An old man who was said to be in a drunken condition was wounded in a fall with a soldier from Gallipoli, and died a few days after. _Facts in “Daily Mail,” January 17, 1916_ An elderly man, seeing a drunken soldier lying in the street, went to his assistance, and was killed in a disturbance that followed. _Record of Yorkshire Assizes, November 21, 1916_ A soldier was found drowned in the Trent. He was described as a good man at his work, but not steady, and had been drinking. _Facts in “Newark Advertiser,” August 4, 1915_ A terrible disturbance occurred in a camp at Portland Reservoir after the closing of the canteen one Sunday night. A large number of men who had been drinking created a disturbance, in which bricks and stones were used, a tent collapsed, and the officers were called to quell the riot. The captain, drawing his revolver, rushed with two lieutenants into a hut where men were shouting and struggling, but appeals had no effect—the men “did not appear to hear or recognize their officers,” and one man raised his rifle and took aim at them. At least fifty shots were fired, and a young corporal fired many shots through the window into the darkness. In the morning a soldier was found dead. Nobody knew who shot him, but the corporal thought he must have done. _Records of Dorset Assizes, Spring 1915_ Will some Member of Parliament please ask =whether it is true that more food is being destroyed each week in breweries and distilleries than by submarines?= ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The New Drinkers “_No complaints have reached the War Office of youths who were total abstainers having become confirmed drunkards since enlistment._” So we are told in the House of Commons. The records of the War Office are clearly incomplete, and the information from the camps may here be supplemented by unchallengeable witnesses of what happens in the horrible drink canteens run by the Army Council. A soldier who was wounded at La Bassée, a total abstainer until then, was sentenced at the Old Bailey for killing his uncle while drunk. He was a newsvendor, aged 21, and had no memory of the tragedy in which he killed his uncle at a Christmas party. _Facts in “Daily Chronicle,” January 13, 1916_