth street
19. No
20. unknown