WAS THE FRENCH ARMY OFFICIALLY WARNED AGAINST DRINK?

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 203, 25 August 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

WAS THE FRENCH ARMY OFFICIALLY WARNED AGAINST DRINK?

THE MEDICAL INDICTMENT OF ALCOHOL. Several correspondents have expressed scepticism regarding the 1 rencb army orders against the use of alcohol The following us the translation otthe specific warning issued to> the-French solder by the Academy of Medicine .n Paris? Sd circulated by Government authority. It reads: "Soldiers—Beware of Alcohol. r « Those who, like you, are exposei to 3S& labour, to pen ous enterprises, and to strong emotions, ore SeVuiclined to look to alcohol fas a stimuSt and a comforter, and! to seek for "tb the tavern -as p extraction from the monotony of cantonment and ahout aleohol ar, This is not exact. The truth. ? it-gives .» to iurt of short dniWpi*, but a dLinution of length never fail to follow this excitement. *™* *"?* Si takes away more strength than* *™ It is also said that alcohol givei it Xsening of warmth and strength. Sen wKke n : ps are for more sub£c?to chills and to diseases to which men at the front are liable. "3 It is further aserted that in the form of a alcohol stimuS the appetite. This is quite wrong. KorildT difficult to produec any iWwhose appetite had e™^been reaL ly stimulated by a 'pick-me-up. aperitifs, habitually taken, lead withSSt f£ to disease of the stomach, liver, * a sA\y, it is maintained that alcohol taken during meas, as wije, beer or cider, aids digestion. An tmS distinction must be drawn between 'distilled' liqirors like Wrandy snd 'fermented' liquors such as iw:ne, cider, 3 bear. Alcohol is altogether noSo»T The Petit verre after meals Kd only bl taken on rare occasions. Fementedl liquors, on the other hand, JSTte drunk subject to tjwo conditions They must be consumed m great modeVaHonf which as regards wme should never exceed one litre (a pnt and in twenty-tou. hours, and only at meals.