Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-31

Smedley D. Butler, one Of Uncle Sans
marines, to change the condition of
things in corrupt and contented" Phil
adelphia.
There are some service friends OF
the general here who think that per
i1aps ne is talking bit too much, but
at the present writing his work Is
outstripping his talk and therefore the
criticism may pass. General Butler
certainly has done tn ngs in the past
and no one seems to believe that his
career Of doing is ended.
Service men before this have tried
their hand at police work in American
cities. There was, notably, the case
of General Bingham, who was COM
missioner Of police in New York I'M
der McClellan's administration Cen
eral Bingham was not spectacular, but
ne managed to do some good work and
the proof that it was good was found
in the opposition which he met with
from the politicians.
Butler, the marine, always has been
spectacular, but not in a studied way.
AS a fighter he was a whirlWind spec
tacle and if any one doubts the nature
Of his fighting he can read the record
Of it from the ribbons on the blouse
of his marine uniform He not only
has the Distinguished Service Medal,
but the Medal of Honor for that kind
of personal gallantry which is above
the call of duty.
Some folks wonder why the Quaker
body has not dropped Butler from its
membership. He writes his religion
down as that of a Quaker and when
he goes to church he attends the
Friends Meeting" He is not, how
ever, a turn-the-other-che kind of a
religionist. BY the way, Smedley d.
Butler, fighter, not only is a Quaker
but his middle name is Darling. In
congruity is said to be humor's chief
ingredient.
Hartigan's Job in Chicago.
Years ago in Chicago the mayor ap-
pointed a West Pointer, Thomas l..
Hartigan, to the position Of drill in
structor of the police force. Every
body in the city knew 'Tom," who
now is a flourishing lawyer in the
Philippine islands where he went
years ago dis major of the Thirtieth
infantry. Major Hartigan had moth
ing to do under his appointment with
the cleaning up of vice conditions in
the Lake City. His duties were those
of a drill master only and he had
some time Of it.
In the old Second aTmOry on the
lake front he assembled in drill squad
form the policemen of Chicago of all
ages in their turns. Many of them
were 'bepaunched" The drill master
was trim, for in that day he had his
cadet figure.
The sight of the 30O-pounder and
worse coppers doing second exercise"
in vain attempt to put the palms of
their hands on the floor without bend
ing their knees was too much for the
risibilities of the citizens of Chicago.
The result was that Major Tom
modified his drilling endeavors some
what, but history records that despite
earnest and conscientious effort he
never succeeded in giving the mem
bers Of the police force Of Chicago
the wasp-like waists and fat backs
which mark the physical makeup of
the cadets of Uncle Sans great school.
In those old Chicago days Peter
Finley Dunno, otherwise "Mr. Dooley,"
had given the name Casey" to the
entire police force OF Chicago. Mr..
Dooley, although recollection has it he
was not Mr.. Dooley then, had pen
hand in the work Of inducing the Chi
cago authorities to come to the con-
clusion that continue the motion,
second exercises" were not neces-
sity for the physical or mental well
being of Casey who a thousand strong
had been pounding beat or warming
the station house chairs for, 10, these
many years
Army Discipline in Panama.
The finest bit of army discipline
that ever was exercised over civilians
was that instituted on the Isthmus OF
Panama when the army took hold of
the digging operations after civilians
had reneged on the job.
There were thousands upon thou
sands of Civilians on the isthmus and
they did not want any army discipline.
They were led into 1t by what the fa-
Their who licked his son on a slowly as
cending scale of severity called easy
gradations." The civilians were led
rather than ordered into keeping regu-
lar hours, into bathing frequently, and
into the doing Of various other things
with which they had not been at all
familiar Soon they found out that
what they were doing made for health
and comfort, and they went along
obeying the strict letter of the sug-
gestion and not one of the thousands
ever knew that in fact he had been
under what some people call the hard
hand Of army discipline.
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