Sales of Alcoholic Beverages to Soldiers

Department of Justice. Opinion to Hon. Frederick B. Kerr, Adjutant General.

*264May 21, 1935. Margiotti, Attorney General,

We have your request to be advised with respect to the following questions:

1. Are the acts of Congress that prohibit the sale of beer, wines and liquors in post exchanges and canteens, upon any premises used for military purposes by the United States, in full force and effect, and, if so, are they applicable to the State military reservations at Indian-town Gap and Mt. Gretna when used by the Pennsylvania National Guard in their summer encampments?

2. Is it unlawful for…