The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-20

as pOSSlple CanQlQaCeS, put HOue was selected.
 As matters now stand, the chances for the military in the 1914 presi- dential campaign look about as slim as they did in 1920, but sudden shift in opinion might follow great military or naval exploit which might occur between nov and the end of the war.
 In the Democratic camp no gen. erals are mentioned, among other things because Franklin D. Roose- welt is the only one being talked about seriously there.
 Three generals have already been | talked about as Republican possi- bilities.
 Macarthur Mentioned Gen. Douglas MacArtEur, hero of the Philippines campaign, has been mentioned ever since early | 1942, although he himself is re- ported to have indicated no desire for the nomination. MacArthur is professional soldier; graduated from West Point in 1903, and with brilliant World War I career. He | IS now o3 years OlQ.
 Another Republican soldier much talked about is Gen. Hanford Mac Nider of Iowa, now 54, and on &C., tive duty in the Southwest Pacific. MacNider left business in 1916 to go to the Mexican border with the | National Guard. He had a dis tinguished career in the World War in France, starting out as lieu tenant and finishing up as lieu tenant colonel with several decora- tions. In 1920-21 he held the im- portant position of National Com mander of the American Legion. In 1925-28 he vas assistant secretary of war, and minister to Canada in 1930-32 He returned to active duty as a brigadier general in this war, and was wounded in the New Guinea fighting.
 Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley is occasionally mentioned as possi- ble aspirant to the White House. He is 60 years old, tall and erect. A lawyer by profession, he served as a militiaman in the Indian Terri tory (now Oklahoma); fought with distinction in France. and ended the World War as colonel. He was secretary of war in the Herbert Hoover administration. He re- turned to the Army as brigadier general and has served on special missions in many parts of the globe.
 Many War Presidents
 There is Eothing new or strange | c1> v,oi1iforu in wartime. The history of the United States is full of military presidents, and soldiers who un- successfully sought the presidency.
 The most prominent citizen soldier president was Gen. George Washington, founder of the Re- public. Before the Revolutionary War he had fought for the British in the French and Indian Wars. He was president from 1789 to 1797; and in 1789, when it seemed that war with France would break out, Congress commissioned him as a lieutenant general War W a s averted, and his services were not needed.
 James Monroe the 5th presi- dent, was a student at William and Mary College when the revolution broke out. Teachers and students went to war Monroe fought under Washington, and was wounded He later became a lawyer, and as pres ident is famous for the Monroe Doctrine.
 The War of 1872 against Britain produced two big military heroes, both of whom rose to the presi- dency. They were Gen. Andrew Jackson 7th president, and Gen. Willia m Henry Harrison, 9th. Harrison, incidentally. was minister to Columbia from 1928 to 1929.
 old Rough and Ready
 Similarly two generals reached the White House after obtaining laurels in the War with Mexico; Zachary Taylor, a professional soldier, famous as old Rough and Ready was the 18th president, and Franklin Pierse, the 14th, was a lawyer and politician who had served as a brigadier general in the Mexican campaign.
 The War between the States took several veterans to the w h t e House. The most prominent was the professional soldier G e n. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president. who served two terms and failed in an attempted come back for third term after he had been out for eight years.
 Four other lawyers who served as temporary generals in the Union Army during the Civil War rose to t h presidency; Rutherford B. Hayes 18th; James A. Garfield 20th; Chester A. Arthur 21st; Ben jamin Harrison 23rd. William Me Kinley, the 25th president. was 6 lawyer who joined the Union forces as a private in the Civil War and was discharged as major when the war ended.
 The War with Spain Q898) brought to the presidency and eventually the White House Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president hero of the Rough Riders" in the Cuban campaign. Theodore Roose- welt was assistant secretary of the navy when the war started. and he 
 resigned to join Col. Leonard Wood In organizing a calvary regiment.
 Pershing Didn't Catch
 Curiously enough, World War l was the only foreign war which did not produce a military president After the victory in 1918. Gen. John J. Pershing came home as a national hero Ills name was men toned as a candidate. but it did not catch" Another professional soldier, Gen. Leonard Wood. fa- nous for his part in two wars. nc. lively sought the Republican nom nation in 1920. Much money was spent on his campaign. But Wood and Coy. Prank Lowden dead locked the convention. resulting In the selection of the compromise dark .horse" candidate. the then | aanatnp vUa rfan (t HardinU