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Show llml rttqml lb rrulullu, (vtuTal rtiirml the Natal acad- l'ndltn emy Id 1A71 front llmtu. ter. 'a, and retired ls summer al sixty four. Ilia forty )rara of service hat taken lilm rrtty early all over Ilia world I Alka, Cuba, Alexlro, Philippines, Guam. Hawaii, Haaio Homing Hanioa, Turkey, Algiers, Egypt. Aunt Alary, who waa Alary Helen Fay of Aaiiapvlta ohm alia married Uncls la 1HH, tiaa always J gon with him, whether hi command waa ta Baa Fra m l wo or Olongapo. When Farl Jo ml ml, waa affecting, tha and tha ccrctuonlee were greatly delayed becau ha and Itia mrn had to awap Horli-- of tha old Uaya tunny of w tilth ara mt to ha found la tha mil liary rwwlt of tha United Hiates of America; no. air. Imiilentally, ha retired at Hun Diego, where ha waa In command of ha Fifth br1g ada and Second Advanced ta Force of tha Unit it State Alarlne and In full charge of tha U.tX0,-UAlnrlna Cr training atallon, for tha acbema and ronat ruction of which ha mi a fMhti'n v?s.ys hzazixina fores Celebrates Its apt rziJ.GJttJacrj:zzzzzjrcc l50U?Birthda lNov.10,1914 iH I h . BjJ n ii. ti' k rV VJ .ryf 'M r' TO v V4 Vv ,SVO J2ZAD. By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN NE HUNDRED AND FIFTY year old on November 10. 1024, will be the Marine Corpa a United State unique organization adjudged by Ilia military experts of all nation to b the mot efficient fighting force In the world. The anniversary will be celebrated In Washington In connection with the Second National Assembly of the Murine Corps league, November 10, and the elxih annitersury of the signing of the Armistice, November 11. There will be a considerable attendance In addition to the ddegntes, as MuJ. Gen. John A. Lejeune, national commondunt of the league and coinmandunt of the Marine Corps, has extended In bis ofllclu! call an invitation to those "uho at some time may have worn the Globe, Anchor and Eugle." The Armistice day program Includes a parade and a visit to the national Bbrlne where Ilea the Unknown Soldier" in the National cemetery at Arlington. The history of the United States Marine Corps Is briefly this: November 10, 1773, the Second Continental congress, actual hostilities of the Revolution having been begun, called for "good seamen or so acquainted with maritime affair as to be able to serve to advantage by sea w hen required." The Marine Corps was formally established June 23, 1776, with a major, Samuel Nichols, In command. It served'through the Revolution, and then disappeared, together with the navy. In 1798, when the navy was reorganized, the Murine Corpa was reestablished with 881 officers and men. That wo also the year the War department was organized. So the Marine Corps is older than either the army or navy. And the Alarlne Band Is of course a national Institution. It began with the Marine Corps as a drum and fife corps. In 1800 the Marines on a United States frigate kidnaped some Italian musicians from a port near Naples. Sharp diplomatic correspondence resulted In an order for the return of the Italians, but they chose to stay with the Marlnea Nowadays The Presidents Own Is the official band of the American government and world funious. The Marine Corps grew In Importance and strength as the years went by. In 1902, for example, the Corps numbered 199 officers and 6,000 enlisted men, with a brigadier general In command. When' we entered the World war the strength was 377 officers and 9,947 men. By 1918 the Marines had been Increased to 3,017 officers and 75,000 men. The Corps now has 1,093 officers and 27,400 enlisted men. The Alarines are out of the ordinary In many ways. For one thing, they dont really belong to cither the army or the navy. They are practically an Independent defense unit, though they are under the nominal direction of the secretary of the navy In time of peace and of the secretary of war in time of war. "Send for the Marines I is a cry that often goes up from Americans endangered by hostilities In some foreign land. And the Marines can land and do their protection act without their presence being tantamount to a declaration of war against that nation. Usually they manage to get established along without a fight, for they have a reputation for diplomacy in difficult situations almost equal to their efficiency In actual hostilities. Anyway, the stereotyped message that quickly "The gets back to Washington Is the well situation the have and landed have Alarines In hand. The Marine Corps, as a whole, may be said to be Uncle Sams Handy Man in times of peace. There seems to be nothing It cannot do and It appears to be doing a little of everything. Right now, for example, there are Marines in China and ta Honduras for the protection of Americans and American interests. They are about finishing their withdrawal from Santo Domingo, after rehabiliIn Halt! on the tating that republic, and are still which borrowed same kind of job. In Philadelphia, him for the purpose, Is Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler of the Marines, trying to Butlerlze" the Is in sad City of Brotherly Love, which nowadays do suppose what And you need of rehabilitation. the Marines are doing In Guam why, nothing less at- than leading parties of natives In a determlued world-famou- s, tack on Aspldlotous destructor, a new scale Insect peat which Is destroying the coconut palms, banana treat and the alligator pear trees of the Island I You will find a Marine guard at tlmea In front of the Treasury building In Washington. Arthur Whitcomb, a Alarlne Corpa bugler, Bounded "Taps" at the grave of Woodrow Wilson and of Calvin Coolldge, Jr., anS so It goes at home and abroad. Wherever there la n United States battleship, there Is a detachment of Marines Semper Fidelia" and alwaya ready for efficient action. Dont make the mistake of thinking the Aiarlnes are merely fighting machines. It takes a real man to (jet Into the Aiarlnes. He has to be young, d and of good character. And he hna to pass stringent mental, moral and physical teste uion admission. Ills tenn of enlistment Is four years and he will know a lot more at the end of that four yenrs than he did when he joined. A cursory glance at recent numbers of the Leatherneck, the official organ of the Marines, one finds mention of all sorts of activities In all parts of the world. Here are a few: Aviation training at Pensacola ; of the battle of Antletam of the Civil war, which attracted 50,000 spectators ; formation of football teams for the fall battles; new courses of study In the Marine Corps Institute; rifle practice at Guantanamo, Cuba; broadcasting of a program by the United States Marine Band at Washington; various baseball games, usually won by the Aiarlnes ; rifle tournament victories, picnics, hikes and dances at various posts ; successes at the water carnival at San Diego and the Atlantic City pageant; a consideration of the prospects for championship honors of' C. J. Fra-tasthe latest heavyweight boxer developed by the Marines; letters from Marines all over the world detailing Interesting experiences, especially one from a Alarlne who has just finished a cruise of 40,000 miles In 22 months on the Pittsburgh and Orion. High officers In the Marine Corpa get their places by working for them. Take, for Instance, the career of Johnny, the Hard, General Lejeune was born in 1867 In Louisiana, and is a graduate of Louisiana State university. United States Naval academy (1888) and Army War college (1910). He began bis sea life as a naval cadet by being wrecked on the U. S. S. Vandalla In the hurricane at Apia, Samoa, In 1889. The next year he won his commission as second lieutenant and thereafter he moved steadily up until his appointment as major general in 1918. He has been in command of the Marines since July 1, 1920. During the Intervening years we find him In command of a battalion in Panama during the year of excitement over the Panama canal (1903-4- ) ; of a brigade In the Philippines (1908-9)- ; of a brigade and regiment during the taking and occupation of Vera Cruz In 1914. He arrived In France June 8, 1918, and was a participant In various engagements from St. Mlhiel to He the occupation of the Coblenz bridgehead. returned in August of 1919 in command of the Second division. And with all that he has managed to be a husband and a father. officers of the Aiarlnes are Iron The high-u- p disciplinarians and at the same time Big Brothers" or Uncles" or something of the kind to their men. Take MaJ. Gen. Joseph H. Pendleton (retired). Hes Uncle Joe" to his men and his wife Is "Aunt Mary." Uncle Joe's name has even been Interpolated Into the Hymn of the Marines," which begins From the Hull of Monteiuma To the shores of Tripoli, W fight our countrys battle On the land and on the sea. And when Uncle Joes nephews sing the hymn they add : . The Marines In Nicaragua Were the boya to fill the bill. And Uncle doe he was tha lad Took Coyotepe HUL Coyotepe Hill figured In 1912, when he landed In the Central American republic with a detachment of Aiarlnes to find the revolutionists occupying a fortified bill believed to be impregnable and raining death and destruction on all the country around. Well, Uncle Joe led his men in the climb up Coyotepe Hill and the rebel dispersed pronto. able-bodie- h, ' W rAZ&ZSIS&lXD LA V .vf Is largely to be credited. And heres a climax to his career which shows In what regard Uncle Joe Is held He was elected by acclamation commander of the San Diego post of the American Cun you Imagine a brigadier general of Legion. anything being elected commander of an American Legion post, let alone by acclamation! There Is an astonishing amount of "hero worship" In the United States for the Marines. Maybe it Is In part due to the romance of adventure that surrounds the Corps. Why, a Marine of any exierience can spin yarns thnt shame fiction. Lets take for example the career of Sergt John L. Irn ter of Nutley, N. J, retired at forty-twwith a bungalow, a wife, a little duughter and a Job as a bank guard In Newark. In his twenty years of service hes seen enough and done enough to fill 20 volumes. Sergeant Prater was rejected as too young when he tried to get Into the Rough Riders at sixteen. In 1903 he enlisted at Kansas City, the first Marine from Indian territory. And he certainly has lived up to the legend, Join the Alarines and see the world." He passed Christmas twenty years ago In the Holy Land. The Turks were killing the Syrians and the Brooklyn was sent to prevent bloodshed. ' For many weeks Sergeant Prater stood guard over the Presbyterian School for Syrian Girls In Beirut Then came orders to proceed to Abyssinia to make a treaty with King Menelik. That same year, on the return trip, Sergeant Prater saw the then German emperor at Kiel. exNext came the pedition to Africa by order of President Roosevelt. In 1905 Prater had a look at Edward VII In Lon don. That was the year the United States decided to bring back the body of John Paul Jones from France. Prater s one of a detail of six Marines that escorted the body. Then Roosevelt picked him out for his personal orderly. When the Marine Corps was called upon to furnish a guard for President Wilson, Prater was selected. He remained with the party when President Wilson visited King George and Queen Alary In Buckingham palace; when they visited King Albert In Brussels and Victor Emmanuel In Rome. It should not be necessary here to dwell on the services of the Marines in the World war, where they lived up to their reputation and won new fame. Every good American knows that ob' all French maps what s once Belleau Wood at is now Wood "of the Marine Brigade." When it waa formally named and was consecrated last year as the final resting place of Its Alarlne dead Marshal Foch proclaimed Its battle the turning point of the World war, the Jumping off place of the final allied offensive and march across the Rhine. i Thats a fair sample of the fighting qualities of the Aiarlnes. And It gives an American an added thrill to know that the Aiarlnes are so deadly largely because of their skill with the rifle. For we invented the rifle and with It we Sion onr Independence and achieved our march across the continent. It Is our national weapon. And we have the most accurate and hardest-hittin- g rifle there is. We Americans lead the world as rifle shots and the Alarlne Corps leads ohr various military services. Every Marine Is expected to be at least a qualified marksman, able to stop a man four times out of five, shooting offhand at 200 yards. Then comes the sharpshooter. The expert rifleman tops them all and the rifle in his hands Is sure death. As to the way the Marines shoot in time of peace, look up the records of the rifle tournaments.1 Consult German officers In the World war as to battle, murder and sudden death" when the "Devil, Dogs go into action with rifle and bayonet. o, Perdlcaris-allve-or-ItalsulI-de- 4 Played the Game and Won ; iheto it cjtcr By AtARTIIA WILLIAMS fiery meal It ntlaiBlnten and ppntltn wide UVerifcll (TXn!r.RK8 Maborort! The mourn tala has come la blml" Liny laughed, peering at the gate where big Joe Dellet was gelling flown from Slgentleo II nans year yew mere leeli Note bom, hsw good, "Mahomet never wore a petticoat' II relieve that ntnff feettng nor the mount tin Ulna oilier hearty eating tald, looking up. IJtxy threw n roee th. tVHUsi An fell. It end struck her esr, nt her the stooped te pick It up Itig Jo kivtia strode op the steps, saying joyously. "Afore ammunition If you wont HP holding out n huge hunch of ntlghely red bloom. wilted bright Lllxy snatched It, and bugged U to her, crying: "Oh, 1 know you brought tbeut for tuol Heel Aly color p lifting them to the level of her dark face. A thin face, lit by velvet black ryes, and crowned with rippling dusks of silky hair. No wonder oho had taken Joe off bis feet completely. Teetering upon the top elep he said plaintively: "Who wants te help me out of n had pickle! You first Use youre tame Fait Moving Planet as home folks, aod Utxys company.' Jupltern diameter Is about ten Ilmen Don t "Not herePl.llse Mng. faun , fNt of our earth, hut eo quickly floee me pulling my head In any hornet's it spin that a day liter Uts only nest, until I'm sure Its empty." nine hours and fifty ndnulea. scorn"Coward P Lltty ejaculated fully: "But I'm ready, Hplll your trouble Joey." "Hasn't got any first all I know Is the last," Joey moaned, sinking ponderously to the floor. "Its this way my Cousin Bill IVntly has come on from tat o' Washington, wife bunting. II wrote me n apelt bark to get busy and do some tall courting for tilm letter never came Just only him. Now, he vows he must start hark la 'area days so It's up to me to rustlo a bride for him I give yon two the first were each good chance seeing friends." "Does BUI took at all Ilka your Lltxy demanded. Jory seemed pained: "Hasnt got a bit of Dallet favor." he said. "What made yon aak!" "Of I thought maybe Td like him better than yon." Lltxy retorted. Ellse rising dapped ber on both cheeks with a roee ever eo gently, and with a smile saying: "Monopoly Is forbidden. Lilt. Dont yon dare think of swapping Joe for Billy, until I decide I don't want him." 'Be ready to do It." said blaster Joey. "Hes coming here Inside twenty minutes P "Has he brought a ring, I wonder," Lltzy speculated. Joe nodded: "A solitaire mnkes yon wink like the sun to look at It "Can't you afford to match UP Lltzy asked. Ellse sprang up crying wltb a stamp of the foot. "Ton mercenary little beast! I accept Billy sight nnseen. Joe Just to save him from this scamp.' Joe made her his best bow, "Tanky, -Darling I" be said; "Yon take a load from my conscience both ways. Youre safe for at least five years can worry Bill Into the grave in less time and by then Ill be so broken to harTQZ WORLD'S OnSATZST ness you can't drive me Into any sort of foolishness." Its the other way round Ive always been saving you from foolish ess." Ellse said, wheeling upon him, her eves suddenly stern. "And I shall do It one last time, no matter what you think of me for doing It. How!" Joey asked, his mouth setting bard. , By telling you not to marry my I Contains cousin Lltzy," Ellse said evenly. "She ' more than cares not a rap for yon but a lot for fix your possessions. You are charmed, as a bird is charmed break away while ordinary you can, Inveninf anfor Thank yon nothing," Joe strength swered, his face Uvld. "Pm big enough and, I hope, man enongh to decide for myself. If Lltzy will but take me shall be happier than a king. How BZSTBT TEST about It! turning to the slim girl times Sales a those were and brooding cloudy. wjiose eyes of But she lifted them, put her hand In And his and said slowly: "Maybe. then like a human thunderbolt old Bill Theres always hope for a man Bently was upon them disgorged by t. he loses his the handsomest car even seen in the county, fit, fine, and fashionable as to Alarrlage Is mans last sad rights. apparel, In all things touching the happy medium that Is the mode of true elegance. As Joe presented him he looked narrowly at the two yonng women his eyes lingering on Ellse, yet after a while returning furtively to Lltzy. But then Joe put an arm about ber, saying with a little hard laugh: Take pattern, Billy and congratulate me. Proposed Just as you were coming In now well run away to the garden, and let yon others see what you I Chapped Hull make of each other." Cracked Kaaddet Apparently they made a match of It Sob Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Billy emlled at Joe as that gentleTOor hands before werkio la man returned, saying : Toure a busithe sold or ire mod yeall avoid ness man I see, Joey were going to shopped heeds eod oeec kod be married day after tomorrow, and knuckles. For out, borne, bump, bruioeo end oore orekia trouble, I west tart bought the right away spply ViMlmo" Jelly liberally. Joe stared, car specially for that Always safe, sooth in end bealto. but said the proper things. Lltzy eeder lielredr-aier- f "Keiriee" smiled and stared hard at Billy. He so muMitp. It fyeorprolecttee. was fumbling In his pocket swiftly Cbeaebroodh M ft. Company State Street torn it York he flashed from It a splendid winking diamond and tried to pnt it upon E'sies finger. She waved It aside, saying: "Not yet," but smiled at him. He shrugged, but made no protest. , MO. U. . PAT. OTP. PETROLEUM JELLY Things were going to suit him. That kept up witness that an hour before he was to marry Elise, he whisked Lltzy away to the parson, PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM married her out of hand, and set forth for his home. Ellse drew a long breath Roktonn Color and to Cray and Faded Haia Baacty of relief she had played a desperate fUe. and $1.00 at Imcg1atge Rtseor Chem- Wfet. FatcUogne.y. game and won. Lltzy had yielded to the charm of forbidden fruit. As for HINDERCORNS ftanovw Corot, Oat otcky stops all pate ensures comfort to tm anything to come later at least hope ioitses.maUrs valkiar mnv. Ut. b snail or at Drum remained hope that a year later flow- (fete. Uisooa ChoaiUai Work faCefcoaa K. X, ered In making her Joes beloved wife. W. N. U. Salt Laka C ty, N. 24. Wllllll irtiMf; of many oihcrl (trands Thatswty jomwarn DAlliNG POiYDZn Coes farther lasts longer h any other brand self-respec- t Vaseline AOTertzMraff-8topeHlrFU- - 43-19- I |