The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1906-08-11
THE LATEST AND MOST POTENT
FACTS.

The American Brewer, The Brewers
Journal, The Wine and Spirit Gazette,
and all the five other liquor organs in
our country, have been and are most
vigorous, persistent and bitter in their
opposition to the law abolishing the
regimental liquor saloons. euphemisti-
cally and misleadingly called canteens
or the "canteen. This to thoughtful
persons will be positive proof that the
law is good one. and greatly lessons
the consumption of intoxicants by the
army.
The annual reports of General Geo.
B. Davis, the judge advocate general of
the army, show that the number of
men court-martialed and punished for
drunkenness during the four years
since the saloons in the army were
abolished. is less than half what it was
in the corresponding period of time in
which they were allowed. The Rev.
Harvey Wood, Secretary of the Ma
tional Temperance Society, says that
the. decrease was actually sixty-six per
cent. The number of the men convict
ed of crime has also been greatly les
sened.
The Rev. Mr.. Tewkesbury, a mission
airy of the, American Board at Peking,
after some months of observation of
the troops of the different nationalities.
which had captured that city at the
time of the Boxer outbreak. wrote that
in his opinion, "the American soldiers
are more given to drink than those of
any other nation" This was before
the passage of.the anti-saloon law.
The American Methodist Missionary
Society has much the largest of all the
missions in the Philippines. It's super
intendent. from the time of its founda-
ton, which was soon after the Amer
can occupation of the islands, is the
Rev. Homer O, Stuntz, D. D. In the
performance of his duties he has visited
numerous places in the islands, and he
has had abundant opportunity of
knowing whereof he affirms. He re-
Gently wrote, "The abolition of the
canteen has given us more sober
army"
Gen. A, S. Daggett, who has been
forty years In the service, said not long
since that. in the days when the regi-
mental liquor saloons were in vogue,
sit was no unusual thing to find com
pany on inspection with the majority
OF 1tS men unuer Jno influence OF
liquor" He added that if these sa-
looms are re-established they will be ex-
ceedlngly demoralizing to the army.
For every general who has expressed
himself in favor of these army drink
ing places in connection with the regi-
mental post exchanges at least two OF
equal or higher rand and longer and
more varied service can be given who
have declared themselves as utterly OPP
posed to them. Among the latter are
Generals Miles, Shafter, Wheeler, Lud-
low, Boynton, Bliss, Wilcox, Roches-
ter, o. o. Howard and dozen others.
These eminent men unite in saying
that the regimental liqour saloons are
an ever-present temptation to the men
to indulge in the use of intoxicants
that they greatly increase the number
of victims of the drink habit and null.
tiply the number of those who resort to
outside saloons and vile places on pay
days and other days off,"
The announced intention of Senator
Proctor and others to effect, if possible
tee restoration of the law which has
been attended with such evil conse.
/ quences should cause all the real friends
, of the soldiers to be earnest in prayer
add Jealous in effort against this ill-con
sidered purpose. JOHN LIsGINs.
, Ocean City, N. ].