New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
FIGHTS LIQUOR In NAVY
IL e. T. T.. Takes Up Question OF
Scrr;no Drinks on the st. LOUIS.

49,. osscis1 comment OF the Controller
Of the Treasury in Washington on tne -.
nartments request that a bill Ior sl'' t01
iiouors and cigars be audited the attention OF W i
. ,-,,-5s,;s, Tenperance Union has been
,,a ., -he visit of the St Louis to Rio de Jahelio
and the entertainment on board OF iOreiSn JIM
IN Julv T. The Controller disaioWeo Nhe D--' W
made some caustic comment when ths SeSieLs'i
of the Navy pointed out that similar Claims Iidu
been passed insisting that such action on the part
of his Predecessor was without authority OF law
When Mrs Emile D. Martin superintendent 1or
the promotion purity IN literature ana art reao
the Washington dispatch in The tribune TINS
morning she called the attention of Mrs. Lillian
NJ X stevens of Portland Ne. the worlds vice
president and president Of the United states
Wornan's Christian Temperance Union, to the serV-
ing of wines and liquors the Harship in the
following telegram:
Mrs Lillian NJ n Stevens. Portland, Me.
St Louis visited Rio Janeiro July 4 Entertained
fo- use wines. liquors and cigars ControlleI Butler
refused payment. EMILE D. MARTIN
Mrs. Martin at her home in the Wollaston, at
Broadway and 5stll street said yesterday
that the Womans Christian Temperance Union re-
cards the serving of wines and liquors board a
United States ship in the same light as a similar
practice in an army post and intimated that Wash
fnstoa might soon hear from this matter Mrs
Martin said that the ST Louis incident would he
brought the attention of the national officers OF
the union by Mrs Stevens The usual procedure
would be for her inform the state presidents or
the action OF The Controller Of the Treasury, and
they in turn might carry the matter down to the
county presidents in which the attention or
55oe5 unions would be called to what members OF
the union regard a serious breach OF the law
passed several years ago at their request.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mrs Martin said. never puts its hand 10 the
plough as it did in this case. and then turns back
Any retrograde movement in the Use OF liquor IN
no al n
noticed Every member Of the union, now that
There is law prohibiting this practice. is working
TO see that repealed, and Il II is broken an
appeal VIII made for its enforcement
When President Mckinley signed the canteen bill
the War Department issued this order:
The sale of or dealing in beer. vine intoxi-
or canteeu or army transport, upon any pre1ni-
sss used for mah % ecresrx by sg OF war is
hereby directed to carry the provisions OF this
section into full force and effect
Mrs Martin said that the woman's Christian
Temperance Union regards the law as applying
equally TO the navy well as to the army. To
take the place OF the entertainment formerly al
forded by the canteen. the union obtained an
appropriation IN 1862 of A.ocoo for the construc-
tion Of places for the recreation OF the soldiers
an sailors. The following year half this sum was
added in another appropriation. Because Of this
ihe union feels that sufficient provision has been
made for the entertainment Of both enlisted men
and officers. and regards the expenditure Of any
sum for liquor wines and cigars aside from being
violation OF the law, they read il, as unneces-
sary.
Mrs. Martin Gid not TO say what action she
tbo,lght the union would take in the St Louis
matter, but she clearly indicated that il would not
he SLOWED to drop The officers Of the union. it
is understood have felt for time that liquor
and wine were being served the ships, but ii
not often that record OF Il becomes public,
giving them opportunity to protest