The canteen or the dive - in the name of decency and common sense, which is best for the American soldier?. Illustration shows an Army officer with a woman labeled WCTU a clergyman, and a man labeled Timid Legislator standing in a doorway, viewing scenes in a canteen, where soldiers are playing chess and reading, and a dive where soldiers are drunk, arguing, and consorting with prostitutes. Includes a lengthy caption about WCTU efforts to close canteens and the government's unwillingness to reinstate them. Date 1913 February 19. The canteen or the dive - in the name of decency and common sense, which is best for the American soldier?. Illustration shows an Army officer with a woman labeled WCTU a clergyman, and a man labeled Timid Legislator standing in a doorway, viewing scenes in a canteen, where soldiers are playing chess and reading, and a dive where soldiers are drunk, arguing, and consorting with prostitutes. Includes a lengthy caption about WCTU efforts to close canteens and the government's unwillingness to reinstate them. Date 1913 February 19.