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Marines,
Please join me in celebrating "LtCol Anthony Wayne Gale Day".
Our 4th Commandant, LtCol Gale, was cashiered from the Corps on this date, 18 October in 1820, for allegedly appearing in public intoxicated...on six specified dates...all during the month of August; for visiting a house of prostitution near the Washington Marine Barracks "in an open and disgraceful manner"; for calling the Paymaster of the Marine Corps, "a damned rascal, a liar, and a coward"; and a number of other specifications under the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer.
While in today's day and age it is perhaps inappropriate and politically incorrect to glamorize such behavior, I am confident that many of you share my admiration for LtCol Gale's quest for adventure. In fact, I suspect that many of us could be similarly indicted for some of our own youthful indiscretions.
I do however feel that it is entirely appropriate that we remember and honor one of the legends of our Corps and invite you to join me this evening in raising a toast to our 4th Commandant, LtCol Anthony Wayne Gale.
Personally, I was sold at, " Angered by the mistreatment of a Marine sentry, Gale killed Navy Lieutenant Allen MacKenzie in a duel. This incident, perceived to be an affront to the Corps, subsequently brought Commandant William W. Burrows' approval for Gale's defense of his Corps' honor."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gale
Please join me in celebrating "LtCol Anthony Wayne Gale Day".
Our 4th Commandant, LtCol Gale, was cashiered from the Corps on this date, 18 October in 1820, for allegedly appearing in public intoxicated...on six specified dates...all during the month of August; for visiting a house of prostitution near the Washington Marine Barracks "in an open and disgraceful manner"; for calling the Paymaster of the Marine Corps, "a damned rascal, a liar, and a coward"; and a number of other specifications under the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer.
While in today's day and age it is perhaps inappropriate and politically incorrect to glamorize such behavior, I am confident that many of you share my admiration for LtCol Gale's quest for adventure. In fact, I suspect that many of us could be similarly indicted for some of our own youthful indiscretions.
I do however feel that it is entirely appropriate that we remember and honor one of the legends of our Corps and invite you to join me this evening in raising a toast to our 4th Commandant, LtCol Anthony Wayne Gale.
Personally, I was sold at, " Angered by the mistreatment of a Marine sentry, Gale killed Navy Lieutenant Allen MacKenzie in a duel. This incident, perceived to be an affront to the Corps, subsequently brought Commandant William W. Burrows' approval for Gale's defense of his Corps' honor."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gale
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