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Show FROMA MAN FORM- M FRLY OF SALT J LAKE CITY H Han Francisco, Oil, Dec 26, 1919 H Editor Logan Republican, H oeftsod norowlth 1 am sending you uu article which is of somewhat sssl drawn out character, but I hope you HH will find a space for it In your great- HH ly esteemed paper. Inland people HH hear so very little about and Bee H still less of our famous military or H ganlzatlon. the U. S. Marine corps. M Therefore I am sure that this arti- H clo will be of Interest to your read- H Perhaps this article may appear tomewliiu dry but that Is always tho ease with troth, No doubt but that lM you've heard of tho famous forty- jH wives Blory thai om oui men sup I rosed to have Inherited Trom tho Sul- tM tan of Liang Liang. It surely re- lLf coived a tre'iii'iulbus publication but IH It proved to be a pure myth. B Have received u copy of your pa. B' per with (wo verses which were sent from our office. Wo clipped them M out and sent them to Mnrlne head- B quarters, Washington, D. C., where K ' they are kept on file. Of course the 1 name of the paper und the date of A publication accompanies each clip- H Ping It may be of Interest lo you te know that I Have lived in Salt Lake I City, where l attended the high I ' school for four years prior to my en- W J liHtmeni in the Marine Corps. HUee j leaving Utah I have been to many I ' lands and climes, but there's some C thing about I'tah that towers shove them all, and I think people llvln.- ', there are fortunate people. Helng a I j poor boy. I had to work my way through the school. Though I cost- plete stranger I found many genuine friends in Salt Lake City who ne'pea me through the schooling ds. ft's a 'nemory that I love to cherish. Thanking you In behair of the 0. Marine Corps, I am. Very sincerely yours, 101. IAS SI1UIIA, Corpl. U. S. Mar. n- C. :i WHY THE U. 8. MARINES LEAH THE WOULD IN THE ART OF tfHOOTINCI By ICIlas Shuru The outlluc of this nature "Mar-ine "Mar-ine again top list in enlisted men's team match," "Marine Dark H rse Triumphs In Members' Mutch," "Marines "Ma-rines Capture Six of First Ten Places in Cup Classic," "Marine Corpora , Rolls I'p Astonishing Score in Rapid Shooting Contest," "Thirty-Two Marines Ma-rines in President's Hundred 1919", "Mailnes Win Grand Aggregate Match," etc, etc., are Just us common in the daily newspapers us the Ford's Tin Lizzie is on the South To npla street of Salt Lake City. To a person who is not famillr.r with the U. S. Marine Corps and Its wonderfully efficient system of train- 1 lng, It may appear that the Marines are different animals from the rest of us humans. Nothing could be fur- a ''it tin 1 from the truth because all men . are alike. The thing that makes the j Mnrlnes stnnd out so prominently lu ! everything and especially in the art 1 J of shooting !s their superior Iraln j , lng. I v Now to describe a Murine's train- KM lng from start to finish, would 'u ( ,2 ' scmethttig m .w.rltlnga descrlp j-fl sfof n boy thru his schooling;' LM fli with kindergarten and ending w: ... jfcjf I the University. Such a work would lH ' stretch over a period of many months SH and would pile Into many thick vol W , umes. Therefore. I shall endeavor M 1 to touch lightly only on that training fl (Continued on Page Three) By a From a Man Formerly J of Salt Lake City uS Continued from Page One) jB which makes the V. S. Martnea ex- H f i -1 is In the art of shooting. 1 Taken from every stand point ..f H view, the Instruction in shootlnp io B a Marine Is akin to that of n Htudcit H In the University. It is the high ii M and most Important. Marines kln.lii- B garten Is the recruits' camp where a (he foundation for the art of .h in Bf lng Is firmly laid. Upon enlisting lu H the U. 8. Marine Corps, the new re- HJ ciuit is taught first of all the iinpu i Bj ance of bodily cleanliness. Tie Is put Into well trained hands fir phy- 9 gleal exercises which are systematic 9 ally laid down by the men who have 9 gained the practical knowledge in m that particular nrt during many year fl of actual experience and observation. 'M In order to he able to shoot well 9 one must live right. Tl a Uf ih.it the U. S. Marines lend, Is sc'j.it'i'ical- jS ly as near perfection as r.vild he m found In any other organisation o:' ,3 osclety. This statement may seem 1 somewhat exaggerated, niVKlthdesl, its a naked truth. tl Two weeks ago, I was fortunate M .enough to get a chance to shoot on M p.- I. 3. "Marine Rifle Range, Marc ' Island, Calif. I stayed th.tre a wct-i I during which time I have obscived I and learned many snrprislr..' things M The camp Itself is conveniently laid I out, consisting of several rjW.i of sfl tents, kitchen and mess hall; (clI'HP, bath house, nt nn open pl-.ee for ( washing clothes. Each tert is big ( enough ror two Untie bed h a- a general rule the Camp Is se'din. so crowded that it would be , , to put two men In one tent. Staying with the f. 3. Marines is being In a society by itself; ,.!,f, ,,.,,t from all others. f, , socl , .-, f ,,.e most democratic kind wli-v, ihe Xmlhful happiness reigns s:ipr, ,-.... My first training at the M, , Rifle Range camp was fillbd ,v.,h wonderment. I could not ui,!etMa.,d why all that happy talklne. Uiugh-lng Uiugh-lng and chasing round the Map but I soon found it out. At tea 'liKtU at night a "bugle calll soundo 1 and like a magic, lights went out ni.l a perfect silence spread her dressing wings over the whole! camp, -,nly the soft footsteps of the sentry M wnlrh could be heard behind th? rows of tents. ) Wrapped up In the warm goverr ment blanke's, I soon won lere 1 off wit hthe youtlifil Marines into tin-wonders tin-wonders of slumberland. i WIM aroused ar-oused the next morinng by another bugle call. Looking at my frato't. it was 6:15 a. m. Fo ra minute or two, everything was quiet, but snen a voice was heard, then anottrer, and presently the whole camp resounded with gleeful voices. By the time . clumsily got out from under my warm cover, the Marines had already washed themselves, had their beti made up according to regulation and ready for Inspection .tents swept, etc., and now some were polishing their shoes and others giving flnish-inc flnish-inc touches to their rifles: everyone wnR busy with his hands and noisy with tiis mouth. I finally nu to get to the wash house. Th modern mod-ern conveyances and spotless cleanliness clean-liness with which for the first time I got acquainted In the Marines toll-' els and bathing pa!ce surprised dm greatly. Here are the most up-to-date toilets, Washing basins, shower hatha and tables for washing clothes, thus keeping alwayg clean. Kver.v thin is first rate both for cleanliness and convenience. I 1 llv the time I returned to my tent ; iiu'ir bugle call was sounded. which, to use Marines' language, was the "chow call." Next to the pay call, U10 chow call is the sweetest music In every Marine's ear; they alt love it and quickly respond to its music. About a minute after the first note wns sounded, every Marine was In the Tine, five minutes later a corporal commanded "Right face; I column right march!" and they all marched into the mess hall. Marines" mess hall Is not a luxur-. lantly furnished dining room, it 1- true, but its cleanliness, its adaptahil lly for convenience, wholesome ami the very best kind of food prepared in home like style, cannot be com pared to the Best kind of the hotel dining rooms. The food la dlsheil !out on the largo platters and set 00 1 the tables from which each man helps himself. The platters, as soon as emptied, are refilled by the mess-nien mess-nien who are specially detailed for that duty and for which work they arc drawing five dollars extra a month. Half an hour after the breakfast we all went to tho firing line. Each marine had a pTare assigned to him, some were In the butts pulling the targets and others were keeping score for those who fired, and It was surprising to Bee how smoothly to gether the whole human machine was working. At 11:10 a. 111. the gun: nery sergeant in charge of the flr-inft flr-inft shouted "Alright, knock off firing! fir-ing! Pick up the empty shells and go to dinner." With their usual lightning speed, the firing points were cleared ,and by the time we got ,to the camp and washed ourselves, the diner nwas ready. At the breakfast break-fast table I was surprised at the va-rlety, va-rlety, quality and plentlfulness or the food, bnt V.c dinner set was of (such a lavish spread "that a similar dinner in a hotel could not be duplicated dupli-cated for $1.50. Mind you. Marines , don't eat napkins, finger ttoyls, etc., they ent the plain, wholesome, scientifically scien-tifically combined and well prepared food! There was"iio" target practice in the afternoon so the time wns given to amusements, voluntary hiking, swimming swim-ming etc. I got to talking with or. 'of the gunnery sergeants and re j marked on my poor start at shooting that morning; how unsteady I was and how poor the light seemed to h. "Is tTiat so?" he surprisingly Interrogated, In-terrogated, covering me from head jto fW with his scrutinizing eyes. Then llkd a skilled physician he nBk-,ed nBk-,ed me all kinds of questions In reign re-ign rd to my health. "Ho your bowels bow-els move regularly?" was his first and very emphatic question. I told Iktai that I had .never paid any attention at-tention to that. "Well." he went on, "you OMJMt shoot well unless your bowels move at least twice a day, and especially In the morning before beglnuln gto shoot. You cannot have a steady nerve and a clear vision while your body Is clogged up with poison." "I always thought," 1 laid, "that the mother nature was taking care of those things " Then I was reminded that my point of view would be O. K. if we were not stuffing stuf-fing our stomachs with adulterated foods. Now the conversation developed devel-oped for me Into a very lnteieHtlni; lecture on health. I was told to take a cold shower bath first thing In (tie morning tho very suggestion of It made me shudder drink a cup of hot water and go through some lirisk exercise, running preferred, for about ten minutes every morning before breakfast. Judging from the sincerity sincer-ity of his conversation, he i,j nit what he Bald and the long string of dais that glittered on his li; lib developed chest, testified that ' he knew what he was talking nbout. I tip my mind right (Inn and there to faithfully follow nil inslruc-tlons. inslruc-tlons. for curiosity's sake ir DOthlni else. That night I asked th sentry on watch to call me at 6 a. 111.. fifteen minutes before the reveille He did. I got up and made a very onthusla tic dive for the bath hq.UM. ing right under the shower spi.iy. I turned on the Water at full speed What followed. I don't know. It seems as though umoluntai lly I le out an awful ell."heiaue Ihe whole camp was aroused tnd half a dozen Marines stlll'TirTlielr pajamas, dashed In, asking what 1 nthe L wns the matter with me. In spite of that em-bamssing em-bamssing Incident. I followed the gunnery sergeant's Instructions from start to finish. Every day a marked Improvement both on my looks nnd ,ln my feelings. At the end of th.-week, th.-week, the sallow, sickly looks on niv face was replnced by a vigorous, rud dy complexion. My blggesT surprlgewns on th lasl day, when shooting for record. I mnn-aged mnn-aged to squeeze In with the expert rTflemen. Tho secrets wherein lies tho sue- ceBB of the V. S. Marines on the rifle v , range nre these: Highly efficient organization. Ralnslaklng .experienced Instructors. Instruc-tors. Fresh air. First class, well combined and prepared pre-pared food. Selected, vigorous physical exercl.-i Cleanliness. Cheerful surroundings. Free of rare life. Is It so strange then that a young man living In the confines of a crowded city has no ch'ance with the U. S. Marines on Ihe rifle range? |