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Show THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER SOL-DIER AND SAIL-JR SAIL-JR "It's great to be a sailor on tho land and a soldier on tho sea-" Major N. P. Vulto oft eh United States Marine Corps, recruiting olllco, 320 Market street, San Francisco, Cal., rustled some crisp, olllclal looking look-ing papers on his desk nnd went on: "I, have hero a report from tho strangest ship In tho world. "It Is located on the dry shores of Parrla Islnnd, South Carolina, and is mannel by soldiers of tho sea, who aro learning to bo sailors on dry land. Its nauio Is tho good ship United States Marino Corps Sca-Go-Ing Depot. trJ "Tho dopot was recestly established establish-ed for tho instruction of marlno recruits re-cruits who nio to sotvo at sea. And it is some hcIiooI. "Not even tho saltiest of tars has anything on the Marino who finishes Its course. Ho is oven wise to tho tlmo honored Jests of tho sea. Ho is taught that thoro nro no such things nB hammock laddois, groen nnd red oil for tho port and starboard star-board lights or koys to tho anchor watch. I 'Trom tho tlmo tho recruit arrives at the depot until ho leaves for shipboard ship-board In his trim, bluo 'uniform ho beam nothing but nautical language. "Ho Bleeps in a hammock swung in approved navy Btylc. In tho morning morn-ing "Jimmy legs" swaggcrH through tho barracks which is called a "com partment" yelling latldly "A-a-n-oll h-a-a-ands- Show a leg! lilt th' deck." "Tho Marino never says 'shut up, but always 'pipe down.' His meals ore cooked In a 'galley,' not a kitchen. kitch-en. Ono end of tho barracks Is 'forraid and tho other 'aft;' ono sldo 'port' and tho other 'starboard.' Kltch en police are 'Jucks o' tho dust and Iho company clerk is n 'yocman.' Ho goes "ushore' when ho leaveB tho bar- racks, nnd when ho is too ill for j duty ho Is on 'the blnnaclol 1st.' When ho gpeB beforo tho commanding command-ing olllcer ho says ho Is going 'to tho must ' "His Instructors teach him to knot and splice and to row and Bail small boats. Ho learns how to handlo tho flvo Inch guns and anti-aircraft bat- tor'les at sea. Ho must also qualify as it signalman. I "And nil this after ho has beon thoroughly trained In matters purely mllliniy. So you seo, soldiers and j (sailors, too, Is ;io nioio recruiting Blogan.'' i ....- ' |