BLUE RIBBON NAVY
, all grog stopped. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT GROWING. ARMY BECOMES APPREHENSIVE. (Times and Sydney Sun Service.! WASHINGTON, April 6. Received April’ 7, r>.r>r> p.m. A tremendous sensation lias been caused in naval circles at Washington by the promulgation of an order that naval officers will have to he total abstainers at sea and in houses and clubs within the naval yards on shore. It Is explained that air ,T. Daniels' secretary for the Navy, considers that alcohol is bad both £or health and discipline, and that the popularity of the administration Will not be prejudiced by its blue ribbon tendencies.
The temperance. movement is growing stronger, and the army is fearful lest it be treated like the 'navy.
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Southland Times, Issue 17621, 8 April 1914, Page 5
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119BLUE RIBBON NAVY Southland Times, Issue 17621, 8 April 1914, Page 5
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