The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-19
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SHALL WE WATCH THE SACRIFICE
OF THE BOYS AT THE FRONT?

Of lF1E BUD AL HE FKOINl?
On the eve of their departure for France $4,000
troops addressed in letter by Major General
John F. Organ as follows:
"Ths letter is personal appeal to your intelligence
and better self to refrain from using liquor any form
throughout the period of your service. The plea
tanned in this letter is based upon principles of scien
tific military management Our job is to whip the
enemy hard and with the least loss to ourselves In
training military machine to do this must eli
inmate backlash rattles and useless loads. We must
have every part healthy and dependable not part de-
fective, diseased or obsolete
"This cannot be if we to permit booze in any
form into our military machine Alcohol, whether you
call it beer, wine whisky or by any other name is
breeder of inefficiency. While it effects diffe-
renty the results the in that all affected
by it cease for the time to be normal Some become
forgetful, others quarrelsome. Some become noisy,
get sick, get sleepy; others have their pas
sions greatly stimulated When you stop to consider
the thousands in division do you not see how vital
to efficiency is the elimination of liquor? How
division of troops be ready-ever up on the bit
to drive ahead thrust back the enemys drive if
through the presence of this fnsdious evil SOL
diers forget their ORDERS become noisy when silence
is essential fall asleep when every faculty should be
alert"
And here is what General Pershing said just before
leaving this country at the laying of the stone
of the Y M. C. A. building at Fort Mckinley:
'"There was time when it natural part OF
soldiers existence to drink and That day is
mast with the soldier sworn to defend his country's
flag and representing the power and dignity OF the ma
ton.
"Strong muscles, clear brains, high ideals in the
soldier increase the fighting efficiency of the Army,
and these qualities of the citizen insure the permanent
CIV of our institutions
"The Army is looked upon representing the COM
mon people from which it springs and the people here
watch our conduct and study the character OF every
one of u.s. This thought should be inspiration to
patriotism to maniness, and to righteousness"
There is no doubt that the military men who are IN
charge of the boys at the Front will take good care that
booze does not destroy the effectiveness of our fight
ing men.
We can trust our men with such leadership-Our
real problem is with the who stays at home
Will he take his part by living the sacrlflcal life
although it seems like mighty small sacrifice to give
p cocktail or glass of beer for the sake of helping
to win the greatest in the history OF the world
Have we the courage to destroy the enemy within
our gates who is stealing away our brafs weakening
our brawn and making fabby the morale OF our ma
tion at time when all forward looking men should be
f;ohtinp to make the world safe for democracy"
If VOL believe that the traffic in Alcohol
does more harm than good--help stop it,
Strengthen America Campaign
trbi advertisement was prepared by Charles stelzle