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| Subject: | From the horse's mouth |
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| Date: | Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:20:48 +0200 |
| From: | m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |
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Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist Major General Smedley Butler, USMC, 1881-1940 "I spent thirty-three years and four months in active service as a member of our country's most agile military force -- the Marine Corps. I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short I was a racketeer for capitalism ... Thus I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I: helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank to collect revenues in � I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I helped make Honduras "right" for American fruit companies in 1903. I brought light to the Dominican -Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested." (Common Sense, November 1935. ) Biography General Butler --- affectionately known as "OLD GIMLET EYE" --- died June 21, 1940 at the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, after an illness which became acute only during the last month. His health had been failing somewhat for the last year or two. The simple funeral services characteristic of the Quaker faith, were held at West Chester, Pa., on Monday, June 24th, for our beloved officer of the United States Marine Corps and veteran of 30 years' active service in many distant parts of the world. He was survived by his widow, the former Ethel C. Peters, whom he married June 30th, 1905; a daughter, Mrs. John Wehle, wife of Lieutenant Wehle, U. S. Marine Corps; and two sons, Thomas Richard and Smedley Darlington Butler, Jr. No soldier of his generation contributed more to the military history of the United States than General Butler. His career was one of glamour, color, spectacular achievement and lasting value. One of the few men to whom the Congressional Medal of Honor had twice been awarded, General Butler seems to have been one of those men who were born for a life of daring. Nor was his courage only physical. He had, as well, the courage of his convictions � which he voiced with biting descriptiveness that often brought him into public notice because of its reception by constituted military authorities. At the age of 16, Smedley Butler ran away from home to enlist in the National Guard at Philadelphia. He was rejected on the first attempt on account of his age. A little later � having learned his lesson � he misrepresented his age at the Marine Headquarters, Washington, D. C. and enlisted in that service. For the next thirty years Smedley D. Butler lived a dramatic and picturesque life. He was a Lieutenant at Guantanamo with McCall's men. He served a hazardous period as a spy in Mexico � he risked his life on numerous occasions to rescue wounded comrades. He was wounded twice inaction � he received the United States Distinguished Service Medal for his service at Brest, France, during the World War, when as Commanding Officer, he reorganized the great American debarkation camp at Pontanezan in 1918. He was elevated to the rank of major General in 1921 at the age of 40 and in 1924 � 1925 he was granted a leave of absance to serve as Director of Safety in Philadelphia, the best Safety Director Philadelphia ever had. Since his retirement he had been active as a lecturer and public speaker. Other Bits Of Information I Could Gather He joined the Marine Corps when the Spanish American War broke out, earned the Brevette Medal during the Boxer Rebellion in China, saw action in Central America, and in France during World War I was promoted to Major General. Smedley Butler served his country for 34 years, yet he spoke against American armed intervention into the affairs of sovereign nations. Throughout his life, Butler demonstrated that true patriotism does not mean blind allegiance to government policies with which one does not agree. ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Applying to college this year? Apply online at Embark.com and enter the Embark.com Tuition Sweepstakes! You could win $80,000 for tuition to the college of your dreams! Enter daily to increase your chances of winning: Sweepstakes ends 1/15/00. Click to enter: http://www.listbot.com/links/embark
