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Show U. S. Marine Corps To Expand Forces Due to recent legislation, the U.S. Marine Corps Is authorized to expand ex-pand it forces to 80,000 officers and enlisted men. It Is planned to Increase In-crease the ranks of the regular Marine Corps to 60,000 men, and build up the ranks of the Marine Corps Reserve, now on active duty, to 15,000 men. The staff of officers will be Increased to 5,000. Men who enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve are assigned to active ac-tive duty immediately, and serve with the regular Marine Corps for the duration of the national emergency emer-gency only. When the emergency is declared over, members of the Reserve Re-serve wl.I be discharged, if no further fur-ther voluntary service is desired, and allowed to return to their homes. While serving with the regular Marines, members of the Reserve are given the same privileges and advantages as regular Marines. Men who have registered for selective service, and are unmarried, are eligible to enlist In either the regular Marine Corps or the Marine Corps Reserve, providing they have not actually been called for induction. in-duction. This arrangement allows selective service men to choose a branch of the service to their own likening. Another feature offered by the Marine Corps to all its members, whether regular or reserve, Is the variation of duties; service at sea. with the fleet, aboard a battleship, heavy cruiser, or aircraft carrier; service at a foreign shore station, in China, Hawaii, or the Philli-pines. Philli-pines. If duty on land is desired, a man's choice may He In any one of the new streamlined defense battalions, bat-talions, or In one of the corps' fast-striking fast-striking motorized regiments. Any ambitious young American, between the ages of 17 and 30, unmarried un-married and physically fit, may apply ap-ply at the Marine Corps Recruiting Station, 233 Federal Building, Salt Lake City, Utah for further information, informa-tion, and a physical examination, without obligation. |