Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
Enforce Dry LdlD,
Is Federal Edict
Continued From Pare One

Continued From PaEe One
September is the more conservative
guess.
Approximately 100000 men must be
discharged. nearly 500 900 of whom
are in France. II will require at least
six weeks to complete the transporta'
ton of emergency men. but demobili-
zstion will follow quickly the arrival of
the transports in American ports.
Doubtless no such important law ever
went into effect with questions as to
its enforcement in such a muddled state.
The Presidents statement of Satur-
day gave rise TO hopes for suspension
of the wartime dry act before constitu- =
tional prohibition becomes effective next
January, but it set at rest all doubts
as to the statutory law going into oper-
alton tomorrow.
Medicinal Sale Restricted
Stringent regulations governing the
sale of alcohol for medicinal purposes
were issued today by the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue.
Physicians may prescribe wines and
liquors for internal uses, or alcohol for
external uses the regulations said,
but in every such case each prescrip-
ton shall be in duplicate and both copies
be signed in the physicians s handwrit
ing. The quantity prescribed for a
single patient at given time shall
not exceed one quart. In no case shall
physician prescribe alcoholic liquors
unless the patient is under his constant
personal superyision.
"All prescriptions shall indicate
clearly the names and address of the
patient, including street and apartment
number, if any. the date when written,
the condition or illness for which pre-
scribed and the name of the pharmacist
to whom the prescription is to be pre-
sented for filing
Similar detailed restrictions on the
sale of alcohol by drug stores were
promulgated. All prescriptions must
be preserved and once month list of
physicians prescribing alcohol, the
names of the patients and the total
quantity dispensed to each patient
during the month must be transmitted
to the collector of internal revenue.
Pharmacists Are Warned
Pharmacists were advised to refuse
to fill prescriptions If they had reason
to believe that physicians were dis
pensing for other than strictly legiti-
mate medicinal uses or that n patient
was obtaining through several physi-
clans quantities in excess of the normal
amount.
Liquor dealers. wholesale and retail.
having stocks on hand may sell to
pharmacists holding permits until the
present stocks are exhausted.
Alcohol for internal use must pay
the tax of S6.40 a gallon while alcohol
medicatcd to render it unfit for beverage
use will be taxed at $500.
Wine used for sacramental purposes
may continue to be made in quantities
not exceeding 1000 gallons, If produc-
ton and distribution are entirely under
clerical supervision. 1t must pay the
usual tax. Collectors were ordered to
investigate carefully and report fully to
the commissioner any complaints that
existing regulations were inappliCable
to the established procedure of any
recognized religious body.
Announcing that the Department Of
Justice has exclusive jurisdiction to en- :
force prohibition. the regulations said {:
"When internal revenue officers be-
come aware of apparent violations they
should report such facts as come to
their attention to the local officers Of the
Department of Justice.