| Show il 4 I L j I i r r 4 1 11 tS tk r I j I j Jr r r 7 i I li a tf ti 2 j f V tf J t. t f J l' l t. t v j f i A 1 jf Ii r i r. r f. f I tL p 0 t I b ro f t. t DI r A I I M E r. r t t. t j J J. J f J vJ JJ r A f i l f 1 I i i 2 4 tt t fj V. i- i t 1 1 J k 1 tV tVA A JI ZI T I l iy jj I 1 a jl f t r Co 11 1 l I t. 7 r l A f I S 1 to N f it y r rf f 1 I I I rf f j i PV If F t x t t Lot J t j. j I I l I IJ oj V. V i f i II I H 11 j IJ f t.-o t. J f e r f 1 I f A I fE V Vr Vs t l fJ t I Y ih t I rI l s r f I 4 d i. i r 1 j f i 7 S JI I Ir t lt r j 1 i 1 tv t v t t t r X J Owen Ewen Hastings Hastings' r- r By y George r N the race for Cor fighting honors the United States State I. I Marine nicknamed Teufel Devil Devil Dog b by the Germans called Leatherneck by friend and foe alike and resident in m these and other ther parts for some since years ears since 1 1775 5 to bo be exact exact Is is out to win Collectively Collective hes he's a rip rip- roaring roaring slamming slamming- fighting machine Individually he ie dont don't mind pulling pulling- off a few fen stunts on his own when hook took when the occasion demands Through association tradition or something the United States Marine Marino has developed de a lighting fight light ing ng spirit that is a part o of his trade as a warrior Perhaps it is a legacy from the big and little wars he ie has fought In in from the old days under John JohnPaul Paul aul Jones down to the present with ith Pershing tn in n France When Sergt Sergi J. J L L. L h hit a Hun with his its bare fists and made his escape the other day durin during the fighting fighting- around Belleau wood ho he was wag Imitating the example set by br Kelly Winans Daly Quick an and other Leathernecks of the tho corps who were not slow to show initiative The Bare Fist Method Sergt was captured by the Germans while dazed from a blow on the head from a rifle butt The Tho boche was dra dragging ging him awa away when he regained consciousness The sergeant hit his capor captor cap cap- tor or on the jaw and anel escaped I I 1 was not going to be the first American captured on thi this sector the marine said The Hun HUll looked coked ked more scared than I bo so o I biffed him Now Nor I 1 got to go back and get m me a boche to make mako makeup makeup up for the lump on my mv head The Tile marine sergeant ser t r geant went right back into the fight the same day Many other stories of the fighting around Bel- Bel Beleau eau northwest of Chateau Thierry were told by correspondents accompanying American marines In n that sector Small squads fearlessly tackled strongly held German machine gun un positions and tilled killed or 01 captured all of the en enemy em A story Is told of ot an ambulance carrying three I wounded marines antI and a German back to a base t c ho hospital near there One of or the marines had an r r. argument with the Hun The marine marino told the German to that the could hop out so bo argument be settled then and und there Tho The boche bache declined without being restrained by br the hospital attendant atten aUen- attendant dant dan 1 Individual Darin Daring s st t Individual deeds of daring mark marine history his tor tory like e milestones Wreck Kelly was the hero horo of ot PeKin During the Boxer trouble of ot 1900 IDOO the marines marched from rom to Pekin fighting every step of or the tho way Sergt Dan Daly of or the marines marines tells tens the stor story of ot Wreck r I wonder If you ever eyer heard how we got sot Into the Forbidden Cit City of or Well VeIl that was rather funny Mine was D company Capt Long and we were the first foreigners ever o t to o enter that hat part hart of or Pekin duo We Ve didn't rave ha e a an any artillery to batter baiter down the gate with and we were puzzled how to lo make an entrance until Wreck Kelly Kelly Kelly- we e called him that because he was so thin thin throw throw off his bit haversack unit and coat and md tiled to crawl under un un- der d r the gato gate swung a few tew Inches off oft the ground r He couldn't quite make mak It It eo so he lie yelled He Hey come hero and shove and we pushed him under the gate Ho skinned his fare face and nud his arms and blame near tore the tho shirt off of his b bock back ck but hut he got through lifted the tho heavy bar off the lie gate gale and in i We went We Va didn't think much about it at the UIA lime time but later on ou Kelly said Gee boys suppose there d been a Chink on the other side of or that gate Sergt Dan Daly is the only soldier r of oC the lie United i. i States State who has been three times r recommended d for Jr the Congressional Medal ledal of at Honor Daly won I I the honor first for hi hl his valor tinier in m leading tho the allied t troops over the outer ramparts of Pekin The second time he Won n it il for conspicuous g gallantry in th the the- capture of oC Fort vort Liberte in The third award which rl Is now under t r consideration has been n recommended erCO because of oC gallantry gallantly in m tho tho face of or fire e l at Vera Vcra era Cruz In 1914 flow 0 an and then theu U nt t cd States Marines Marmes 1 tale display e n m mad d l reckless I sort Hof bravery which h Is Just I 1 short of or folly and which sometimes makes makes' the Impossible come true tru At Guantanamo in the Spanish war for example ex ex- example ample that famous troop of marines which formed the lie landing party would have hav been leen wiped out except except ex ex- that the Spaniards outnumbering them throe three to one waited for them thorn to land their supplies planning on capturing both supplies and md marines But when the tho supplies were landed and the they made their attack they found a full fully camp from camp from which came a deadly fire of ot Met Lee fords It was also at Guantanamo that the Dolphin Dol Del phin during an engagement mistaking a company of marines for Spaniards shelling them Whereupon John H H. H Quick a noncommissioned non officer stood up in that rain o of o shells and of or Spanish rifle fire and signalled Cease firing to Dolphin with a n red r rl 1 bandanna handkerchief His i clothes l tl were al almost st shot l t off rr him i hut but he escaped injury Sixteen years later in 1014 Sergt Quick helped to raise Old Glor Glory at Vera Cruz Today he is somewhere in Franco France Johnny Poe Princeton football star soldier hearted great adventurer and class first fighting man once paid pair the marines the tho great reat compliment b by becoming one of th them m It wa way in 1003 1903 when trouble between the Unit United d States Stales and Colombia over oyer tho tiro Panama canal strip trip threatened By Br a special arrangement with the secretary e of or the navy Poo Poe enlisted for the duration of the prospective prospective tive tine war The Football Star on the Job lie He went down to the Isthmus with the marine marIno detachment nt on the Dixie He was assigned to Capt Smedley ley Butlers Butler's machine gun company and made mad a sergeant He Ho didn't like it Soon after his arrival at the e isthmus he reported reported re reo ported himself to Col Co Va Waller Haller II er commanding the detachment I would thank the commanding officer for tor reduction reduction re reo re- re to tho rank of private he saidA said A rather unusual request Sergt Poe I havo plenty plent of men asking for promotion What's tho the idea Colonel I 1 dont don't think I am qualified for Cor tho the duties of ot a sergeant But you yon have hae had more active service than almost any man mail I know You Yon have havo had a college education You may ho be a bit rust rusty on drill and regulations but we make malte allowances allowances' for that as ab we wo do for the new second lieutenants nants down hero Wo Vo expect them to learn even It if they are not competent compete ll to perform all the duties of their rank just now Yes sir T J understand replied Poe deadly in earnest But nobody expects expect anything of a sec secA sec sec- A Company of Marines On On the Hike tJ Below I Roswell Winans Who Wore the Medal of Honor in 1916 f as ast en de r t H lU i t m ji 9 r J c r a aC ar iet e t n r p J C D C Devil eVl 1 z D Dogs Cc Leathernecks L th 1 r or ea Z l S f y Whichever You Call Them f'S S 'S 1 ra the Marines Have Hav Made MacIc a Brilliant Record What They r r J t q r s I i Have Done Over Here i i t iii r. r 4 iA I M el Y tv 4 1 At 3 Y r 4 rJ w t r rpt r 1 eft act rG r Y 9 a t ty ik t iTY e f rv r k t ri A 4 is A l t A Ar r r iJ S 'S Dl J t 5 rY x A r p S 'S t Kr Y r r 3 J r t p i i ip Y r S t. t r of Ni x if rs ir r ro t Y o rr r k Cn t e eC C 11 h f F r 4 1 0 S S 'S e a f. f J t y yr i r err by 4 sz A r L rry y f fy y Y 4 rL VyA r D reF I f frt y N y y r f aF itc t f rt i Sr f 3 w r a 1 3 G s 1 Y ti r va s j by t J v i Y 4 r 4 4 w x Rt f r f v a Jt t er r. r r r nj q I J c h 1 Jr w J 4 7 r iGo J i. i s Y A i rv yr R k r t wM 4 r J r r To Pass an Examination for the Marine Branch Is j ti a Guarantee of Physical Fitness Fitness Fitness Fit Fit- ness for Any Service ce ond and lieutenant But a sergeant of oC marines must know his job When the w world rIa war first broke out Poe joined the famous English regiment tho the Black Watch Vatch and was killed by a machine grin CHUT at Ypres Marines had many chances to di distinguish themselves themselves them them- selves durin during the recent revolutions re In Hayti and Santo Domingo Most of the fighting occurred luring during 1916 1016 an and 1017 1917 Many lany veterans v of these battles are now with the marines marins in France There was tho taking of Fort Riviere in Santo Domingo It was an old French b lotion u tion fort about OO feet on a sidle side with ah L thick cl walls waIls of brick briel and stone and mid ranging from Crem 15 to 25 feet reet high There was only one cue small breach in one walland wall walland walland and this was 1 naturally covered by the lie d fenders defenders fenderson on tho inside making passage through It into tho the tort lort a 3 avery very dangerous feat for the first man T ki a Fort mistaking ling the fact that tho the fire lire of ot the tho defenders was as constantly passing p. through this hole bole In the wall Sergt Ross L L. lams unhesitatingly leaped through closely followed by Priva Samuel Gross The remainder of or the company passed through in single file and the fort was tal taken en aft after r bitter bilter fighting In speaking ng of these two men the commanding officer said said- Of course I am not familiar with the mental impressions o of lams Jams and amI Gross during this time but their physical movements certainly ero alert and straight into tho the jaws of ot danger and what I considered almost c certain death Corp Haley was doing outpost duty in Hayt In 1916 when he had an Interesting adventure He and anti a native nativo cook cool who was as acting as assist ant wro quartered in a small hut lint He was tho 4 r b IJ u r b 1St I t vI t t J 0 u 2 f m Jr J f f f r 7 t SLI P r 4 4 digs 4 M r r r A Ya t 4 r Y n 1 r nV- nV 1 rr i iRi 4 s. s a c. c lt dr i sc LV j i ai rr I Serl Irr en HI r f. f rr 4 a 10 A f r k 1 Y a t r I. r t tt I r J cM i 1 r D Dan n Daly DaIy Marine Three Times Recommended mended for the Congressional Medal of Honor I only marine stationed at this point but there was wasa a native garrison close by In lit a n sudden attack at night the lie bandits suc sue succeeded succeeded I Ithen in scattering the native constabulary and then tackled the tho corporal an and his lone assistant in the hut The Tho marIne and his gendarme cook assistant went ent into action which wound up with Hh four bandits killed J and two wounded The Tho cook accounted accounted ac ac- ac counted for one ono of ot the dead ones onos and the official report says Corp Aubrey M M. Hale Haley has been promoted to sergeant for fur gallantry at Cerce laSource la Js laSource Source Hayti March larch 28 S 1016 1916 when with tho the assistance as as- of ot one gendarme he beat off ot an attack of ot bandits three himself Winans's Splendid Record Then there was the scrap at nt Guayacanes Santo Domingo on n Jul July 3 J 1016 1916 It was In this fight that Roswell Rowell Winans won tho the medal of or honor Part of at the official account of ot the affair is as follows During a running limning fight of or 1200 yards our forces i reached cached the enemy entrenchments and Corp Joseph Glowin placed d the machine gun of or which he had charge a large log Jog across the road and ind immediately opened fire on the trenches He Ile was struck once but continued firing his bis nun gun but a moment later he was i truck again anti and had to be bo drag dragged ed out o othe otho the tho position Into covar Sorge Ros Roswell ell cli U U. S S. S S1 M M. 1 C. C then arrIved ar- ar rIved with a Colts Colt's gun which he placed In a most exposed position and coolly opened fire on tho the trenches When the gun jammed he ha stood up and repaired It under fireAll fireAll fire All tho the time Glowin and Winans were handling handling hand hand- ling their guns guus they were exposed to a vcr very heavy fire which was striking the tho logs loss and around the themen themen themen men seven being wounded and one ono killed within 20 feet Sergt Winans continued firing his gun Un until the enem enemy had abandoned tho trenches Worthy men win promotion in the marine marino corps Winans Is now a commissioned officer In France Episodes like tho ho foregoing aro are without number num ber her in tho the marine corps because the soldiers sea are are alua always s alert aloit to enlist men who know what to todo todo todo do in a pinch Then again men lookin looking for Cor action action ac ac- ao- ao tion uon Join the tho marines J |
