Show HAS TWO DRY BATTLESHIPS The British navy has Just taken a astep astep astep step unprecedented in its' its history The two cruisers Rainbow and NIobe are areto areto areto to be teetotal men of war contrary to all aU marine traditions Grog has always been a part of the standard ration being a concoction of one part rum to three parts water but no such luxury is to be permitted on the two ships above mentioned In Inthe Inthe Inthe the old days das In fact down to 1830 the dally daily allowance to each man was a gallon of ale and half a pint of rum The quantity has been greatly modified modi mod fled fied but it certainly never entered any tars tar's head that the time was coming for Cor total abstinence |