New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-05
TEMPERANCE IN TIE ARMY.

A meeting WIS held IN DR.. Adams.s Church Oh Madi-
con Square la-, evening reference 20 the cause Of
Temperluce in the army. \. X. WETNoRE, cfq.,
presided aud prayer was offered by the Rev. d.. De
Wfrr. Dr. J1HS MARsH then stated what had been
done in the preparation Of tracts and that 90 regiments
had been supplied with 900 tracts each He, also,
read the following resolutions for the adoption Of the
ne ting:
Rs,od That IN tie present solemn and uonentous condi
Il OF on. country army Is ouf glory End deeese AID hat
b.hi8 obedeut 10 moul and hysica laws Of theiT
lsg xc have h. greatest confidence Gar prler Is tht,
80 a,h,sd sd ancorrltcd and that when ti,ir
rJTi they mny f"'un ne ne any OIL Oi0h"e 20
be a b.c..i1g a not cure q thrir county
R1,o tln- rc c-t H. ths 1csn, AZ o. 'olst'.'' IN
SOLDIER Intoxicating Lquolsi ao IN tho pf,np ana enc 5etc
fesua,Jls Of ygItnlu Commando to ey our lI9ol
foA o. the hops 4he nauoh VII approve OF
The scscrc scun ~ every military dic' toward ueh 90 ios
ga " i-bn7ch he army -, ,,,, III. al,
asl' "a camp 10 PSeA:ss. a. s 'Is ~ 5. a,
oase sIl .h6rd receive universal relnobsiion
Rs4re Th4' IN Intense anxiety fils md hrohe
never be AZ rae wine ney a'e hte 70 Ne led mt
hrt ~ drunken officers and iayoko Colrss a, once 70
psss law WAh shal dicIage every ''-i u the 't con
Weldon ~ hetleT in battle . any Other rsrasi
hor.i That deeply sympsthizc with or pa'riouc
.odcrs A their hadhips sua suhrigs and would 10 oil IN
power 10 alleviate -rin see - 'e so tt h war irn
pon often sy, mere than ihs word ci,,ce az OBJ
,hsu wtoa iius di.ks aud the severed wounds easier
healed snd o. "e knoS TIA, he dnnkeId ~he,ei SyDS -
sa , ~, 10 ost earnestly ar pa'iiltic
% a,s exaiing dnks often compo'ed Of The mot dr
tu,,i'c ratc and by o., j nu sueoa eioit hsh ~ e
persrls forever the Federal Army aud "e DO rejoice ~ as
eIo MAD, to upIy saeh Iefimeht win pPo
sisn the EngoIt pledge and bec9ne as o~n ma tcr ~.
slo viii give not ony our good "'Le' be-. our 'aoa'sa
support
Tne Rev. Mr. WuLETrs, Of Brooklyn, then ad-
dressed The assembly, enforcing the idea that the better
be man the better soldier and mat the Of intox
eating auos deteriorlted soldiers in every inspect 1t
sbould ne our duty TO sce that those who may lose
their lives in battle do not lose their souls ulso.
DIR. ADAMS in the course Of n few remaiks, alluded
To the co duct Of Col Howard WHO Was converted by
reading the life Of Ncke. The Colonel as he entered
the Al ena umped upon gun and asked all 10 join in
Dr. MARSH previous to the taking up of the collpc.
ton said that he bad received letter from ilr
Dodge who stated that he cOul not be present 10 pre-
file but inco cd So in aid Of the cause.
Mr. BISCHAN OF the army sai that the vice OF Ill
tonlercuce prevailed To a considerable extent amo
some of the regiments. In the one 10 Which he be-
longed the 10Th, IL was almost Impossible TO Acep
Iluor from the men. The sellers would be ordered
AWAY RON one place, and threatened with nprisoD-
meni, but they would reappear in another. Soldiers
would break out OF the guard-house TO get drop
Of the " creature
tian Association, related Lis experiences while Ia
Washington. There was great work TO do IN
inducing the army to bani,h its greatest banenioAi-
eating iqnOrs
Mr.. ANrHOyY HAMILTON said he went into the
Brtish army when he was seventeen years old, had
fought in twenty-one battles and though be get
ting old yet wished still to H. hit King Alcohol, and
would volunteer for the work under the cannon 4
mouth.
DIR. MARSH said, that though he had been twenty
four years in the temperance work. yet he considered
the hed now opened the one III which would be the
great effort Of Ills life.
After singing the doxology, the congregation was
dismissed with the bened, lion