DRINKING IN CAMPS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 135, 7 June 1912, Page 7

DRINKING IN CAMPS

1 ENQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS. [BY TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO THE POSTj CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The military enquiry into the allegations of the Prohibition League regarding liquor in Territorial camps was continned yesterday, but it does not appear that any of the charges were proved, or even strongly supported. The case of the Bangiora camp was considered, and, against the general statements of the representatives of the league, based on hearsay evidence, were placed the definite deiniak of military men. The evidence that has been taken in camera is more definite im character, and there is reason to believe that some cases of drunkenness will be held by the Court to have been proved, but in practically all the cases the drink- was consumed prior to arrival in camp, and no witness has offered any proof of a general condition of insobriety, such as the original charges suggested. Mr. J. M'Combs, who has represented the Prohibition League before the enquiry, expresses his sense of the fairness and earnestness of the Military Court which has been investigating the subject. The league on its side has done all that it could to bring forward the witnesses whose eeneational stateniente made the enquiry necessary.