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H.— Aviation a raigg re W. G. oc 2940 varies nautical : airways and landing "fields: Nantgates Aero Clubs; insurance; aeronautical laws; licenses; operat- {ng data; . activities; publications. No questions aeronautical stock-promotion companies. L—Army Matters, United States and Foreign Prep. F. FLeiscHer, care Adventure. United States: Military history, military policy. National pefatiae Act of 1920. Regulations and matters in general for organ- ized reserves. Army and uniform regulations, infantry drill regulations, field service regulations. Tables of organ- ization. Citizens’ military training camps. Foresgn: Strength and distribution of foreign armies before the war. Uniforms. Strength of foreign armies up todate. History of epee, countries covered by Mr. Fleischer in general “Ask Adventure” section. General: Tactical questions on the late war. Detailed information on all operations during the late war from the viewpoint of the German high com- mand. Questions regarding enlisted personnel and o except such as are published in Officers’ Directory, can not be answered. J,—Navy a. Lirrvt, Frances V. Greene, U. . R., 588 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, a 2 Regulations, “Saabs customs, drill, d strategic questions, ips, propulsion, gumnery ; construction, siataitinetion ; general information. Questions ge Spe the enlisted personnel and officers such as contained in the Register ef Officers can not. be answered K.~American Anthropology North of the Panama Canal Arntuur Woopwarpb, 1244 }4 Leighton Ave., Les Angeles, Calif. Customs, dress, architecture, pottery < and decorative arts, weapons and implements, fetishism, social divisions. L.—First Aid on the Trail Criaupe P. Forpyes, M. D., Falls City, Neb. Medical and ome Sereiont emergency care, wounds, injuries, common ill- diet, pure water, clothing, insect and snake-bite; industrial first aid and sanitation for — ranches aad exploring parties as well as f af ali kinds. First-aid outfits. Meeting all healt of the outdoor life, arctic, temperate an M.—Health-Building Outdoors GxaupE P. Forpycs, M. D., Falls City, Neb. enh get well and how to keep well in the open air, where to how to travel. Tropical & General healtt. ygiene. , safe exercise, right feod and habits, with as much adaptation as possible to partioular cases. Reminiscences of East Africa VARIED life in Portugal’s leading colony: 5 3 Cerunna, Ont. OF THE various sections ef the vast continent of Aivica under Ewrepean rule, perhaps one ef the many known to us in little more than name is Portuguese East Africa, in which country the writer lived for two years at an isolated outpost en the borders of the districts of Zambezi and Mozambique, the latter being one of the two re- maining provinces or districts that were still under military jurisdiction at the time of his stay. The other district is that of Nyassaland, and in these territories hostile tribes are still to be met with, and their pacification is not always accomplished without bloodshed. My entry inte the country was af Delagoa Bay or as it is better known out there, Louren co Marques. On my azrival at Lourengo Marques I left the Durham Casile to reembark on the Zembezia of the Empress Nacional de Navavagacao for the con- tinuation ef my voyage up the coast. Our first pert of cali was at Inhambane, a small situated some miles up the Limpopo River. every side there was evidence of a rich, fertile country as was shown by the ceconut plantations fringing both sides of the river. Tobacco of a very ——— Sete office, especially SS wor. vertising nar duties of station a, ill clerk, ticket agent, passenger rakeman and rate eek General information. O.—Herpetology Dr. G. K. Nostt, American Museum of Natural History, 77th St., and Central Park West, New York, N. Y. Gen- eral information concerning reptiles (snakes, lizards, tur- tles, crocodiles) and amphibians (frogs, manders); their customs, habits and distribution. P.—Entomology Dr. Franx E. Lutz, Ramsey, N. J. General information about insects and spiders; venomous insects, di ing insects, insects attacking man, etc.; distribution. Q.—_STANDING INFORMATION For Camp-Fire Stations write J. Coe care Adventure. For general information on U. S. and its Dx Gr for catalog write Supt. of Public Documents, Wash. for catalog of all Government publications. For a _— — foreign countries, the Dept., Se ee Pos: the Philippines, Porto Rico, and customs receiver- = Santo tig i and Haiti, the Bureau of Insular War Dept., Wash,, D. C. : For Alaska, the "Alaska Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Central Bidg., Seattle, Wash. For Hawaii, Hawaii Promotion Committee, Chamber of Wash. D roe, Honolulu, T. H. Also Dept. of the Interior, For Cuba, Bureau of Information, Dept. of Agri., Com. and oe Havana, € Cuba. The P an-American Union for general information on Latin-American matters or for specifio data. Aedilseis L, S. ROWE, Dir. Gen., Wash., D. C. ForR. C. M. P., Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Can. Only unmarried subjects, age 18 to 40, above 5 ft. 8 in. and under 175 Ibs. For Canal Zone, the Panama Canal ee Wash., D. C. Philips, jr. Sec’y, 1108 Woctoart Bins Wash, D.C. , 110 6 “a°8t - Ass'n. W. Bldg.» Wash., D.C. Navy Department, W high grade is also successfully grown amd manu- factured in this district. On arrival opposite the village we in midstream, and it was here that I wae at all our ports of call on the voyage, we were unable to approach the shore any nearer than half a mile. The freight and mails were unloaded in a small lighter, after which we again headed out to sea for Beira. A full day and a half were spent here. In this town—known on the coast as “Tin Town” on account of its galvanized-iron build thing is as near up-to-date as possible, electric and a railway terminal included. The _— are eee: with sand of fe: As loose nature, and foot travel is anything bu ee The merchants, however, overcome this going to and from their places of business in trolley push- cars. They remind ene of the hand cars used by section gangs im eur own country, with the addition of a canopy top and seat, and of smaller gage. Switches are provided, so that cars can pass each other. On arrival at their destination they are lifted off the track and left there, whilst the two natives, who represent the motive power, seek a shady place near by until their services are again required. Fach merchant owns his outfit. In the past the town had an unenviable reputation for fever, and the mortality ran high for some years. In local circles the old timers will tell you that every ecomicbooks.com