Show r THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE r Ii To receive attention every question must bear the name and address of the person sending it This does not necessarily mean that the name will be published when the question is answered only the initials willbe will willbe willbe J be used if the questioner desir desires s. s No attention will be paid to queries to which the name and address of the sender are not appended 1 1 I 1 I 1 Fri Friend nd of the People Will ViII you please publish in your our paper paper paper pa pa- pa- pa per the number of p people ople killed since the war in Europe first started N N. J. J B. B Answer Answer Xo No figures are available but probably less than a million Friend of the People Would Voul you Would you ou kindly give me mo a brief explanation In the Friend of o othe the People column of the tho war tank lank how it is operated how many it can carry carr the thickness of the tho plate etc I READER HEADER The Answer Answer The so called tank in use by the British Is nothing more or less than han a Peoria caterpillar tractor witha with witha a a sup superstructure of armor and armed with machine guns and rapid fire guns The tank has gone through considerable considerable consider consider- able aUle evolution since its origin The original tanks were made in Peoria They consisted of the chassis motor motor motor mo mo- tor and caterpillar traction system of or orthe the Peoria tractor They were shipped to England and there ethere the superstructure ture of armor plate and the armament were installed The present t tanks nka are arc of two classes known as the male tank which carries Hotchkiss quick-firing quick guns in addition to machine guns and the female tank which carries only the machine guns guns- It is operated like any tractor It moves very slowly but on account of the C caterpillar principle principle principle prin prin- ciple Is able to go over almost any I kind of broken ground and over narrow trenches the armor armo of the tank is I proof against small arms arms fire and I against the smaller rapid-fire rapid guns gUllS It Itcan Itcan can call not of course withstand heavy shells Special guns for operating against tanks at close range are now used by the tho Germans Probably not over eight or ten men are arc used as a crew 4 1 Friend of the People Do the noncommissioned and commissioned comI commissioned com com- officers of f the nat national army I receive the same pay as the volunteers volunteers volun volun- E E. R R. e Answer Answer- Answer Y Yes es Y I Friend of the People J i iAre Are the requirements concerning the filing of a 0 statement of bf ownership etc I the same for a magazine that Is not circulated through the mails as for fort t other periodicals SUBSCRIBER Answer Answer Answer-A A magazine that is not sent I through the mails is not required to file me a statement of the own ownership management management management man man- circulation etc required r by uy I act of congress of August 24 1912 1312 Friend of the People In writing to United States States' government government government govern govern- ment officers is it corr correct ct to send stamps for return mail mall STUDENT Answer Uncle Answer Uncle Sam pays no postage post POSt- age but anything he sends out goes free fleo of expense through the mails Stamps would therefore not be sary |