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...direct: "Is it not ... better to have a program of reform substantially completed than to have to look forward to important changes not begun? With the emphasis shifted from reform to recovery, this Administration is now determined to promote that recovery with all the vigor and power at its command...
...colonel takes command of the right wing of the expedition, assigns the left wing to the major, and for the centre can find nothing better than 3 sgts...
...That the commanding officer (McLaglen) will leave his command just to rescue aforementioned deserter...
...That the British Army is as stupid as one would be led to believe from the fact that only by the suicidal bungling of Gunga Din was the entire command saved from walking into a death trap...
Minister Rodríguez scooted back to Lima, gathered a handful of followers, largely Government employes from his own ministry, and marched into the Government Palace. He summoned the Army officer in command of the palace machine-gun squad. "I am assuming the Executive post since General Benavides is leaving Peru," announced the Minister. "Hand over your command." The officer pretended to accept the order. Once outside the palace, however, he quickly telephoned the President's home, informed General Benavides' aides of the coup, then locked himself in the palace observation tower and trained his machine guns...