¶ Brigadier General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C., arrived to command the U. S. marine forces at Shanghai, last week, just as the original orgy of looting quieted (see above). General Butler limped slightly, and correspondents cabled that he seemed in low spirits after his long sea voyage. He said: "There will be nothing but marine good sense in whatever we do in China."
¶ U. S. Secretary of the 'Navy Wilbur, interviewed by Washington correspondents last week, recounted to them a little homily about a U.S. marine who served during the Boxer...
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