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Show HAWAII POPULAR WITH MARINES Famous in song and story, the Hawaiian Islands are decidedly popular with the U. S. Marines and bluejackets, according to hundreds hun-dreds of them who at various times have been stationed at Pearl Harbor, about eight miles from the city of Honolulu. There are definite reasons for their popularity. Not only has the charm of the islands intrigued many tourists as well as the marines, mar-ines, but the climate is said to be the most equable in the world. Since the days of Captain Cook the archipelago has been a focal point of romantic interest. Members -of all branches of the service are stationed on the island of Oahu and there is some livery competition among them in boxing, box-ing, baseball, and other sports. About one hundred years ago, in 1840, Pearl Harbor was surveyed sur-veyed by Commodore Charles Wilkes of the U. S. Navy, who recommended the site as a naval base. A few years later Lieut. J. W. Curtis of the Marine Corps also recommended the harbor as a proper site for the defense of Honolulu. Naturally neither officer could foresee that Pearl Harbor eventually even-tually would become an important naval base, even though its possibilities possi-bilities as such were recognized. I "If the water upon the bar been stationed at Pearl Harbor since 1904. Nearly all of them seem well pleased with their tour of duty in the "Paradise of the Pacific." could be deepened, which I doubt can be affected," wrote Commodore Commo-dore Wilkes, "it would afford the best and most capacious harbor in the Pacific." Wilkes also wrote that the location was so named because it was the only spot where "pearl oysters" could be found on the islands. Units of the Marine Corps have |