Show CRITICISING THE ARMY A great deal of sweepingly adverse criticism Is 15 being baing written and uttered about the American military establish establishment establishment ment meat because of ot the revelations of the Taggart faggart divorce suit There are those who ho say that the army anny is rotten to the core that the officers ah alt drink to excess that they the spend all aU of their spare time in gambling and carousing and that the army women live In an atmosphere that is distinctly not con conducive conducive duche of good morals We Ye decline to subscribe to any an such criticisms The Taggart case is we be believe believe lieve exceptional It cannot be true that there Is a greater percentage of rogues and drunkards and gamblers in inthe inthe inthe the army arm than in any an other occupation A veteran officer Colonel Walter T Duggan commander just now of the department of or the lakes in a recent I interview said I In my 10 forty tort j years ears experience in the army arm I have lune not seen any al such proceed proceedings proceedIngs proceedIngs ings as have beep been spoken of ot In the Tag Taggart Taggart Taggart gart trial I have hase not seen soen women smoking ing cigarettes after litter dinner and I deny that they the do so Of or course there may iny be exceptions In the army arm as there are in Inan any an community or in any an church congre congregation gation there are backsliders everywhere eYe where but the drinking smoking or carousing army woman Is unknown to me meThe meThe meThe The American army arm has given too good an tm account of itself in the history of this country to justify a general at attack attack attack tack because of a specific case It is undoubtedly true that there are in inthe inthe inthe the army officers who gamble and who drink to excess women who drink in intoxicants Intoxicants Intoxicants toxicants and smoke e cigarettes and do i other things that plain people consider immoral l But it would be just as fair fall to say that all aU preachers are bad be cau one ia Is i bad as to say sa that the whole army alm Is rotten because it fur furnishes furnishes us u a II disgustingly dirty dirt divorce case |