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Show 1 HEAD OF MARINE OORPS . I I " Gen. George P. Elliott, commander of tho a' United States marlno corps, Is ns much nt a losa ffl I a8 "10 Kenoral public to toll tho reason for tho I hNm lnte or(l01' of President Roosevelt taking tho - '1 .4iim?H marlno corps off the battleships and rologatlng . & flBI thm t0 duty on land. Does It mean tho gradual , " mk C&ilrafl) elimination of this splendid organization of I I i$vA SWfflrv fighting men? 2, I WK&lmr Tho mar,no corps was organized ln 1776, and Ic llns B'"co bcon nn Important Institution ln tho 3yl naval department. It has added much glory to M.: the story of Amorlcan arms, and has played a 1 tAmk prominent part In every great achievement tho Ihl "WKfftt nation can boast. Tho marines have fought, -W ilLWfMWMink 1)1(1(1 n,,(1 Jlei1 m very war under tho flag, and a VllllMlllllllmtfHllllm ' ?1 slmplo recital of the deeds of heroism would fill I . volumes, They woro with John Paul Jones on tho Bon Homme Wchard when ho R, fought tho Sorapls, and out of 137 men on that .ship 49 wore killed or wound- flr ed boforo tho British terror struck Its colors. In tho revolution, the war &i against Tripoli, tho war of '12, tho Mexican war, the Chinese Boxer uprising. M tho civil and tho moro recent wars they played an important part. lm Gen. Elliott Is an Alabama man, who enlisted In the corps in 1870 and iM has boon its cotnmandor slnco 1903. In tho Interim he has served In prex- 1 1 tlcnlly all tho Intermediate grades. The official records have much tq say ot :M his Judgment and personal gallantry, M M M |