GENERAL PERSHING.
General Pershing, who commands the American forces in France, is a confirmed believer in the enfranchisement of women and in Prohibition. When asked by friends to go slow in this matter, he responded, “I shall not go slow on Prohibition, for I know what is the greatest foe to my men, greater ever, than the budets of the enemy.” He also, as regards morality, protects his men from the moment they land in France. Every effort is made to locate the habitations and sections of towns frequented by immoral women. Such places are declared “off limits,” and the frequenting or visiting of these places b- the American Expeditionary Force is prohibited,
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White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 273, 18 March 1918, Page 15
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113GENERAL PERSHING. White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 273, 18 March 1918, Page 15
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