THE RUM RATION.
TO THE EDITOH. Sir, —As a soldier who has seen soma little fighting in France, may I add a word or two to what has already been written on the above subject? Your correspondent, ' Qninirs Post,' has related eome graphic experiences—how, 'midst the ram and wet, he was able to forget liia misery in steep, thanks to the rum ration. I may say I was through some of the severest weather experienced last year In France, and yet I did not touch a of 'rum. Was I any the worse, Not a bit of it, for I did not have those chill after-effects experienced by the rumdrinkers. ' Quinn's Post' is mistaken when he says the ration merely consists of a "nip." I may say I have seen men in the front line drunk from its effects. I could also tell of boys whoso taste for liquor waa first acquired through the rum ration, and who have since become inebriates. No, the rum ration is quite unnecessary, and my hope is that Prohibition will not only prohibit drinking within. New Zealand, but also amongst the boys in. France. —I am. etc. 3D.J.M. September 25.
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Evening Star, Issue 16848, 25 September 1918, Page 4
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196THE RUM RATION. Evening Star, Issue 16848, 25 September 1918, Page 4
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