Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-06

March 80, 1906. business melting of
VIC. T. U. was we'll attended and
interest good An instructive lesson
on o ganizing a society was given
by Mrs. Hildreth in parliamentary
form. The regular course, as planned
for in Parliamentary drill, was post
poned until the middle of September
when Mrs. Hi dreth expects to return
to Grants Pass. Mrs. Jennie Chesh-
ire. assisted by Mrs. Berry, will take
charge of few meetings beginning
April IS. Practical work will be
carefully rehearsed. You are invited
to bring your copy of "Roberts Rules
of Order" and join the study for
mutual good.
In the Oregon Observer of March
2S was an editorial. unjust, not only
to the W. @. I. T., but to the United
States congress who passed the Anti
Canteen Law, and to the good men
and women who, having studied well
into the matter saw the dreadful con-
sequences following the beer csnteen
in the army and worked to rid the
country of this dreadful blot upon her
honor. Surely the writer is grossly
ignorant of conditions as they are now
and and as they we're before the re-
moval Of the oanteen. or is well paid
for upholding the liquor traffic.
However that may be, let as see what
some competent from experience TO
Judge, have to say in this matter
Chaplain Orville j. Nave, with 2S
years experience in the U. S. Army,
says; During IA years study of the
canteen, at various posts and under
many different msnagements, in all
of which l faithfully kept myself in.
formed as to the methods Of admins.
tration, l never but once saw regu.
lated csnteen and then for period of
about three mouths only, by an officer
who did not ielieve in canteers. but
being temporarily in command per-
nitted the existing enc to continue
He did net open the canteen till after
guard mounting in t. e morning and
closed it at | in the afternoon, re.
opened at 6 and closed it at 8 O'Clock
The safe rule for our army now aud
for all the future, is the encourage.
ment by every possible means of the
practice of total abstinence flom the
uss of Intoxicating liquor
Col. p. L. Ray, Fo rth Iufantry,
says in part IN a very interesting
article: Experience has proved to
me that the drinking saloon under
whatever name is meuance to disci.
pline aud efficiency. The army where
the highest degress of disci pline is
supposed to be enforced can ill afford
10 place a lower standard before its
soldiers than that fixed by corpora
tions and individuals employing large
numbers Of men. With but few ex-
ceptions, have found the canteen to
be place resorted to by the dissolute
and worthless, for the sol, purpose
Of getting drank, especially when ont
Of money ,and unable to obtain credit
elsewhere. A large per cent of re-
cruits are young men who come into
the service with habits uniformed,
aud the habits formed during the
three years will, in all probability
last through life. While we cannot
eradicate drinking 10 the army we Can
control it by other methods than by
competing with the nearby dive IN
endeavoring to get no Of the. sol.
dier's money first. We can refuse to
accept drinking men into the service
and discharge such as are already il
the army.
From Mrs. Clinton Smith, the
president Of the W. @. I. U. Of the
District of Columbia, We have the fol
lowing Recruiting papers state that
none but temperance men are wanted
The mothers OF such men feel that
they have word to say as to theil
treatment. If they are temperate
when they enlist they want them tt
remain so. Who knows so well what
is good or them as the mothers wb,
have reared them? 1t is time for ui
to agitate as to the examples set by
their officers. No drinking man il
worthy to command an army post
One among the best things | hav,
seen on the canteen is an article by
Rev. G. W. Stephenson, Adrian
Mich few lines of which follow
lone Of two things will happen
Either the canteen must go, and u
forever, or the army will dwindle t
inefficiency, and will be deprived o.
the moral support of the best citizens
The establishment OF tile canteeI
may then prove the best method fol
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