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Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Secretary of War, 1906, Vol. 3 In my annual report of last year I stated: It is my belief that fully 7 5 per cent of these trials were due to the use of bad liquor, dis pensed to our soldiers by persons who conduct dens of vice in the vicinity of military posts. These depraved creatures and lewd women use every device in their power to induce soldiers to patronize their brothels, where those who yield to temptation are frequently drugged and robbed. It is distressing that the prosperity of the keepers of vile resorts is due to the activity of good and worthy, though misguided, citizens, who have succeeded In abolishing the canteen in the Army. With the reestablishment of the canteen, which was the soldiers' club, the influence of these demoralizing resorts near army posts would be greatly reduced, and many of them would soon disappear. After another year's stud of the causes which bring soldiers and officers before courts-martia I am convinced that I underestimated the proportion caused by the use of intoxicants. I now believe that not less than 90 er cent of all the troubles that occur in the Army are due to the use 1 liquor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.