Show IN FAVOR OF CANTEEN Staff Officers of G. G A. A V R. R I In Indorse Indorse In- In n- n dorse Utterances of Corporal Tanner Washington Aug S. S Staff Staff officers and department nt comma riders of oC the lie a G. G A. A R P. by ly a large majority Indorse tho lie recent utterances of or Corporal Tanner r. r commander com coni- mander In chief that thal the thin passage passage- by congress ss of an act abolishing canteens from national soldiers' soldiers homes after next March was unwise anti and a blow V at real rc-al temperance besides S being a re restriction u of the lie Jl personal liberties of or the lie veterans yell of the thie civil cl war ivar that lint ought to lo be he resented teel A number of prominent officials df dr the organization have written Corporal fanner of their intention to bring the matter maUer before the thin national encampment which meets next week weel at Minneapolis I censuring congress and ami demanding de Ile- ile- ile manding that lint tho thio old sol soldier ler oo no treated treated treat treat- I ed el as UI able to lo care caro for Cor himself will doubtless cause a a. hot hint fI fight ht as there ther are arc several Reveral officials who Will approve tho the wor work of ot con congress After Arter the in Interview with Commander in Chief Tanner appeared In the newspapers news news- I papers letters were iSiC sent ent to each staff officer and anel departmental commander of oC the organization asking his liia views on the thur question Of or thirty answers rs that lint have been received twenty are arc strong i In n their approval al of or tho the attitude altitude of oC the lie commander In chief five favor or the lie abolition abo abo- of the lie canteen and live art aro non non- coni conlin committal iii I t lIal al lieu Hen A A. A Hamilton assistant a adjutant genral general of or Tennessee said ho lie t Is a n teetotaller teetotaller tee tee- cc- cc himself but If Ir a man will drink he be believes In giving him thi the tho best grade of swill that is iH pO possible ami aUll relieve re re- re lieve 1 him of the temptation to hunt hunta a low class of or brutes tes to get what 1 be lie wants an ts George A A. A Harman department nt of oC Ohio says ho Is not competent to judge th the tho question but bUl ho lie believes that the officials of soldiers homes home are arc the men Inca who know most about aboul It Gen ot of Connecticut Is emphatically with Corporal Tanner and anti says the tie old soldiers will wilt try to con conS vince Ince the lawmakers or of their error and oud persuade thom them to lo nullify tho the whole scheme Charles A A. Suydam assistant adjutant V general of or Pennsylvania gon says Sl'S I l 1 have havo always been berm of or tho lie opinion that tho abolition of or- tho tue canteen from frona army po t IK and soldiers soldiers' homes was a mistake e |