Excerpt from Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Congress Against Alcoholism, 1921 The American delegation to the Fourteenth International Congress Against Alcoholism, held in Milan, Italy, in 1913, tendered the Permanent Committee an invitation to hold the Fifteenth Congress in the United States of America. The invitation was accepted; and the United States Government thereupon authorized the holding of the Congress under its auspices, made an appropriation for the expenses of the gathering. And issued invitations to foreign governments to participate. An American Executive Committee was appointed in 1914 by the United States Depart ment of State. And many of the arrangements for the Congress had been completed, when the outbreak of the interrupted the work of preparation. The Executive Committee was unable to resume its operations before the spring of 1920, when it was decided that the Fifteenth Congress should meet that year at W ashington, D. C.. On Tuesday. September 21. And continue till Sunday, September 26. The Hall of the Americas. In the building of the Pan American Union. Was courteously placed at the di? Posal of the Executive Committee for the morning and evening sessions of the Congress. And the auditorium of the Central High School for the evening sessions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.