The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-23

braWlS, which include ILL
temper, insult n duelling, betWeen
brother officers. He recommends that
enact into law a provision
f~orbidding the issue Of the spirit ration |
to mldShipmen, and is of the opinion |
that In a state Of things ike this.
parents would be encouraged to resign !
the control Of their sons. at a period
when their morals and habits most
demand surveillance by placing them
In q service where, by the laws and
vigorous enforcement of them, their
moral safety was not e~quivocally pro-
vided for"
Pithy Phrases Abound.
DR.. Harris divided his discourse into
firstly, secondly, thirdly, lastly, re-
morals; health; discipline; and a dis
cussion Of the expediency Of contin-
| uing the spirit ration for m~idshipmen.
The report is filled with pithy
phrases that cling to the memory:
arguments to prove that an intox-
icated man is temporarily deprived Of
the full exercise of his reason would
be SuperhuOus. The real distinction
the character of ma is his reason
The morality of a gentleman suf-
fers Il deep wound by a single act Of
i~ntoxication."
Repeated acts of intoxicatiOn lever
fail to bring contempt o h sufferer"
SpAlllS i III u1th "
excess the faculties of the mind be
come seriously o~btunded.'
Free drinkers are much more sub
| sect to disease than the abstemiOus."
The practice Of issuing distilled
spirits TO midshipment is not attended
with a single advantage. On the on
trary, the tendency of such Il practice
is to encrvate their bodies"
"Of all the ills which are caused by
spirltuous liquors none are so terrible
or SO we'll calculated to excite nc
tons of horror, as that of spontaneous
combustion. Numerous cases Of this
/ character are to be found i'll the rec
| Ords of medicine"
THE effect of drinking ardent spir.
its on the character and discipline OF
= the navy are generally admitted to be
= injurious"
"If ardent spirits make one individ,
= ual gay, a second gloomy, a third tao,
turn, a fourth garrulous, a fifth ami
$ cable, and q sixth quarrelsome, i
could be scarcely expected that har
/, mony should prevail"
o "An Incorporate midshipnan viii
: not become a temperate lieutenant O
1 captain"
THE advantage accruing to the ma
e ton would be inestimable, if this vic
could bew holly eradicated from thi
q great arm Of national Defence"
y 1T is, indeed, generally admitte,
: by experienced officers, both of thi
q country n Europe, that water drink
ers are not only the most worthy @
confidence, but the most subordinate
d the most healthy, and the most ca
pable Of enduring the varied expos
ures Of q military life"
ST Those who would preserve tn
&c health and temperate habits of GU
youth hoh withhold from thel
every species Of intoxicating liquor
,p AS q result Of Secretary job
~ Branch'S recommendation, made afte
= investigation Of the effect of the giN
ing of distilled spirits as a ration, tt
- practice vas ended.
&c 1t is q far cry across the COuntl
from Barton to BREASTED, patriot
lie gentlemen, whose plan n purpose
- is TO guide our great and gallant nay
from the Impotence, discomfort ar
- evil that are the certain results of IL
use of spirituous liquor, but the G.
lie rings clear and true through the fou
a score years and forty Congresses, fro
" Jackson to Wilson, from Branch
p Daniels. Body, mine and soul are d
ce stroyed by the Spirit of Wine"
or What is more true than Cassie
lot soliloquy:
IL Drunk? and speak parrot?
e. and suuabDle? Swagger? swear
Is and discourse fustian with ones
NY shadow? oh thou invisible Spirit
of Wine, II thou mast no name 10
SO be known by, let us call thee
DEVIL"
Of jefferson Davis Signed Order.
sc, Secretary Dobhin was determin
that midshipmen at Annapolis shot
its observe total abstinence. During
bly, administration, there was an lnfra
ton Of THAR ule, and he directed tt
his the authorities at Annapolis ShoI
ity enforce it and that any further
ich fraction should be followed by d
missal from the Academy. In the
in days, in the temporary absence Of t
to Secretary OF the Navy, he ord
$ emanating from the Navy Depa
lis ment. were signed by the Secreta
silly of War as Acting Secretary of
the Navy. 1t happened in this case Il
the policy OF the Navy DEPARTING
be determined by Dobbin, was express
uld by Jefferson Davis, afterwards Pre-
dent of the southern COn1edera
in who was at tina time Secretary