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Show WILL KEEP THE CANTEENS. War Department Decides to Maintain Fost Drink Shops. Washington, June 25. The acting secretary of war said today that so far as the department is concerned the .aiestion of the maintenance of can-teer.s can-teer.s at United States army posts is settled in favor of maintaining the present system. Reports from officers in all branches of the service showed that from every standpoint the army canteen association associa-tion as operated is infinitely better for the interests of the soldier than the old system of post traders and low grog-geries grog-geries on the outskirts of the posts. The regulations under which the canteen operates are already formulated form-ulated and there will be no need for further action by the department. |