Camp Quotes
In 1924 Congress voted a bonus to all veterans but refused to pay it until 1945. With the privation of the Depression, 15,000 poverty stricken veterans marched on Washington, and set up camps. The fact that there were Negroes in the Camps was evidence that the demonstration was Communist inspired as at the time the Communists were one of the very few groups favoring integration. The Army bias was so strong that the presence of Jews was evidence of radicals. The Army, under General Douglas MacArthur with George Patton leading the Calvary, attacked the protesters camp and burned them out injuring many. President Hoover got the blame but MacArther did not obey Hoover’s instructions not to cross the bridge to the camp. He was in character as was his aide Major Dwight D. Eisenhower who tried to dissuade MacArthur from attacking to no avail.
Rush ran the hospitals for the Revolutionary Army and talked to many officers and enlisted men, and also observed much of the British military practices. This is a fascinating quotation because it discusses a problem of the early American Military which has been a constant throughout history: Generals and Admirals using soldiers and sailors as personal servants and retinue. While there have been Generals like Horatio Gates, Omar Bradley and Dwight D, Eisenhower and others of every era who did not take advantage of their power to obtain this personal aggrandizement, many have and continue to use their position to obtain personal perks.
He coined the term to refer to the new type of journalism that was being practiced by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. These two men were very successful at the expense of the other newspapers who demeaned their style of journalism. See {615131} for a definition of “yellow journalism”.
