The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-20
Not Only Against Rules for Naval Men 10 Drink ii-
 quor, but People Must
 Not Give it to Them. |.
ISSUE CIRCULAR LETTER
Admiral FuIlam Advises All Under His Command and Asks for Wide
 Publicity of Order.

People who still have any left over liquor in this land which is supposed to be bone dry, and which is fast becoming in fact as we'll as theory. must have care not to- give any of 1t to officers or men of the United States Navy. [ ia.4a
 Rear Admiral Fullam, commanding Division No. Two, United States Pa. cific Fleet, has issued a circular let ter, dated September 5, to Com manding Officers of all ships in his Division, the Commandments, of the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Four. teenth Naval Districts, and the Com. manding Officers of all Naval Sta. tions on the Pacific Coast, calling to the "serious attention of all off cers and enlisted men of the NavS and of the people at large" to the General Order of the Navy Depart ment, prohibiting the use of liquor or it's sale or gift to men of the Navy.
 Capt, J. J. O'Donnell, commanding SubchaserA No 309, has received a copy of the letter, and duly posted it.
 Admiral Fullam's circular letter says: ,1
 l. The serious attention of all officers and enlisted men of the Navy, and of the people at large, is called to the very strict reauire- ments of the most recent order con. cerning the use of intoxicating li- quOr in the Navy. st C. s
 Z. In addition to regulations pre- yiously issued covering restricted zones around naval camps and sta tions. the Secretary of the Navy has promulgated the following Gen. eral Order prohibiting the selling or serving of intoxicating liquor to officers and enlisted men of the Ma val Service at any place or at any time:
 Outside of said zones alcoholic liquor, including beer, ale, and wine, either alone or with any other arti cle, shall not, directly or indirectly, be sold, bartered, given, served, or knowingly delivered to any officer or member of the Naval forces with. in the United States, their Territor- ies or possessions, or any place un- der their control, except when ad ministered for medical purposes by or under the direction of regularly licensed physician or medical officer of the United States"
 3. The meaning and the scope of this General Order are perfectly plain and it is the manifest duty of all officers and enlisted men to strict ly observe the spirit as well as the letter of it's requirements.
 A.. It is, furthermore, the. duty of all persons in civil life at all times and in all places to Loyalty comply with the evident purposes of this order, and no officer or man in the Naval service should under any cir. cumstances place a. civilian in { the position of violating a regulation that emanates from the highest. au- thority. There is an added obliga- tion to Loyalty comply with an order of this kind in time of war. The Navy Department has directed that this matter be given the widest pub licity. ft,
 5. This circular letter will be pub lished and permanently posted on board ship and at all Naval stations on the Pacific Coast, and Command. ants will request that 1t be publish, ed by the principal newspapers in the vicinity of their commands.
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