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Show 00 Force of 2,500 Will Guard Bonded Liquors WASHINGTON'. Jan. 1.3 Employment Employ-ment of a force of 2.500 watchmen to guard 69.000.000 gallons of liquor held in government bonded warehouses is planned by the internal revenue bureau bu-reau to protect the liquor against theft Prohibition Commissioner Krcmertold tho house appropriations committee. Ho asked that congress make ?2,000.-000 ?2,000.-000 available immediately for establishing estab-lishing tho guard. No plan for the final disposition ot the liquor has been determined on by the bureau, Mr. Kremer told the committee, com-mittee, adding that the permissive withdrawals after constitutional prohibition prohi-bition becomes effective would be so few as not to pay the expense for maintaining the guard. oo |