Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-08
UNITED STATES NAVY
IS NOT ONLY DRY ONE
Russia and Japan Had Barred
Drink Before Daniels Act
ed-BritAin Is Next.

How many tee,otal navies are there
IN the world-navies from which N,c
"Erog-tuh" has been banishe6. and Nse
oilicers wine bill. too" asks the London
Daily Graphic.
probably not one person in 100 knows
vile correct answer to this little oUeS-
tlon. which is made interesttng by the
recent announcement that all United
states b~luetackets and nava officers
are henceforth 10 be total abstainers,
!! the United States navy be included,
tne actual number OF teetotal naVieS in
tne world is three; the other TWO are
tae fleets of Russia and Japan.
II IN a few years time the British
navy may make the fourth. ANY Eng
ilshman who hazard such a prophecy
81 Years s would hav been asking
TOT trouble. but the immense
of temperance principles, both in the
wardroon and between decks during
the last decade. has made the prospect
of a blue ribbon" British navy any
thing but an impossibiity. Indeed,
mere are already two abolitionist'
ships under the white ensign; neither
!he Nlobe nor the Rainbow, which have
been lent to Canada. could muster a tot
OF rum between them.
Inc modern tendency was strikingly
indicated only last year by the first lord
OF the admiralty himself. When the
teetotallers in the navy had at last
80 respectable ercehtaSe OF
every ships company, the abstainer
was not required to draw his tot, and
opposite his name was placed the letter
!. Last ear Mr.. Churchill reversed
the plan. and threw the. onus Of draw
ing the grog upon the man who wanted
u, 1t was he who was made con-
spicuous by the addition OF the letter
6 to his NAME. and not the abstainer.
VINO was theoretically regarded as the
normal member of the ships
In lieu OF the grog each abstainer
crews 9-16 Of a penny per day, and eff
1orts are being made by highly placed
oIiicers to persuade parliament to in
When the suggestion was put onward
IN the house. a few months ago, DR..
Mcnamara said the extra 7-16d asked
Tor would cost the admiralty an addi-
tional f25. 900 or 100000 per n u
NO better proof OF the advance of tenn
perance In the navy could be adduced
and 1t Is only just to acknowledge that
the Improvement is in a large measure
due to h splendid work conducted by
Miss Agnes Weston.
There is a distinct limit to the size
OF a British naval officers wine bill;
but that limit is not a hard-and-fast
m throughout the service. The
amount which subordinate officers
drink is in the absolute discretion of
the captain, n but once he has ex-
pressed his views upon the subject, it
is not generally wise for a lieutenant
to demonstrate a difference Of opinion.
OF the army. a similar story has to
be told. The Royal Army Temperance
association-which has been working
IN India for so years. and in this coun-
try for 10 years-has a membership at
home and abroad of SO, 900 men. Fifty
eight thousand of these are total alb
stainers, the other 1000 being pledged
to discourage excessive drinking. That
the value of the association's work is
appreciated by the government is
shown by the grant of ESQ which is
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 Of
the work at home stations Is the abb
ence of a special room in which the
teetotal soldiers can meet. Every sta
ton in India is furnished with q sep
arate club room and coffee bar for Its
total ahafainora-