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Show Captain CoTDliiT" in charge of the marine.01' cruiting office at the V) building in Salt Lake Cli a ports that the standard , " who apply for enlist, locality is very high, aJ many letters from men n lk enlisted have been received 1" San Diego, where they ara : trained, saying that thev ill.-? life and that some are air school studying or and a fine career. ApplicaWs ' be single, ages between is 30, and in good health. t: MARINE CORPS ANNOUNCES 9,000 VACANCIES Due to an increase in all branches of the service as a part of the national defense program, the United States marine corps must fill, proportionately, vacancies vacan-cies for 9.000 more men. This will bring the total of the marine corps to 34,000, which is the largest larg-est quota since the World War, when it was 75,000. Perhaps the most colorful of our country's armed forces, the marines, or "soldiers of the sea," are highly mobile and from the days of the American revolution they have served aboard American Ameri-can revolution they have served aboard American men-of-war as ship's company of infantry who were "good seamen or so acquainted acquaint-ed with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage at sea," to quote the first action of organizing the marine corps by the continental congress of 1775. Their part in a naval battle was to fire down on the enemy ship from the yard-arms and rigging until grappling irons were made fast, then, armed with cutlasses, they boarded the enemy and engaged en-gaged in hand-to-hand fighting. |