Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-19

went alone INTO the camp of the
Nicaraguan iusurrectos and by
argument and persuasion induced
their commander to surrender and
the rest to so home. In Haiti, he
crawled through a culvert into the
heart Of a fort held by 200 we'll
armed CaCos, in the ace of fire.
With only two companions az first,
the general so alarmed and over
awed the natives that they quit the
fight. One OF the men with Cen
eral Butler on this exploit was so
affected by it that he went insane.
1t is truly said of Butler that ne
has spread respect for American
law and order and the square
deal" over a territory larger than
the United States.
General Butler was born in West
Chester, Pa, in 1851. The son OF
Congressman Thomas Butler, for
years chairman of the house com
mittoe on naval affairs, ne is
member of an ancient Quaker fam
lily and the descendant of members
of William Penns original party oil
Friends who were the first colon
lists Of Pennsylvania.
Brought Up q quaker, the boy
early in life showed u disposition
toward things military and al
though still in his teens when the
Spanish war broke out, he enlisted
in the marine corps, to the horror
of his family. Commissioned
second lieutenant soon afterward,
he first served at the marine bar
racks here, after which ne was sent
fer duty to Guantanamo, Cuba,
with the marine landing force
where he served through the war.
He SERVED with credit in the Phil
ippine campaign afterward.
His first great opportunity came
in 1900, when as a first lieutenant,
he took part in the battles oil
Tientsin, Yang-Tsun, and the re-
lief of Pekin in the boxer cam
paign. At Tientsin his conduct
electrified the whole allied force
when he left the firing lines ana
dashed far out toward the Chinese
lines to bring in a wounded soldier.
He was himself seriously wounded.
For this he was breveted captain,
and was commended by the British
commander of the allied forces,
| Rrigadier General Durward, who
declared that such action by
British soldier would win the Vic
toria cross.
Had Varied Experiences.
Returning to the United States,
Captain Butler commanded detach-
ments ashore while recovering from
his wounds, later being assigned to
sea duty. In 1903 he joined the
,vnpltff1Y a t1 r.
! ing again to the Philippines. He
became a major in 1908. He saw
service in Cuba, Nicaragua, and
Honduras in a short space of time,
and in 1909 returned to Panama to
| take charge of Camp Elliott. In
| 1910 and again in 1912 he accom-
panied expeditions to Nicaragua
seeing action in the latter campaign
at the battles of Granada and Leon,
and the famous fight at Coyotepe
hill In 1914 he went to Vera
| Cruz with the fighting forces OF
Occupation and took q sensational
part in the street fighting, for
which he was awarded one of his
medals Of honor.
In 1916, General Butler went to
Haiti and took a prominent part In
1.-THE pacification of the island. He
later became chief of the newly or
ganized gendarmerie d'Haiti, which
he recruited and trained. In 1918
he returned to the United states,
was made a colonel and placed in
charge Of the Thirteenth regiment
Of marines, which he took to
France. Since his return from
France he has been a leader in the
marine corps campaign of educa-
ton, economy and efficiency His
work in command of the marine
camp at Quantico, Va, has COM
manded the attention of the nation.