The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Colonel James Tyler Buttrick (MCSN: 0-140), United States Marine Corps, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commander, 5th Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps, garrisoning the Republic of Nicaragua, from 25 September 1929 to 18 April 1930. Colonel Buttrick was confronted with many perplexing problems as he assumed command of the 5th Regiment immediately following the withdrawal of the 11th Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps, from Nicaragua. All these problems he met with zeal and sound judgment, so disposing the force under his command as to most effectively maintain the friendly relations existing in the more thickly populated districts where quiet already prevailed, and at the same time conducting an active campaign against the insurrectionists who exhibited every indication of vigorously renewing their activities against the Government of Nicaragua and the peace, law and order, then existing in the more remote districts. By his understanding of their natures and fairness in his dealings, Colonel Buttrick instilled in the Native Nicaraguans a confidence which was of inestimable value in maintaining peace, also by his firmness and bold initiative in pursuing vigorously the marauding insurrection groups, he afforded protection to the law abiding citizens in the Segovias and successfully prevented the reorganization of any considerable insurrection force.