Show g THE TEE PASSING OF THE MARINE The president has ordered all marines from American American Amer Amer- ican jean warships The order is a revelation of how changed naval affairs are from the old days The duty of marines originally was to police warships and andin andin in in the event of a battle to fight as infantry on board their own ships or when possible to board an enemy They were at first an English invention in the days when hen England impressed sailors and when crews ii ere re often ten ma made e UP of f desperadoes J V f Now rifle fire at sea is no longer of any avail and t the the men who make the crews have to be all ll first class in order to handle the machinery and the guns There is no more hand to hand fighting the fighting the great guns decide battles And the men who man those guns feed and fire them are a superior class Indeed skill is a requisite everywhere on a warship now Steam and electricity have to be controlled Science has brought natures nature's forces to do the work And every man engaged behind the steel walls has hasto hasto hasto to be a superior man Steel forts go out against steel forts wings have been given to the fortresses and I the men who sail and fight them have to be always ready for the enemy whether it comes in the thc slash slash- ings of the hurricane or in the of exploding shells The day of the marine at sea has passed |