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politicians baked him In his effort to
clean up the city.
Holds Two Medals Of Honor.
Gen. Butler is the only Marine Corps
officer in possession of two Congress
sionaI Medals of Honor. The first medal
was awarded him for distinguished con-
duct in the battle of Vera Cruz, in 1914,
and the second Medal of Honor was
conferred upon him for conspicuous
bravery" during the attack on Fort
Riviere, Haiti, in 1915. In addition to
these medals, he has the Army Distin-
guished Service Medal and the Navy
Distinguished Service Medal for services
in France during the World War.
Gen. Butler was born in Pennsylvania
SO years ago and has served in the Ma
rine Corps almost continuously since
1898.
Gen. Butler was called in by Secre-
tary Adams in 1929 to explain an adj
dress he made about the Marines in
connection with Nicaraguan elections
He satisfied the Navy Secretary. how
ever, that he had been n1tsrepresenteo
Sellers 70 BE Prosecutor.
Secretary Adams, while not divulging
Buffers explanation today said that on
the strength of the order for court
martial it seemed fair to assume he had
admitted the substance" of his alleged
Philadelphia remarks criticizing Mus
Solini.
The Secretary ordered Gen. Fuller to
name the high ranking officers of the
naval service who will constitute the
court. Navy regulations stipulate that
not less than S or more than IL OH
GERS shall constitute a court While
the number of men to try Butler was
not specified, Fuller's selections are
subject to the approval Of Secretary
Adams.
Rear Admiral Sellers, judge advocate
general of the Navy, will prosecute the
case before the assembled court. The
court, on hearing the evidence, is closed
and the defendant found guilty or not
guilty on each charge.
Other Statements Recalled.
A final judgment is reached which
must be approved by the Secretary of
the Navy before coming final. Def
mite charges for which the court-martial
was ordered have not been announced
by the Navy. Gen. Butler will be given
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Another Butler speech that caused
wide comment was made in Oakland,
Calf, year or two after he quit trying
to clean up Philadelphia. He was quoted
as asserting that 1.-The fool VolStead
act" was supposed only to keep liquor
away from persons without influence"
Many Of the generals friends were
surprised. He had been a supporter of
the dry law by word and deed while in
Philadelphia. He also had Col Alexan-
der Williams of the San Diego Marine
Base court-martialed on charges of
drunkenness.
Had Host Court Martialed.
He preferred the charges after din
ner given in his honor at Col. Williams
home in Coronado, Calf. Cocktails were
served. Williams was reprimanded and
his rating lowered. A few months after
wards he drowned after his automobile
plunged into San Francisco Bay.
Still another address by Butler which
caused furore in unofficial circles was
in San Diego in 1926. The general had
told of his experiences in Philadelphia
and of instructions to police to shoot
to kill" if necessary.
The San Diego County Federated
Trades and Labor Council wrote Curtis
D. Wilbur, then Navy Secretary, that
the address was "anarchistic and inf1am-
matory." The Secretary did nothing
about it, however.