ARTHUR MACARTHUR

(Arthur MacArthur Jr.)


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There will be plenty of fighting in the coming years and in a magnitude far beyond this. Prepare yourself.
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At the time 18 year old Douglas wanted to enlist to fight in the Philippines where his father was about to be given military command. Young Douglas took his father’s prescient advice and attended West Point instead. In an amazing historical precursor, General Arthur MacArthur ended up in policy disputes with the President over how aggressive American tactics should be. President Taft relieved MacArthur of his command.

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If we were fighting an army, the work would be comparatively easy. We are fighting a secret revolutionary organization.
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Arthur MacArthur
  • Born: June 2, 1845
  • Died: September 5, 1912
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Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur Jr. was a United States Army general. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900 but his term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian governor, future-U.S. President William Howard Taft.