His own preference for a flask of homemade cherry brandy aside, the Commander-in-Chief struggled throughout the war to provide rum for the troops, even going so far as to deplete hospital stores, and to instruct his officers to confiscate whatever rum might be in the vicinity of encampments, though as historian Joshua Shepherd notes, It was a two-edged sword: Regimental orderly books are replete with a plethora of infractions desertion, assault, insubordination, theft which frequently stemmed from a soldier being inebriated in the first place
He said it was prompted by a horrifying discovery Fire Department officials made in January, when they walked into the cramped basement of a laundry in the Excelsior and found about two dozen people living there
Individuals in Texas are just as likely to support these laws as in those in California
Mercedes described the film as an accurate representation of their fathers life, while Jack narrated parts of it, bringing his fathers words to life