A Teetotal Navy.
The cruisers Rainbow and Nimbi’, which form the nucleus of the new Canadian navy, are to be “teetotal warships.” the first, it is believed, that have ever put to sea under the British flag. “Grog,” which is one part of rum mixed with three parts of water, is part of the standard ration issued to the overseas men. As a regular ration, however, it is comparatively recent, ami straight rum only slightly older, first being issued early in the eighteenth century. Each man received a quarter of a pint at midday and another in the evening. From tlie beginning of the English Navy as a national force down to the eighteenth c«tnry a gallon of ale a day fur’each man and boy was issued.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 22 March 1911, Page 53
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127A Teetotal Navy. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 22 March 1911, Page 53
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