Word: rum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the Rear Admiral was shown press dispatches from New York announcing the arrival of 14 vessels off Rum Row, he said that he had heard of the renewed activities of the smugglers who are anchoring at a safe distance from New York, Boston, and the ports in the south in anticipation of a brisk holiday trade...
Asked whether he thought that the Coast Guard would ever succeed in downing the rum ships, Rear Admiral Billard said: "Napoleon is reported to have said that 'in any military operation, the importance of personnel to material is three to one.' This I believe to be true, not only of operations in war, but also of the present determined fight that is being waged by the government to uphold the law. Any body of men actuated by high traditions and by the ingrained habit of doing their duty under all circumstances, and sustained by high morale, are bound...
...Coast Guard Commandant, who has been in charge of the recent block ades of the rum ships off the Atlantic coast, particularly off New York, declares that Rum Row has been effectively scattered, but that rum ships in greatly reduced numbers are still discovered in ever-changing positions, endeavoring to evade the vigilance of the Coast Guard...
...Declares Rum Row Scattered...