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[Shurhaian]

As per the title. My longtime soldiers "can't even remember the last time [they] had some" alcohol, and even the fortress guard are starting to show signs of alcohol withdrawal.

I've told them not to carry water, but time keeps ticking by. Will they eventually booze up again? Do I have to dump the contents of each one's waterskin first, or will they automatically get booze the next time they're thirsty?

For that matter, what are the ill effects of soldiers who don't get alcohol? Do soldiers ever go on break, even?

[Haedrian]

Usually its due to the fact that they have full waterskins and need to stop drinking the water in it. Try marking the waterskins they're carrying for dumping, maybe it'll work then.

Dwarves who drink no alcohol work slower, and have worse moods.

And you do _NOT_ want a champion going berserk in your fort.

[Grendus]

Normally I wouldn't bother with waterskins period. Unless you're on a large map and like to use roaming patrols to catch invaders instead of chaining sacrifice warning animals, your dwarves should never be too far away from a booze stockpile.

Of course, the downside to this is that if the squad leader decided he wants some booze in the middle of a battle, all his soldiers will follow. Subdividing the squads into smaller ones alleviates this though, my current fort has 14 soldiers (half the population) divided up into 7 different squads. Makes coordinating combat difficult but less frustrating then watching civilians be ripped apart while your multi-legendary hammerdwarves sit there waiting patiently for their captain to get boozed up.

[Skorpion]

Generally, if I find a squad's bunked off for booze or to sleep, I rotate the leader. Also, I keep a booze-and-prepared-meal stockpile near the gates for squads on guard to use, set to top up from the still/kitchen output piles.
As a result, my soldiers get to do their job and are the happiest dwarves in the fort, apart from the rain and sun. This is because of the mortality rate should I get a particularly nasty siege, like human bowmen on horseback with a bow-armed local leader.

[Grendus]

Generally, if I find a squad's bunked off for booze or to sleep, I rotate the leader. Also, I keep a booze-and-prepared-meal stockpile near the gates for squads on guard to use, set to top up from the still/kitchen output piles.
As a result, my soldiers get to do their job and are the happiest dwarves in the fort, apart from the rain and sun. This is because of the mortality rate should I get a particularly nasty siege, like human bowmen on horseback with a bow-armed local leader.

Three words. Orbital Magma Cannon.