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- Title
The Abolition of the U.S. Army Canteen, 1898-1914.
- Authors
Baker, Anni
- Abstract
In the 1880s, the U.S. Army established on-post canteens as a way of curbing excessive drinking in off-post taverns. Army officers supported the canteen concept, but when large numbers of citizen volunteers entered the army in 1898, the temperance movement, particularly the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), successfully advocated for the canteen's abolition. The ensuing public debate revealed contesting popular images of soldiers: innocent boys or adult men. The canteen debate focused the attention of Progressive Era activists on moral and social conditions in the army, and engendered a long debate over the role of the army in American society.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HISTORY of the United States Army; UNITED States. Army -- Military life; MILITARY bases; ALCOHOL drinking; TEMPERANCE movement; WOMAN'S Christian Temperance Union; TURN of the century (19th-20th century); MILITARY personnel conduct of life; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Military History, 2016, Vol 80, Issue 3, p697
- ISSN
0899-3718
- Publication type
Article