The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-01
The ADVERTISERS SBMI-WEEKLY
Clean and Sober

Ii
~ of the BOYS on the border have reports the
Literary Digest, prompted the editor of The Ad-
vance congregational, Chicago) to try to find out
lust what the facts really And what he learns
encourages him. for he finds that in morals our
militiamen along the Rio Grande have established
a notable record which sets standard tor the
military operations OF the future. In the first
place, we are told
When the soldiers were ordered to the frontier Of
Mexico all forms of evil proceeded to camp on thet
trail saloons and houses Of prostitution saw what
they thought their opportunity to prey on these
boys, who away from home, freed from the re-
sraints ordinary convention, and with their wages
to spend In places and to degree they hav"
succeeded, as such agencies always succeed in some
measure where like conditions prevail he wh"
reads that remarkably realistic little book ''The Back
wash Of the War" and will turn to the chapter en-
titled ''Wivps and Women will have some food for
thought boys the border of Mexico have spent
this and autumn in camp, and that not ideal
for young men moving army is healthy army;
an army in camp is subject to temptation, homesiek-
ness and disease. Kpling long ago proclaimed to the
world that "single men in barracks don't turn into
plaster saints
But this situation, we read in The Advance. has
been we'll met in the New York division, Gen
eral O RYAN positively forbade all use OF ntoxcat-
ling liquor and himself set the example. He also
forbade all parOnizng Of immoral resorts. For
information as to results, The Advance quotes
from an editorial in that interesting paper, The
Rio Grande Rattler-"P Published Weekly at Odd
Places in Texas. by the New York Division, Unit
ed States Army" The editorial is entitled
Booze and Its By-Products":
n it was necessary justify the issuance of this
order, which may have regarded as nterfer ng
with their personal right to take eyeopener and
night.cap two, the sick reports have justified it.
| The division commander knew that. He issued the
order, the military police less closed up the
saloons and what is important, the men obeyed
the order because they soldiers and the health
of the division is better than that of the regular troops
who have had about six times much border expe'
i rience. but who are permitted to drink
j The order against patronzing the hannts of vice
has had equally good results, and the health re
ports show enormous improvement since thu
BOYS came under military rule
In addition this, the conduct of the has been
better because of this order Summary court records
that threequarters of the brought before
those courts had their inception in violation of the
liquor prohibition.
But the best part of it all is that the obeyed
the order not because they were threatened with dis
ciplnarv action they dsobeyed but because they
played the game like trained soldiers They Obeyed
because 'ordprs is Orders' There have been
offenders but eighty per cent. of them, by official
count, rockies who enlisted after April l, 1915,
and who did not appreciate what was expected of sol
diers officers, and men who belong to the New York
Division.
This is a real record 1t is what the general refers
to when he says have been making history in
greater than any of appreciate at this time
We have demonstrated that United States soldiers
live three months in camp without losing
than they would lose in three months of fighting
In the Advances judgement this is remarkabl
jreCOrd, and one that all Americans ought to know
1t concludes:
"Where our soldiers are kept from liquor an
bad women they live healthy and clean lives. w
Ibelieve only that the record here recorded is
notable one, but that it sets a standard for tn
military operations OF the future. The men VIII
are to win the battles of coming days to b
sober and Clean