New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-13
Meet in Salvation Army
Hall and Form an
Association.
PLEDGED TO HELP
FALLEN BROTHERS
Reformed Men Sing Songs Of
Dick Mott" and His CONVEX
sion and Hear Experiences.

Three hundred men who have sam
blythely turned their backs on Demon
Rum & Co met al dinner last night m
Memorial Hall Of the Salvation Army. 80
- West 18Th street TO form The Nation
al United order OF Reformed Boozers ID
one Of their number. Sergeant Major
George Psn. OF the army. sang:
Did YOU ever hear tell N Dick Mott
He was once such allow drunken sol
lie vas always so risky when fun ~ had
whishey
~ which he could drink quite lot.
IL was something he'd never refus---
His feelings you could not abuse.
You could can him iosfer, rum soaking
A. lons as you .av, him hs boozo
lChorus)
Hurrah. hurrsh. he now drinks IL NJ more
lie quit b. forever 20 touch it--no. never.
lIurah. hurrsh. he the pride OF our corps
oGodby 10 bad whiskeS-ht drinks u no more.
or the three hundred former Dick
Motifs. who Joined ia the chorus with a
shout according 10 the blanks they filed
out for Colonel W. \. Mcintyre. who pre-
sided. l16 spent an aggregate OF 81 81, 800
for intoxicating liquor. while the said
they lost s6i5co9 through incspaci;y for
work while drunk.
These figures do not take into consid-
Grafton OF course. the ia from whom
records were not obtained. But here are
some more figures about the statistical
l7e-they have lived a total or 40 years
OF which 40 per cent or 3.23s years were
spent as "souscs."
But last night they sat, row after row
kric CHI yan and
levcl-headcd and subscribed their al
legiance to the constitution OF the order
of Reformed Boozers, which provides:
BY mutual effort 10 promote the moral.
material and spiritual welfare Of the
members 10 seek out in every community
i'm which the organiZat ion operates those
who are known TO be addicted 70 the use
OF alcoholic liquor. and try TO win them
back: TO do all possible 10 advance the
Kingdom of their Master Oh eartn.
The proposed government of The order
calls for an administrative body OF
twelve men. acting under the supervision
OF the Salvation Army, while the mem
bers pledge themselves TO aid in the
reclamation OF drunkards and the re-
storation 10 grace Of any brother WHO
might happen to fall by the wayside.
Beside Colonel Mcintyre. who original
ed the plan, the members Of the Army
who spoke were Major Winchell, Ser
ceant Major Pertain, Colonel Parker,
Mrs. Colonel Mcintyre and James Column
for the ex-boozers. the speakers were
former Captain Reynolds White. OF the
United States Army, who once occupied
cell with Porter Charlton; H. =
Milans and Jacob Stiles, banker OF
Asbury Park who was picked up as he
WAS about 10 commit suicide. about thirty
years aso.
Note-The Tribune representative was
admitted only after agreeing that he
would not pdlnt homes OF any men VINO
have been boozers, without special per-
mission. as such publicity, said Colonei
MCINTYRE. might embarrass them III
their business or with their employers
But there were A lot Of others one oi
whom might be called Johannus Barley
Corn.
81 drank like fish said Johannus.
"I was a roaring, snoring booze tshter'
But if the Atlantic ocean was all Whis-
lkov and got dumped overheard ana mao
"a snend the rest Of my life s"immin
round in it, wouldn't open my gills TO
let single drop get in
Then they all sang another verse aoou'
Dick Mott. This was IL:
lie is now quite a soldier complete.
In IN. barracks as well as the street ..,
Wis head is now level, he hates the OH pe'H'
Who now has TO take q back seat
re foiious the dear old bass drum,
ue savs it's far better than rum.
Hes soundly converted, Old Nick Is oese''eD'
10 longer he calls him his ohum.
This they sang with little hask fu'i OF
a brown liquid that looked Ike "nishey
staring them in the face. But 1t was only
hnrn, surar and water. and it bore the
legend: ,. ~.
"You're a man and I'm bottle, out
we're nightly like each other. Nheh
we're full of booze were useless There
isn.t room in US for anything worth
while