The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
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 Nothing has stood longer unless It he MacArthur, the hills and the devil" Believe 1t or not, that's an old Scotch proverb The Mac- Arthurs are the oldest known Scotch clan. According to legend, the first MacArthlir, Slnervie Moir, was the son of King Arthur of the Round Table. (MacArthur means 'son of Arthur'D Gen1 Doug las MacArthur proves once again that the Scots have what 1t takes. Previous yankee doodle heroes of Scotch origin include John Paul Jones, Andrew Jackson, Jeb Stuart and Ulysses s. Grant. (Scotch and soldier, pun my soull)
 MacArthur is like this: When he commanded the Rainbow Division in France during World War I, his su- perior officer told him one day that he wanted the Cote de Chatillon Ca strongly fortified German key position) taken by six o'clock the following evening. MacArthur,s an- Swer was: we will take the Cote de Chatilulon by six o'clock tomorrow or report a casualty list of 5000 dead. That will include me-"
 In France, instead of remaining safely in the rear like other staff officers, MacArthur always accom- panied his troops into "no mans land." Once, when he was asked why he took the unnecessary risk, MacArthur retorted: T wanted to let the boys know that somebody at headquarters was willing to go with them!"
 Shortly after the first American troops arrived in France under Mac Arthur, the French, who didn't think much of the Tanks as Scrappers, figured they'd put on a show and give MacArthur an idea of what real soldiers were like. Placing MacArthur in spot where he could safely watch the F'renchies do their big stuff, they staged a surprise raid on the Germans across the line. Machine guns started to bark, shrapnel burst, and men were drop ping all over the place. Mac Arthur, armed only with riding whip, jumped into the battle. When it was over, MacArthur walked over to the wide-cyed Frenchies, leading by the ear a German officer whom he had captured with nothing but whip!
 The bitter irony is that when MacArthur was Chief of Staff, he made a mob of enemies and was branded 8 warnonger because he pleaded for preparednessl The cam paign to smear MacArthur hit a peak half a dozen years ago when he retired, with Pres. RooSevelt'S approval, to take on the job of building the Philippines defenses. His enemies screamed that Manuel Quezon was paying him a salary of 918,000 a year to help him estab- fish 6 military dictatorship. Mac Arthur's whitening reply was: T wouldn't sell my sword"
 Back in the early thirties, when he was Chief of Staff, MacArthur prophetically warned that the com- ing war would be 8 mechanized af- fair and repeatedly begged Con- gress for Q giant air force and motorized army. Instead of open ing their minds to let in some fresh air, the Rip Van Wrinkles quipped that the reason MacArthur was anxious to motorize the army was because of his well known dislike for riding a torsel Later, when he was buslly training his little native army in the Philippines, many Americans there referred to him sneeringly as "the Napoleon of Luzon." (They didn't know 1t, but they weren't kiddingD . Unlike the second-guessers now beating the drum for the hero they