Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — WHISKY AND THE ARMY [ARTICLE]

WHISKY AND THE ARMY

Judge Advocates Favor the Restoration of the Army Canteen—Soldiers Sell Their Clothing. Washington. Nov. 20.—General Geo. B. Davis, judge advocate general of the army, in his annual report to the secretary of war states that saloons the army, in his annual report to the tal to military discipline. He refers to reports of the judge advocates of the department of the Missouri favoring the restoration of the army canteen, and quotes statistics showing that a large portion of offenses of soldiers, although not charged a* drunkenness, are traceable to the use of intoxicating liquors obtained outside of army posts. General Davis also comments upon the practice of soldiers in selling their clothing and says that this abuse continues in spite of the efforts looking to Its suppression. He recommends that the penalty for such be increased. •