The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-07-09
UNITED STATES NAVY
IS NOT ONLY DRY ONE
Russia apd Japan Had Barred
Drink Before Daniels Act
ed Britain Is Next.

How many teetotal navies are there
IN the world-naYtes from which the
grog-tub" has been banished, and the
orrioers' wine bin, too7 asks the London
Daily Graphic.
Probably not one person in 100 knows
tne correct answer to this little Ques-
ton, which Is made interesting by the
recent announcement that all United
states bluetackets and naval officers
9ke henceforth to be total abstainers.
~ the United States navy be included,
the actual number OF teetotal navies in
the world Is three; the other two are
the 1eets or Russia and Japan.
And In few years time the British
navy may make the fourth. Any Eng
nsnman who hazard such q prophecy
~ years ago would have been asking
Tor trouble, but the immense progress
or temperance principles both In the
MaFdroom and between decks during
tns last decade, has made the prospect
o. blue ribbon" British navy any
thing but an impossibility. Indeed.
theFe are already two "abolitionist"
SHIPS under the white ensign; neither
the Niobe nor the Rainbow, which have
been lent to Canada, could muster tot
OF rum between them. &. En-.
The modern tendency was strikingly
indicated only last year by the first lord
OF the admiralty himself When the
teetotallerB In the NAVY had at last
growP to a respectable percentage OF
every ships company, the abstainer
was not required to draw his tot, and
Opposite his name was placed the letter
4. Last year Mr.. Churchill reversed
the plan, and threw the onus OF draw
ing the grog upon the man WHO wanted
IT. II was he who was made con-
spicuouB by the addiNen Of the letter
@ to his name, and not the abstainef
who was inferentially regarded as the
=
In lieu OF the groE each abstainer
dreTs 9-16 Of a penny, per day, and eff
forts are being made by highly placed
ofricers to persuade parliament 70 in
crease this allowance to one penny.
When the suggestion was put forward
IN the house, e few months ago, DR.:
Mcnamara said the extra 7-16d asked
for would cost the admiralty an addi-
tionai $4,000 or 100000 per annum.
No better proof Of the advance OF tenn
perance In the navy could be adduced
and 1t IL only Just to acknowledge that
tse Improvement Is in large measure
due to the splendid work conducted by
Miss Agnes Weston.
There Is distinct limit to the size
OF a British naval officers wine bill;
but that limit Is not 4 hard-and- fast
one throughout the service. The
amount which subordinate officers
drink Us In the absolute discretion Of
pressed his Views upon the subject, Il
ls not generally wise for a lieutenant
to deEaonstrate difference Of opinion.
OF the army, a similar story has to
be told. The Royal Army Temperance
association-whlch haE been working
In India for so years, and in this coun-
try for 10 Xears-has a membership at
home and abroad Of $4,000 men. Fifty
eight thousand OF these are total abb
stainers, the other 1000 being pledged
20 discourage excessive drinking. That
the value OF the associations work is
appreciated by the government is
shown by the grant 'of E750 which II
made every year for the work at home,
and the payment OF eight annas per
day by the government OF India for
every teetotal Tommy In Its services.
Only last October Lieut.. Gen. Sir
Reginald Hart, commander In chief in
South Africa, prophesied that within SO
years canteens would be abolished with
the consent of the private soldier.
The principal obstacle In the way or
the work at home stations Is the abb
sence Of q special room In which the
teetotal soldiers can meet. Every sta
ton in India is furnished with sep
arate club room and coffee bar for itS
total abstainers.