Deseret Evening News | 1900-02-20 | Page 5 | Wells Repeats His Story

WI JS STORY Wi Was Till 1 th the New York Feb Prank Frank M t tWel Wel Wells chaplain or of time Ibe I First Tennessee enne infantry U 1 13 V who returned reMt ly Iy from the Islands where he spent eight wal was at Ih the Iak Park Jv Avenue nu hotel last evening and talked I about abou t the tho bad baa effects of oC whisky on soldiers In Before the Americana went there said Mid the there were three In Manila where liquor could rould he be t Now there thero are ato over et 40 places whre here liquor can bl be bought eY every hour There 01 are ten thousand soldiers In Mn Ma Manile nile and whisky hal has Int sent more or of out our soldiers to the grave grno than Filipino huh bul letl lets For that reson reason I 1 rim nm trying to abolish the canteen At 1010 hello I found that whisky whisk was sold In the barracks not fifteen fet feet from m my quarters and andI I 1 reported the matter to the officers I Iwas wal was told that thaI It had been cale called to the attention of time the colonel onel thre three times and then I rent to the mArhal marshal In Inam R am short hort time the CUlto custom wal was dicon tinned I ler never HW saw so fO much liquor on onn ona n a steamboat and I hlo have traveled on a good moan Q on I saw aW on o the transport Indiana Indiana on I re reS turne turned I nm am not time the admin administration for tor I n am nn an admInistration man clear through hut but I think tt if the extent ot of the tho liquor traffic In the Phi Phil stopped could be realized I It would be stopp