Major General Blanton C. Winship (1869—1947) was a military lawyer and veteran of both the Spanish-American war and World War I. During his long career, he served both as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army and as the Governor of Puerto Rico. Image File history File links Blanton_Winship. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Military law is a distinct legal system to which members of armed forces are subject. ... Combatants United States and Cuban rebel forces Spain Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 2,446 combat dead or wounded (US only) Cubans and Filipinos not counted. ... Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties 5 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) 3 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) World War I, also known as the First World... The Judge Advocate Generals Corps of the United States Army is composed of Army officers who are also lawyers and who provide legal services to the Army at all levels of command. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... HI A governor is also, a monkey who is smart and can fly like a penguin is a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ...

Military Career

Winship was born in Georgia and attended Mercer University. He received a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1893. During the Spanish-American War, Winship joined the 1st Georgia Infantry, a volunteer force. After the war, he elected to join the United States Army as a judge advocate. He remained in the military through 1914 when he began to teach law at the Army Service School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. When World War I broke out, he fought in France and led several campaigns. For his service during that war, he was awarded both a Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star. Mercer University Mercer University is a church related, private university located in Macon, Georgia and Atlanta, Georgia. ... The University of Georgia, located approximately 70 miles north-east of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia, is the largest institution of higher learning and research in the State of Georgia. ... Combatants United States and Cuban rebel forces Spain Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 2,446 combat dead or wounded (US only) Cubans and Filipinos not counted. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Judge Advocate Generals Corps, also known as JAG, is the judicial arm of the United States armed forces, consisting of autonomous departments in the Air Force, Army and Navy. ... In 1827, Colonel Henry Leavenworth established a post on the bluffs overlooking the western bank of the Missouri River to protect the fur trade, safeguard commerce on the Santa Fe Trail and maintain the peace among the inhabitants. ... Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties 5 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) 3 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) World War I, also known as the First World... The Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) is a military decoration for courage. ... The Silver Star is a United States military decoration and is the third highest medal for valor. ...

Following the war, he returned to military law and eventually became the Judge Advocate General of the Army, a position he held from 1931 to his retirement from service in 1933.

Governor of Puerto Rico

In 1934, he was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as military governor of Puerto Rico. This appointment was in large part intended to put down an independance movement in the protectorate which was gaining steam since elections in 1932 and several acts of violence. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only person to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

During his time in office, Winship fought to have then-new minimum wage laws not apply to Puerto Rico, which would have doubled the hourly wage of 12.5 cents which was standard for sugar-plantation workers. Although this decision was unpopular, when the new minimum-wage law was passed, nearly two-thirds of the island's textile factories were forced to close because they could not afford the increase. The minimum wage is the minimum rate a worker can legally be paid (usually per hour) as opposed to wages that are determined by the forces of supply and demand in a free market. ...

Winship also was sharply critical of many of Secretary of the Interior Harold L Ickes's policies toward the island. Relief spending for Puerto Rico was per capita far below either that of the mainland or Hawaii. This lack of spending contributed to the poverty of the island which itself led to some of the problems of unrest. The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² n/a km 2,450 km 41. ...

On March 21, 1937, Governor Winship cancelled a Nationalist parade which was to have taken place in Ponce, Puerto Rico only an hour before it was to have begun. When the march continued anyway, it was broken up by the police resulting in seventeen deaths and more than 200 wounded. 150 protestors were arrested. This event sparked outrage even in Washington where Minnesota Representative John T. Bernard gave a speech denouncing the action to the United States House of Representatives on April 14. A Grand Jury was convened to investigate the incident, but was closed without finding Governor Winship responsible. However, the prosecutors were appointed by the Governor and some have suggested that this may have contributed to a bias in Winship's favor. Following this investigation, the law which allowed public officials to be indicted was repealed, effectively granting Governor Winship immune from further prosecution. A second panel, origanized by the American Civil Liberties Union on May 5, 1932, also did not reach a conclusion which blamed Winship directly. (It critized both the Nationalist militantism as well as the repression.) This event is sometimes called the Ponce Massacre. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Ciudad de los Leones , La Perla del Sur Motto: Official website: www. ... A grand jury is a type of common law jury responsible for investigating alleged crimes, examining evidence, and issuing indictments if they believe that there is enough evidence for a trial to proceed. ... In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal charge of having committed a serious criminal offense. ... The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is a non-governmental organization (NGO) whose stated goal is to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person . ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Following those events, many of the leaders of the Nationalist party were put on trial for insurrection and six were sentenced to life in prison. Insurrection could refer to: * in a general sense, it means Rebellion * it is also a title of a Star Trek film, see Star Trek: Insurrection ...

The following year, Governor Winship, moved the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the United States invasion of Puerto Rico to Ponce, instead of San Juan, Puerto Rico which had been traditional. This was seen by many as a direct response to the protests the prior year. During this celebration, on July 25, 1938, Angel Esteban Antongiorgi attempted to assassinate the Governor and managed to fire several shots before being killed by the police. (One police officer was also killed in the attempted assassination.) San Juan from space, July 1997 Nickname: The Walled City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... assassin, see Assassin (disambiguation) Jack Ruby assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald in a very public manner. ...

Winship was removed from office on May 12, 1939 after charges were filed against him by New York Congressman Vito Marcantonio. William D. Leahy was appointed by the President as his successor, though it would be several months before he could take that office. (During this time, Jose Colon would serve as Acting Governor.) May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vito Anthony Marcantonio (December 10, 1902-August 9, 1954) was an American lawyer and politician. ... William Leahy, circa 1945 For information about the Boston College president see William P. Leahy, SJ. William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer and the first such officer ever to hold the rank of Fleet Admiral and the first ever to hold five...

Ironically, Winship's term as Governor united many of the political factions of the island against him, leading to a strong win by the newly formed Popular Democratic Party in 1940. The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico —or Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico (PPD) in Spanish— is a political party that stands for Puerto Rico to be a free associated state of the United States, which is also known as a commonwealth status. ...

World War II

During World War II, Winship returned again to active duty. During this time, he set precidents for military tribunals in the United States by participating in the military commission (created in July 1942) to put on trial Nazi saboteurs arrested in the country. A military tribunal is a military court designed to trial enemy forces members during war time it, operates outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil matters; the judges are military officers; and the judges fulfill the role of jurors. ...

Winship retired again in 1944. At 75, he was at that time the oldest Army officer on active duty.

Honors

In addition to his two combat honors, the Judge Advocate Hall in Fort Gordon is named "Winship Hall" in his honor. Overview Fort Gordon is the home of the United States Army Signal Corps and Signal Center. ...

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External links

• Five Years of Tyranny, (abridged) text of a speech by New York Congressman Vito Marcantonio to the United States House of Representatives, August 14, 1939.
• History of the Judge Advocate Genera,
• FBI Files on Puerto Rico timeline, 1930s
• Top Army Lawyer Also Was A Combat Hero…Winship's Record In Puerto Rico Was Hardly Heroic by Robert F. Dorr, Puerto Rico Herald. May 3, 2004.
• Puerto Rico's Decolonization by Rubén Berríos Martínez