Show oriental gadget invented hy by american sailor the marines have staked out one more claim to fame by establish establishing in 9 the e fact act that the that furnishes a 1 living ving for or thousands of 0 coos lies in C hina china japan and singapore was the invention of a member of we the corps it came about in this fashion the corp official bull buletin etin states private jonathan goble of the anarine anne detachment deta clment climent on the U S S susquehanna usque hanna one of the ships in tea Bim odore iler perrys rys fleet which vis d japan in 1854 conceived the idea alle had been a farmer in new york before he entered the marine corps in 1851 at the age of 24 he remained in the service four years just when goble conc conceived dived his idea of the jinrikisha gin is not known but after leaving the marine corps and returning to japan asea missionary sio nary he suggested to the japanese the idea of making these enlarged go carts a means of I 1 conveyance the first contracted as a result of his suggestion made its appearance in in japan in 1867 and subsequently its use spread to nearly all the countries of the far east |