Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-01-11

yrafters, of bootleggers, dope
fessional assassins, is now in t
up, the likes of which has ne,
large as this third city of the
The method by which the clean,
up is to be made is different. be-
cause Philadelphia's new mayor saw
fit to call upon President Coolidge
for the loan of one of Uncle SANS
best fighting men to take charge OF
the city's police and fire department,
and the request was granted.
Brig General Smedley Darlington
Butler of the United States Marine
Corps. the most picturesque and gal
liant figure in recent years of the
Marines and twice winner of the
Congressional Medal of Honor, is
the man.
Gen. Butler has been granted a
years leave by President Coolidge,
during which time he is to be Direc>
tor of Public Safety OF Philadelphia
under Mayor Kendrick He was
sworn in Monday, January I.
He accepted the task on one con.
dition only. that he not be inter
fered with in any way. or by any
one. Gen. Butler has warned that
at the first sign of interference he
will pack up and go back to the
Marines.
Call Him "HcII-Dcvii" Butler
"Hell-Devil" Butler. as be Is
known, has tackled some pretty big
Jobs. His record indicates that this
city is going to be restored to de-
Cency. He Is the man who pacified
Haiti. He was in charge OF the
A. Z. F. debarkation camp at Brest.
France. and II was under his direc-
tions that il he cleaned up.
First. last and all the time am
a soldier and expect to be for the
rest OF my life says Gen. Butler.
This job is only another RESPONSE
biliiy that comes into a soldiers
life: that's how | regard II. There
probably won't be anxiety mani
tested anywhere to keep me here
after my years lcaye-ot-absence IL
up-or I may not be here a year
but while am here. I'm going to
a all
dinances. as they were never en-
forced before. know that the po-
lice force has been tainted-but I
also know that somewhere In these
United States ! can get hold OF
1900 honest men. know I can
find them right in Philadelphia: the
poin, is. that is the kind Of police
men we intend to have"
Most Brilliant 4. \. Soldier
General Buffers qualities are thus
described in a statement issued by
the Navy Department:
Soldier. engineer. camp-buiidcr.
holder OF two Congressional Medals
OF Honor. the record OF Brig. Gen.
Sm.dley d. Butler. fighting man
extraordinary OF the Marine Corps.
stamps him AS one OF the most brill
liant soldiers OF the United States.
Descendant Of an ancient Quaker
family which settled In Pcnnsyl-
yanla In the time OF william Penn.
General Butler enlisted In the Ma
rino Corps before reaching the age
of seventeen. and won commits.
sion when he was still two months
short OF his seventeenth birthday.
The record OF his life since that
time reads like the pages OF story
OF adventure. Before his nineteenth
birthday he was commended by the
allied high command for his gal
iantry under fire on the historis
march for the relief OF Peking In
the Boxer campaign. and promoted
by br.vet from lieutenant to cap.
tain for bravery.
Has served In ~ Campaigns
From China he went to the PHI
lippincs. where he took part In the
campaign which ended In tho paci.
ncntion Of those islands. Since that
time ne has served In Cuba, Mica.
ragua. Panama. Honduras. Mexico.
Haiti. Ban Domingo. France. and
ashore and anoat In every quartz,
Of the globe. accumuiatinE . record
Of having served In fourteen cam.
paiGns and expeditions In twenty
four years OF service.
During his service General But.
Ter has won Communications and
decorations such as rarely fall to
the lot Of q soldier. For personal