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Show iARMY BEVERAGE 1EINGDECIDED Any Drink Containing 1.4 Per Cent Alcohol to Be Considered Con-sidered Intoxicating." WASHINGTON, April 1. So far a ' the army Is concerned any beverace containing 1 1 p, r ceni oi alcohol will be considered intoxicating. This de olslon of the Judge advocate general was approved yesterday by secretary Da Iter. The official rulincr was made in answer an-swer to requests from camp and organization or-ganization commanders for an inter pretation of alcoholic liquors in or near military camps. Tho decision tliat 1.46 per cent of alcohol would be considered the dead line by the military authorities Is un-j un-j derstood to have been based on an 'opinion of the army medical experts 'that this would intoxicate the average 'healthy soldier if sufficient quantity 1 of the heverace was imhlbed. Snle of intoxicating liquors to dis-' dis-' charged soldiers, away from reservations reserva-tions or military dry zones, even if they are in uniform, is not unlawful, the department holds In a separate! opinion of the Judge advocate general i approved by Secretary Baker. Under food regulations one-half of I one per cent alcohol made a beverage Officially intoxicating.' This standard) ha been adopted in many states, although al-though in some as much as two per j cent is allowed. The question of what is an intoxicating beverage is pending in the courts. |