But they also made Highwood a huge target for the anti-alcohol forces, especially those taking form in other North Shore communities, like Lake Forest and Evanston.

Those forces didn't really need additional ammunition against Highwood - drunk and disorderly soldiers passed out in alleyways, and missing their muster calls on the post always supplied plenty of ammunition.

Once the federal regulation drove even more of the soldiers into Highwood, since they could no longer make their purchases on the post,  the anti-alcohol forces began to petition the State Legislature in Springfield to restrict (or even prohibit) the sale of alcohol within the City Limits.

Here is a "report" from the Friday, March 15, 1901 edition of The Inter-Ocean, Chicago daily newspaper of current events against Highwood:

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