CAMP CANTEENS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13723, 13 April 1908, Page 7

CAMP CANTEENS

THE REGULATIONS.

It u because of the cswtenco of % Ring'* regulation permitting the canteen in » military camp that the volunteer ev.mp# of New Zealand are frequently furnished with a canteen. Under th« regulation*, the officer commanding troops in camp is tho person who allows the carrying en of the sale of liquor in a canteen. All lees, received from the contractor who rum* the canteen are expended on the nsdui>

tion of expenditure on food supplies, Canteens are opened from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., are closed during the- hours oi " Divine servic o" and such other times on Sunday as the O.G. may direct. A pictguet id provided to keep order at canteens, No person in civilian clothes may obtain liquor unless lift ia accompanied by a. soldier in uniform., and no civilian may obtain liquor on Sunday. No gambling i* allowed in caSHlens and no person who is in the slightest degree "fhder the influent* of alcohol id to bo served. The liquor and stores in any canteen may be inspected bv the O.C. or tho medical officer at anv "time either thinks fit, and the O.C. may close a canteen permanently at. any time should such a benefit be used indiscriminately or the behaviour of soldiersrender such a course advisable. Canteens are not permitted in a.-y military camp in any prohibition district in tha Dominion.