New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-01
NAVY Lid GOES ON,
FULL OF SPICOTS
"Grape Juice" Order Now
a Law, Tempered by
EvaSiOnS.
EACH SHIP A SAHARA;
STATEROOMS, GASES
Wine Mess Really Abolished as
Per Daniels, but OfhcerS
DEFY Army Taunts.

Secretary Josephus Daniels's famous
",,rone Juice" order went into eHeo'
,,ifb tho last stroke OF midnight
Ar that identical moment the nav
,hnoreticallv and officially went airy.
THE use or introduction OF llquol 80
limiting purposes" on board every snip
of the navy ceased. -, Mr.
Rut at the very moment "nen
Daniels and that other eminent auNo.
cate of grape juice, ". j. Bryan 49,
discriminating each other that there
was not an oasis IN the eh'lio
the true situation was TINS: .o,,-
To-day it is just as hard lot oor, IN
,,;se;oncd officer TO get drink on
InarL a limited States battleshlp as !"
;s ~ ret a drink in Manhattan on sun
dav That's how dry our navy rs Is as
Jcn read this: that's how dry II VIII De
lc.morrow. and the day after tha'' anu
the dav after that, and so on
Naval officers have made GOOD use Oh
.bo three months they have had 10
,hink over MIR. Daniels's prohibition
propaganda. Army officers have sunni.
iatnd their brains TO feverish activity
hy their unfeeling laughter ana Dy
their merry jests on matter "nI0n
the navy regarded about as funny aS
After endless discussion the commits
e,oned officers Of the navy have tacl'ly
agreed upon this course OF action
Every Officer His Own Judge
The Crane Juice order will be CON
formed with TO the extent Of abolish
INC tbo wine messes Each officer Will
tcen i'm his own room such an assort-
,nent OF liquors as his particular fancy
dctates. and he will consume them at
such times and in such quantities as ne
Outwardly the order of the Secre-
+orv will be strictly complied with; IN
reality it will be treated as non-eXist-
ont The navy considers it ridiculous
and the navy has decided that private
Locker system will be no violation oil
navy regulation and IS not TO be con-
sidered as such by them.
AZ the order throws the onus or It's
enforcement entirely upon the COM
handing officers, other commissioned
officers under them have agreed nov
to "put it up TO the captains VOC VOC
strongly. In other words. they VIII
Keen and consume their liquor Just as
uqual hut pains will be taken to make
- co unobtrusivo that commanding ON
Gers need not know it officially.
viii not be etiquette for the executive
officer to say to the captain: Nv ont
YOU drop in my room and have little
snifter?' -,
If the captain chooses to have his
own locker, it's nobody's business but
his own.
The officers of the navy yard here
we're i'm peevish humor yesterday. III
was not because they feared any en-
forced stay on the wagon. 1t was oe-
cause of a letter which certain army
officers. with a cruel sense OF humor;
have collaborated on at the oiflcers
club at West Point and sent to them
i'm a mourning envelope with Dor
der of black nearly half an men deep.
Not for the world would the navy
men admit that this letter Of con-
dolencc had got their goat" or any
little thing like that. ooh, yes, they
could see the joke all right, but they
would all only contribute the small
matter of years pay TO wish Dan
ics on them for a while
sympathy" from West Point.
The letter. in part, read:
"The officers mess at West Point,
feeling the deepest sympathy for their
brother officers in the naval service at
this time, and wishing to show ma
tcrial proof Of their genuine sympa-
thy, have furnished and set apart a
room at the officers club here for the
sole use of any commissioned officers
Of the navy visiting us.
Access TO this room may be had by
secret starways and will be carefully
guarded. and any naval officer is as
sured that he may slip up to It and
imbibe i'm il "a safely and with as
little difficulty as ne had In securing
room and drinks at tho Carvel Hall in
academy days
The letter went on TO say that, OF
course, only grape Juice, lemonade and
similar beverages could be served navy
officers in the card and reception
rooms; also, that beds would be placed
adjacent TO the navy drinking room,
where tho visiting officers could com
pose themselves and recover from the
"stupcfying effects" of a single cock
tail or highball. Trusted attendants
would also be supplied by these gen
.crous army officers 10 trensfer the
navy contingent from chair to bed.
"Will YOU get back at them? ~ asked
the reporter.
GLOW can WEI" replied the officer
who had told Of the letter. "But Il
might possibly be interesting TO ask
them what happened to their baseball
teams the nights after they played the
annual games at Annapolis. Yes, put
that up TO them
Secretary Daniels gave the officers Of
the navy until midnight last night to
dispose Of all their stock Of liquor in
tho wine messes. BY working overtime
last night on board many Of the bat
'leships tho officers in most cases man.
aged 10 comply. Wherever the Stars
and Stripes foated over a navy ship
last night il was big night, and
across many seas this lifting chorus
ng ht be heard:
Bah. Bah. BAH"
We're gentlemen sailors from over The lee.
Wound tonight On a Navy spree.
lord have pity on Daniels and We.
Eaht bah, bah
The ,,.q sung on board every shin.