Show Now the Marines Sign Up a Recruit I At 9 Years of As Age r Mascot ascot 1 Ir yR I Is s 1 1 r 3 u 4 t tf f i y k kW l li lr W i r i I 4 A a ai y f i t a s sy y n i f r MARINE MASCOT OFFICIALLY TAKES OATH OF OFFICE First Sergeant J J. J E. E Brown gives oath to Mascot Robin Burt Trust the United States Stales marines to best their traditional rivals the United States navy For the past several months the navy recruiting office in the federal federal federal fed fed- eral building has been able to i enlist more men than the marines I bec because use of the recent ruling permitting permitting per per- acceptance of year old youths Wednesday however the leathernecks leathernecks leathernecks leath leath- had adopted that we we have landed and have the situation well in hand smugness of The reason was the enlisting Robin Burt year old son of ot Mr and Mrs Clinton R R. Burt 17 East Seventeenth South street Not only was he eight years younger than the navy recruits but he entered entered entered en en- the service with a first sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's ser ser- ser ser- geant's rating as a mascot Follows Uncles Uncle's Footsteps Robin is following in the footsteps footsteps footsteps foot foot- steps of his uncle Bern Beni L. L Woolley Wool Wool- ley now a research chemist and captain in the army anny reserves at Buffalo N. N Y who enlisted as a mascot with the marines in April 1917 He was a familiar figure during World war days in downtown downtown downtown down down- town Salt Lake City when with his pet monkey he shouted Enlist Enlist En En- Enlist list in the marines Bern Woolley who enlisted at atthe atthe atthe the age of seven was sent to Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver in 1919 and assisted in firing a salute for General John J. J Pershing when he visited in that city Robin enrolled In the Hamilton school will wUl get his first taste of duty Saturday when First Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Ser Ser- geant J. J E. E Brown and other marIne marine marine ma ma- rine noncommissioned I officers teach him how to conduct himself as a member of the organization Goes on Probation Sergeant Brown said the boy would be placed on probation for 30 days and if he successfully passes all requirements will be accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac as a first sergeant Part of his duties call for Inspections inspections inspections at various marine offices and barracks in the western area His first trip Captain Con D D. in charge of the local office said would be to San Francisco The corps will consider this as his shakedown cruise Sergeant Brown said |