The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-11
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In convention assembled, the Span.
ish war veterans lately went on rec
ORD as being opposed to the re-estab.
llshment OF the canteen as a portion
OF our military machinery. Having
lodged its evil influence for a time.
and landed safely in civil life, they
nave no desire to see soldiers of the
future subjected to the temptation of
the demon rum or Schlitzenheuser's
peer, as a part of their daily walk in
lie. That is a fine line of logic If it
We're voiced at an old woman's tea.
but 1t sounds strange as coming from
men who have been part of the pomp
and panolpy of a True, some Of
the veterans included saw no more of
the horrors of war than might be
gained from the more or less COM
Portable (mostly less, accepted it from
said Vets) camps within the United
States. with never a Spaniard or Fill
plno to Shoot at. or to reply in kind.
But most of them know more than
that, and all had service enough to
teach the powers of an able-bodied
journeyman thirst.
Therefore, like other men of the
service, they know that the c%anteen's
adjustment took from the soldier
such comparatively harmless stimu-
lants as beer and light wines, the only
liquors handled in %canteens or post
exchanges. and replaced them with q
brand of forty rod. guzzled in dives
around military reservations. or ped
died by unprincipled camp followers.
They know that the same influence is
directly blamed by officers for in
creased numbers of assertions, for
breaches of discipline, and unspeak-
able diseases which were less prob
able in the old days when a fighting
man could bowl up in a safe and sane
fashion in his own cantonments, in
stead of going out, over-staying his
pass. and going the limit as far as
money will allow. There are other
reasons why the canteen should be
restored, such as giving the soldiers q
share in the profits CLEANED from the
money spent for wet goods, thus i'm
proving the frugal fare. but the ones
mentioned are enough, and the prin.
cipal ones
Mr.. kipling said something when
he remarked that Single men in bar
racks won't grow into plaster saints"
and the old women in congress and
out who abolished the canteen, know
something less of army life than the
English author or our army officers.
The truth is that these old women
thought. and succeeded in making q
bad matter a lot worse. And there are
plenty of old women in congress still,
despite the lack of equal suffrage in
national affairs: worthy old women.
no doubt. but with vast ignorance Of
army affairs and the red corpuscle.
Therefore. even without these reso-
buttons, the chances of the canteen in
coming back. look more slender than
those of Jeffries before Reno.
But an explanation or a chart Of
the Spanish veterans action is due,
and. as they failed to furnish it. we
suggest this answer: These men Of
the blue and khaki are henpecked;
they who fought Spaniards to a fraz-
zie before Santiago. and pushed Ag-
uinaldo and his followers across
Luzon. have had time to marry and
settle down. and. their enlistment
being expired. they don't wish to enter
another campaign which might last
longer; the old women. in congress
and out. have an ally in the young
women who are tanning or have tanned
the Youngsters who remembered the
Maine
Mabel Gilman, however. got a pref,
ty good salary for the time she work.
ed.
If President Taft is reelected. it IL
safe to say it isn't going to be on
reform ticket.
Admiral Togo has gone to Canada
and it is to be hoped the Canadians
won't feed him as we'll as the Ameri.
cans did.
England solved its labor trouble
easily. but no one has yet arisen in
that land equal to conquering the suf-
fragettes.
Are the Kentucky feuds taking a
vacation. or is it the war correspond
ents who are laying off for cooler
weather?
President Taft's new horse is NAM
ed "Reciprocity." Does the president
live up to the name and carry the
horse OrcaSiOnallv2