The records and reports of the sickness in the army do not include all the depreciations and curtailments of life and strength among the soldiers, nor all the losses of effective force which the Government suffers through them, on account of disease and debility.

New decency laws aimed at curbing pornography (which were ultimately struck down) elicited cries of curtailment on free speech.

I understood well enough their resentment at having a ship's officer quartered on them,the forec'stle they considered as their only liberty when at sea, and my presence as a curtailment to the freedom of speech.