Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

This WAS mans slze job. but G4
Butler has been engaged IN mar
size jobs since he entered the Mari
Corps "A lad OF IL. That was "a ye9
ago. In that period he has engaged
IL expeditions or campaigns. h
fought In battles and skirrnisfes wlt.
out number, has won two Conxre
slonal Medals of Honor. has been a.
vaDced In number for gallan,ry IN o
| tion and promoted by brevet fro
first lieutenant 10 captain for e
traordinary heroism on tho field
battle He has won honor In the ca
| paiens OF tho Marine Corps III
China and the Philippines 70 Frab
In the little. recalciirant. rcbeliio
republics Of the tropics and south
the American border, his name stan
for the last word I'm American u
and order. 10 II better known thg
than that of any other Anerict
with the possible exception Of Ceor1
| Washington.
Some Of His Exploits.
Back In 1912. although warned n
the natives would kin him. he "
| alone into tho camp OF the Me
aguan iDsurrectos and By arzun1
and persuasion induced their 60
mander 70 surrender and the rest
go home. In Haiti, he crawled throu
q culvert into the heart Of n fort hef
by 200 weii-arrned Haitian caco~.
the face Of fire. with only two cor
panions at first, the general
that they quit the fight. One OF thI
men with General Butler on this ed
ploit was so affected by 81 tnat II
went insane. 70 is truly said Of Bu1
Ter that ne has spread respect .fc
American law and order and m
square deal" over a territory Isrgev
than the United States.
I General Butler was born IN wed
Chester, Pa, IN 1881. The son 4
Congressman Thomas Butler, 4
years chairman Of the House Cor1
mittee on Naval Affairs. he r. n Iner
Der Of an ancient Quaker family a
the descendant Of members Of Willis
Penn's original party of Friends VI
were the first colonists Of Pennsyy
vania. |
Brought up a Quaker, the boy ear1
4 in life showed a disposition to--er
! things military, and although stiii 4
Z MS teens when the Spanish War brck
= out. he enlisted I'm the Marine Corps
;. to the horror Of hig family. Commits
. stoned a second lieutenant soon after
4 ward. no first served AZ the Marin
n Barracks here after which he was ser
T. for duty 10 Guantanamo, Cuba. vyit
y the Marine landing force where h
v served through the war. He serve
with credit IN the Philippire carr
paign afterward.
His FIRST great opportunity cam
"a in 1900. when as a First L1eItenar
> he took part in the battles OF Tiep.sii
= Yang-Tsun, and the Relief N Pskir
" In the Boxer Campaign. Al Tients'
% his conduc. electrified the who
: Allied force when ne left tho frir
lines and dashed far out toward q
"A Chinese lines 20 bring in a wounds
!, soldier. Hs was himself serious
= wounded. For this he was brevets
~ captain, and was commended by q
4 British commander OF ths Alhs
m Forces, Brig. Gen. Durward- who d
b clared that such action by Brit,i
80 soldier would win tho Victoria Cros
IS Had Varied Experiences.
'r Returning TO the United state
u Captain Butler commanded detaci
ments ashore while recovering fro
> his wounds, later being assigned.
- sea duty. IN 1903 he Joined the Pa
: anna Expedition. afterward goii
= again to the Philippines. He becan
40 a Major in 1903. He saw service
Cuba, Nicaragua. and Honduras
'o a short space OF time, and in 1909 7
e turned to Panama TO take charge
Vi Camp Elliott In 1910 and again
1912 he accompanied expeditions
Gu Nicaragua, seeing action in the Ia
a. ter campaign at the battles OF Grana
se and Leon, and the famous fight
'e' Coyotepe Hill. IN 1914 he went
&c ..- - -. ic,,
part in the street lighting, for whi
he was awarded one Of his medals
10 honor.
=. In 1916, Gen. Butler went TO Ha
- and took q prominent part III I
90 pacification OF the island He la
became chief OF the newly Organiz
Gendarmarie d'Hait, which he
cruited and trained. In 1913 he
Iie turned to the United States. was ma
y" a. Colonel and placed in charge
''4' the 18th Regiment Of Marines. VIII
he took to France. Since his retu
'"A from France he has been a leader
nc the Marine Corps campaign Of edu'
an ton, economy and efficiency.
Is work in command of the Marine Ca
on at Ouanttco. Va. has commanded
try attention OF the nation.