| Show roil rolt TUB IIII Tho The post poet canteen question n le n one ono of oC thole that will not down Home yours years Y ago nO when the army ormy canteen was abol abolished by b act of ot Congress nt lit the earnest request ot of temperance friends It wua urged by tho eho opponents of ot the Iho measure that Its it adoption would result In tho the moral norol degeneration deg n ot of the soldier On all the tM other hand U It was Will argued that tho t no noone noone noone one could know knol lust just what the th result rosult would be bt except by hy experience The friends of at the canteen now assert that ha has hIlS proved their position to tobe tobe be correct and they urge the tho ment mint of ot tho Institution General Corbin In his hla report to the thes aver Aar ar department defends defend the Ibe canteen 1111 position Is ill that U il U Is I Impossible to stop atop drinking among the tM soldiers and that the army u controlled by responsible Is preferably to o 0 the resorts that are run without control central It If that position can be hI demonstrated the th question wa we w presume U la I virtually sets eel tied tiM for tor not even cn the th most moat arduous mend con can maintain that of two evils ovll the tho most mOlt demorAlizing Is le pro pre The rh question then la I really coolly ro one ot or tAct Met and If U the tho facts can met be aa 1 and proved there Is la no need of ot Idle speculation General Corbin vo wo admit hoe hag at had ample opportunity to observe the Iho effect ctt et of ot the he h abolition of ot the tho and to contrast It with the discipline that obtained In tho the tier eer vice when the canteen was a 0 recognized and regulated regula led feature of oC army life lito Ills opinion wilt therefore by b many be ba con conald eldered ald rd entitled d to consideration n |
