New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-08
DRY" MILITIA
0'RYAN'S AIM
In NEW ORDER
Commissioned Officers
Urged 10 Refrain from
Use of Liquor.
SET EXAMPLE TO MEN.
GENERAL ADVISES
Conviyiality and Late Hours Not
Good for Military Efficiency,
II Is Asserted.

II - ASScf tSN.
In general order issued yesterday
Major General John F. Organ urges
commissioned officers to refrain from
the use Of alcoholic liquors as an ex-
ample 10 their men.
The communication. officially known
as Bulletin /, has been ordered by Gem
eral Organ TO be posted for ninety
days in all armories. In the bulletin
General O'Ryen points out that the re
suits obtained az Peekskill in 1914 and
Camp Whitman in 1915, at both Of
which places liquor wa. outlawed, were
beneficial enough to demand a ter
mination of the use of intoxicants by
his men. numbering 10000 strong
$50 unanimous and strong has the
sentiment against the use of liquor in
camp developed among the organiza-
tions affected by the prohibition" reads
the bulletin, that the subject is be-
lieved to be OF sufficient importance
TO publish for the information Of the
division some considerations In sup
port of a continuation and extension
Of the present policy in respect to the
use Of liquor by soldiers.
The decision TO prohibit the use of
liquor, made first at the Infantry
School Of Application in 1918. was not
hot mi oh ha
cesses, nor was the .ction intended as
movement in support OF the moral
aspect of the non-use Of liquor.
Unimpaired Powers Needed.
But it was known that the course
OF instruction was such that the stu
dent officers would require the appiica-
ton of their physical and mental pow
ers unimpaired by distracting convivi-
ality, late hours. digestive disorders
and super stimulation.
at was further realized that the pro-
hibition would furnish opportunity for
practical and substantial development
of military morale, in that il would re-
quire a subordnstion Of animal desires
10 the power of the will. Discipline
being the most important factor IN the
attainment Of military efficiency. and
discipline beng the result % moral as
well as physical training, the rule
against the use OF liquor furnished an
opportunity to test as well as advance
the standards of discipline OF the oifl-
GERS of the school. That our officers at
this and the subsequent schools met
this test in a manner leaving nothing
TO be desired, and that the sentiment
among them is strong in support OF
continued prohibition during the peri
DDS of field service, is most satlsfac-
tory.
an addition to the education and
disciplinary advantages accruing TO the
military service from the non-use OF
liquor by its personnel, there results
a benefit 10 the individual which IS
now authoritatively recognized. ana
concerning which officers OF the line
charged with the physical welfare OF
the men entrusted to them should have
accurate knowledge"
Opportunity for Self-Denial.
General ORyan then quotes extracts
from recent bulletins of the Depart
ment Of Health Of the City OF New
York. concerning the evil effect OF
liouor on the indivdu using 1t. In
closing his remarks on prohibition
General Organ says:
"The state military service now ex.
acts from it's soldiers a high standard
of discipline and vast amount OF
arduous training involving in most
cases great personal sacrifices; Their
interests demand there should be some
substantial recognition by the state
OF their sacrifice and service. But,
while awaiting such legislative recog-
milton by the state. there IS much that
can be done of permanent and immeas-
urable value to the future of our young
men by raising the standards of moral;
physical and mental training applied
TO them. No greater opportunity IN
4. this regard exists at the present ume
precept and example. TO inculcate IN
The minds Of their men an intelligent
knowledge OF the subject OF this bul-
letin. looking to their own seit-interest'
and 70 spread among them a high con-
ception of the underlying principle OF
military service selfdenial.'