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

1RANt II 80 Itlt'A Tx letter.
Navy Department.
October +. 1&5@.
Capt. {. +. S~trihblin2.
Shperlntenient Naval Academy.
Annapolis. Ad.
81: The department has received
ne reuter- VI Ai1NhlPman--.--.. OF
The 81 instant. forwarded wi5o your
remarks.
The offense 81 Mi1shipman
IS one that merits. AM should receive. !
the punishment specified for THY the
regulations OF the Academy bat IL
consideration Of his solemn pledge
Of future good conduct, and a total
abstinence from Intoxicating drinks
during his pupilaSe Ut the Academy.
the department reluctantly overlooks
his present o~ffense; with this caution,
however, that upon a repetition Of it.
which YOU will Immediately report 20
the department, he Will he s~ummarily
dismissed the service by the Presi-
dent. TO whom his case has been sab
mitred.
You will impress upon the young
gentlemen attached to the Academy.
TO take warning from this case. rs III
future, the Indulgence in Intoxicating
liquors On the part Of any pupil, will
result in his Immediate Dismissal.
A due regard for their own charac-
ter, and that Of the service. of which
they are SO fortunate as To enjoy the
benefits, should lncite every midship-
man to a full observance of the regu-
~lations, and stimulate all to SO i'm
prove the advantages which they en-
some return for them, and ebconfe
useful members of an honorable pro-
fession. This cannot occur unless
they are diliigent, temperate. and
obediate.
The department is much gratified
with your attention TO, and interest
in the morals and intellectual Guilt
walton of those under your charge.
and trusts that it will be duly ap-
preciated and acknowledged by them
This communication will be read e
Midshipman.. ......in the presence
Of the professors and pupils Of thu
= Academy.
am, respectfully. etc.
, JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Acting Secretary Of the Navy
ltron Officers Ships Of War, No. 40
= 2. 500. From May 81, 1858 to Jan
uary Is. 1S54.)
! AS an interesting last chapter
1 showing that Secretary Daniels is fol
= lowing in the footsteps Of Branch an,
Dobbin, two of his illustrious prede
cessors, it may be interesting to re
y print the announcement made from
{ the Navy Department on the fourt1
of April, 1914. which is as follows:
> Secretary Daniels Wine Mess Ordc
4" Secretary Daniels has issued an or
der a~bOliSning the wine mess on boar
all ships and stations in the Unite
States Navy. The order puts into e1
feet the same rule with reference |
intOxicantS in the navy which tn
laws of Congress have imposed on tn
army. The secretary issued this Orde
!; upon the recommendation Of the SUI
II geOn General Of the Navy. The Orde
which goes into effect Oh the first
July, is in these words:
II "The use or introduction for dTlni
~ ing of alcoholic liquors @
board any naval vessel, or within al
navy yard or station, is strictly pr
hibited. and commanding officers w
- be held directly responsible for tt
" enforcement of this order"
"A The above order is substituted /
~ the secretary for Section S27, Nav
Instructions, which is annulled.
In his letter to the Secretary. Il
% Surgeon General, who came to h
present high position directly fro
detail on sea duty as Surgeon OF &
Atlantic Fleet, and who, from his lo1
experience, has had the best oppo
mr. tunity for Judging of the wine mes
m gives convincing reasons why the I'll
~ of excluding intoXicants, which h
an long prevailed as to the enlisted me
SnOUlO De e&Lenueu also 70 the VI
" GERS. Commenting upon the recon
mendation of the Surgeon General
ending the wine mess, Secretary Da
ry iels said:
tic Il am in hearty agreement with t
it views expressed by the Surgeon &c
Wy eral in his paper accompanying t
recommendation. There should 1
he be on s~hipboard, with reference to
Try toxicants, one rule for officers a
IT. another and q different rule for t
0m enlisted personnel. The saddest he
to i'll my official life is when an ofti(
1e- or enlisted man must be punished
intOxicatiOn. During the past week
os has been my painful duty to apprc
a court-martial for dismissal from
{, service of an officer for intoXicati'
I He told me hat he had never taSt
: intoxicating drink until he did SO
| the wine mess on his cruises. Othe
, who have been disciplined for dri1
Ing TO excess have made SINH