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Show MAKES HIKE OF 4,000 MILES Marine Corps Fellow Travels From San Francisco to New York Carrying 51-Pound Pack. After facing death from thirst on thp rrronf Ainorir.nn rlocrni- hat n it mIo . n ......... ...... taken for a bandit and looked upon with suspicion in the communities where the marine uniform never had been seen, Charles E. Gilbert, United States marine corps, arrived in New York re-c re-c e n 1 1 y, hale, hearty and tired. Ordered transr if I f erred from his station at San Francisco Fran-cisco to a new post at New York, Private Pri-vate Gilbert sought permission to hike the distance. He was given a furlough fur-lough and sent upon his way. He carried car-ried a ol-pound pack during the entire en-tire trip. Between marches the marine found shelter' and food from American Legion Le-gion posts along the way, and when he reached St. Paul, his home, St. Paul Post, No. S, turned out to greet him. The distance of 4,000 miles hiking was covered in little more than a month. He made the 2,200-mlle walk from San Francisco to St. Paul in 12 days actual time. Automobillsts along the way materially helped the marcher : by frequent and long "lifts." |