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This is another menace, shockingly apparent in many places. For illustration, let us quote from a government document, "A Message from the Government to the Churches of the United States." Among other things it says, "The war made it necessary for the nation to face frankly and courageously the menace of venereal disease. .. .Drastic measures must be taken to prevent during this period (demobilization) those conditions in civil life which made these diseases the GREATEST CAUSE FOR DEBILITY IN THE ARMY." Two things are certain; First, it must be true, or the government would not have put out the statement; Second, it must have been alarmingly general, or the government would not have gone to the expense and labor of sending out pamphlets asking ministers to preach sermons on the care of soldiers after their return.