Drinking In The Army

New York, Sept. 27. - A Washington special to the World save: An epidemie of drunkenness seems to have prevailed in the army and navy during the eummer, affeeting even the military academy at West Point and the civil bureauB of both departments, many of the offenses of the ofticers in this respect having been condoned to the great detriment of discipline. A prominent army offleer is represented as saying in regard to the extent of this evil: "If every man who is found drunk, even when on duty, is dismissed tke service, our little army will soon dwindle to a corporal's guard. It makes a deal of dift'erence, however, whether the ofücer has influence in the department"