CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 22

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on shore

the Acting Attorney General has put it, the sailor, or civilian, coming with a full pocket treats his casual acquaintance the Soldier. - A law forbidding the publican to sell to the Soldier would this be inoperative? Is it intended to deny the soldier the right to public House? - to drink in a

I should be glad to see the vice of drunkenness diminished among Soldiers and men of like class, but I am not prepared to recommend stringent legislative measures to this effect, if they trench unduly on civil liberty.

As regards General Grant's second suggestion, I have to say that under permission of the Government the spirit Ordinance has been enforced as to Regimental Canteens, and I suppose that however the unit has its Canteen within the Barracks, just as the Regiments which preceded it.

I agree with Mr.

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on shore the Acting Attorney General has put it, the sailor, or civilian, coming with a full pocket treats his casual acquaintance the Soldier. - A law forbidding the publican to sell to the Soldier would this be inoperative? Is it intended to deny the soldier the right to public House? - to drink in a I should be glad to see the vice of drunkenness diminished among Soldiers and men of like class, but I am not prepared to recommend stringent legislative measures to this effect, if they trench unduly on civil liberty. As regards General Grant's second suggestion, I have to say that under permission of the Government the spirit Ordinance has been enforced as to Regimental Canteens, and I suppose that however the unit has its Canteen within the Barracks, just as the Regiments which preceded it. I agree with Mr.
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on shore

the Acting Attorney General has put it, the sailor, or civilian, coming with a full pocket treats his casual acquaintance the Soldier. - A law forbidding the publican to sell to the

Soldier would this be inoperative ._ Is it intended to deny the soldier the

right to public House? -

to drink in a

I should be glad to se the vice of drunkenness

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Soldiery

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of like

class, but I am not e

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to recommend

prepared to recom stringent legislative

measures to this

effect, if they trench unduly civil liberty.

As regards General Grants second suggestion I have to

that under permission of the Government the spicit

say

Ordinance has

enforced

wever

been

as to Regimental

Canteens, and I suppose that

tho

the unit has its Canteen

44

within the Barracks, just

As

the

Regiments which

preceded it

I agree with Mr.

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