The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-11
NOLIQUOR W ILL Be SOLD THEM
Commander Moffett With Consent and
Approval Of Mayor and Chief Of Po-
lice Sends Representatives of the
Navy for Service in Kenosha.

Eleven men from the United States
navy, every one of them enlisted for
the service of the government, are 60
ing to patrol the streets of Kenosha
tonight and Sunday. Acting with the
consent and approval of Mayor Pfen-
mig and Chief of Police Owen O'Hare,
Commander Moffett has detailed these
men from the training station at Gr&at
Lakes for duty in Kenosha. They
come to carry out the expressed policy
of Commander Moffett in regard to
boys from the training station making
a hangout of Kenosha saloons or Sc
curing liquor in such places. The
petty officer in charge of the patrol is
United States marshal vested with
all possible authority to enforce laws
relating to the sale of liquor to enlist
ed men, This patrol will have nothing
to do with the enforcement of the civil
ordinances of Kenosha. They come
simply to guard the men from the sta
ton and see to it that they do not
enter saloons while in uniform. 1t is
expected that the patrol will be sent
to Kenosha for an indefinite period.
''We are glad to have this CO.
operation on the part of Commandant
Moffet.'' laid the chief of police in
discussing the new plan. '"|The men
will know that their own officers are
here to see that they do not go into
saloons and the saloon men will known
that a United States marshal is on the
job to see that they do not violate the
law or the navy regulations by selling
liquor to enlisted men. It is an ex-
cellent solution of a problem which
confronted both the saloons and the
police department.
The letter from Commander Moffett
to Mayor Pfennig in which the plan
for the patrol from the station is
outlined, is as follows:
Dear Sir:-Owing to the fact that
the saloons in Waukegan and North
Chicago will be closed after Monday,
the first Of May, it is possible that
some of the recruits from this United
States Naval Training school will go
to Kenosha to obtain liquor
1t is my desire to cooperate with
you and the chief of police and the
patriotic people of Kenosha in carry
ing out the law forbidding the furnish
ing of liquor to minors, and in gen
eral, in preventing drinking by the
young men under training at this sta
ton, during the formative period of
their lives, for the defense of their
country. I would, however, remind
you that these young men who are
now part of the enlisted force of the
navy have only been in the naval
service for few weeks or a. few
months at the most, and really repre-
sent the youth of the middle west,
All enlisted men are forbidden to en-
ter saloons in uniform. With a view
to enforcing this order it is my desire
to send to Kenosha on Saturdays and
Sundays a patrol of ten recruits, in
charge of chief petty officer, who
will patrol the city to prevent recruits
entering saloons and obtaining liquors,
either from the saloons or from boot
leggers. I request your cooperation
and that of the chief of police in this
endeavor. 1t may be added that the
chief petty officer in charge is special
deputy United States marshal, having
the necessary authority to arrest per-
sons violating the United States laws
in regard to the sale of liquor.
Very truly yours,
w. A. Moffett,
Commander LII. S. Navy.