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On the recordFebruary 21, 1881
In view of the well-known fact that the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Army of the United States is the cause of much demoralization among both officers and men, and that it gives rise to a large proportion of the cases before general and garrison courts-martial, involving great expense and serious injury to the service
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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