Word: militia
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...Butler was New England's most famous criminal lawyer, a raspy-voiced Democrat who had long crusaded for shorter working hours and the secret ballot. Lincoln needed all the Democratic trimmings he could get in the war, and since Butler was incidentally a brigadier of the state militia, Lincoln dispatched him to Maryland, which was threatening to secede. Butler seized Annapolis and then, in a lightning move by night, occupied mutinous Baltimore...
...into chaos, and photos taken by Western journalists provided a dramatic record of the astounding proceedings. This was. after all, the first time since June 1918 that a Moscow riot had to be put down by force. The cops let fly with whip and truncheon. Screaming "Fascists!" at the militia, the mob fought back with rocks, bricks and clubs. Slingshots sent missiles whizzing at mounted police, and fists struck out at militiamen on foot...
...around 12 million militiamen, some of whom are retired combat soldiers with training and experience. Others are soldiers who have done a tour of duty, then have gone back to homes or factories. Since about 500,000 men are demobilized yearly, there is always a good supply for militia duty...
Guns & Burs. Was it on the level? Barrientos offered no convincing evidence of imminent revolution. But there could be no question about the loyalties of the national police. Paz Estenssoro created the police as his private political militia and as a counterweight to the military. Only Paz's abrupt departure prevented a bitter showdown between the police and the regular army; ever since, Paz's boys in green have ached to avenge him. This month when the army turned up two caches of machine guns, rifles and ammunition buried under police barracks in La Paz, Barrientos decided...
...wake of it all, Barrientos seemed at a loss about what to do, or even where to start. He kept repeating his democratic ideals and desires for economic stability. "Bolivia," he insisted, "must keep particularly close relations with the U.S." He talked about disarming both the peasant militia of Paz Estenssoro and the militant tin min ers of Leftist Juan Lechín to avoid fur ther trouble. Yet he allowed Lechín to grab control of all the country's most important unions, bowed even further by promising the unions joint control with management in running...