SECRETARY DANIELS MAKES CAMPS “DRY.”

White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 278, 19 August 1918, Page 7

SECRETARY DANIELS MAKES CAMPS “DRY.”

In the vicinity of Newport, U.S.A., is located the naval training station, at which there are at the present time, 6,500 enlisted men, practically all young lads, who are receiving their first training in the Navy, and who are at that impressionable age when they should not be exposed to insidious temotations. Representations have been made by the authorities at the training station that in spite of every effort on their part, and in spite of the detail of numerous naval patrols throughout the city, the liquor menace continues unabated and is constantly undermining the physical and moral welfare of the navy personnel. In response to these representations, Secretary Daniels of the U SA. Navy has issued an order that dry zones five miles wide, irrespective of incorporated cities and towns within these limits, are to be placed around seven permanent naval training ports, and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. It forbids the sale or giving away of any alcohol or liquors, including wine or beer, or the importation 01 such liquor, except for medicinal or sacramental purposes.