Roosevelt Standard | 1931-11-19 | Page 6 | Compelled to Drink in Army, Veteran Sues U. S.

compelled to drink in army veteran sues U S johnson city tenn liquor the bonded kind that Is aged and carries fancy labels Is the basis of a suit against the government by a sick kick war veteran percy el crawley confined in the united states veterans hospital here crawley asserts ln in his bill of complaint that as a no motor tor cycle dispatch rider with the three hundred and twelfth geld signal battalion be was without drinking wat water er an and forced to drink various wines and beverages used in france to quench the thirst and otherwise ward off deadly malady called spanish influenza use of the liquors he charges brought on brights disease kidney trouble and typhoid fever which left him permanently disabled