Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-12-13 | Page 16 | 'Fightin'-Mad Ex-Marine Leaves Uintah Ranch, Seeks to Rejoin Outfit He Signed with in 1917

Mad Marine Ex-Marine Leaves Uintah Ranch Seeks to Rejoin Outfit He Signed With in 1917 1 David L L. Lou Bills Uintah county rancher Is mad The Th marine ex sergeant now 54 years old wants to return to the service and give the enemy its Just desserts I hell But have to wait until regulations regu regu- lations arc are changed it appeared Saturday Lou big and burly and tough as any marine ex-marine tO be found in these parts has a ranch at LaPoint LaPoint La- La Point in the Uintah valley He and his wife a former nurse talked it over before Lou came into Salt Lake to see about reenlisting re- re enlisting We sorta figured shed she'd join the Red fled Cross and be a war nurse while I Ivas vas was pitchin for the marines marines marines ma ma- rines Lou LoLl explained He and his missus have two children Clarence children Clarence 20 a jockey now living at Phoenix Ariz and Lucy now 21 and the wife of Junius Goodrich Midvale Lucys Lucy's two children make malce Lou and his wife grandparents twice over I guess my law in would take care of things at the ranch while the missus and I are areaway areaway areaway away Lou said Rules Not Relaxed While Thile rules are expected to change shortly marines now have havea a year 31 maximum age limit Lou wrote the commanding marine general for a waiver but it did nO good The ranchers rancher's record shows he enlisted July 24 1917 served at Mare Hare island navy yard Quantico Va at Cuba and in France He was a member of the marine guard on the S. S S. S Leviathan when the huge Germ German n passenger liner was seized by the United States and converted to a troop transport Guess Ive I've got itch in feet Lou said in it explaining why he was knocking at t the marine recruiting station tation door Those Japs made me mad too Confident of U. U S. S He thinks the American fighting fighting fight- fight ing ng man is unbeatable if hes he's properly trained Theres There's an old saying aying you know A man cant can't cante be e hurt in war if he knows how howo 10 o protect hi himself self Then he waved a like ham-like hand tipped back the marine campaign hat at he still wears after 21 years ruffled the bearskin coat around his lis shoulders and said Get the American fighting man out ut of the hands of politicians and ande he e cant can't be beat Sergeant Gartz meanwhile credited American marines' marines success success suc- suc cess ess in repelling invasion of tiny Wake Vake island for causing a surgen surge in n enlistments Applications Gain The Salt Lake recruiting office he le said has averaged about 50 applications for enlistment a day daylis this lis week Applications were expected to fall all off after the first two or three days ays he said but just when they were expected to drop word of the marines' marines outstanding work at Wake Vake became known and helped keep the applications at the same level evel I I I I I. I 1 e r 4 AMERICAN I FIGHTING MEN CANT CAN'T BE DE BEAT I Sergeant S. S D. D Gartz left Marine Ex-Marine David L. L Bills