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Show ' actty eter? , - lke tt Sergeant Angus W. Blackrtone, ' United States Marine Corps, in jinricki-Bha jinricki-Bha in China. nkDeT BY EDWARD B. WATERWORTH. JJnlil recently eompan clerk. Marine Barracks, Norfolk Navy Yard. ir) ( ' ODN thi marines and see tho TO Whit i This slogan has been used to nu y - by both army and navy ro- frentJ- recruiting stations of tho 5 now. y United States. It has been nd to one of the most powerful With. v. Inducements In drawing young men into the service. In tho Marine Corps, especially, has this sign slow 1 Lr proven a drawing card Images held out of yacht, tropic ccenes, of a silvery moon shining on 6tar-Lespangled waters, of palm groves, moving mov-ing In warm winds these pictures arouse keen ad to Interest In the ! tb ol n adventurous turn But In many cases the "seeing the world." so far as tho marine is concerned, has been lim ited to some post like that at Norfolk or from New Orleans, with ft tri to tho target ranco representing the fancied tour to other scenes, atlon, Hereafter, the slogan will be lived up to drew Unci.. Sam has decided that If men aro on- j listed under a virtual promise that they will sec something of other countries, the promise jj should be fulfilled , It was the fum ral of the late Admiral Dewey that brought forth this decision It was no-'litlca no-'litlca tlced that the marines who attended the ecrv- Ices and who served as a guard of honor, were, you with the bluejackt ta, marched Immediately back to theJr I rains, without giving any of 3eter men 8 ciianc'1 lo see the national capital vVhon the attention of Secretary Daniels was and called to this by John R retary of lown the Seabrok Democratic Club of Soabrook. Md Secretary Panic-is Immediately announced ypri- that, hereafter, visiting Bailors and marines in that "Washington should be allowed twenty-four sion- bouis to view the sights of that city. Nf" Sea Service Promised. I JOREOVER, efforis will bo mado to give the every man a fair chanc sea sei lght ln th coursc of hiB enUstmenl Once tho war Is over, our ships will be at liberty to mla- travel, instead of bi g d ol , , . . bar. bome rta. Then the marine will have a chance to "see the world ' tTV0 In writing to Secretary Daniels of tb fact to ung he ih tnat tn nien at the Dewey funeral had nod received B fair chance to see (he city, Riffle. P wroto. "Tfoung men who d. sire to serve their country I Brr ' 1 by t; e lure of adventure, travel and romance to sign up for the enlistment term aXUr looking al your colossal posters descriptive r it r . trW ft Srrarta a Hf SjctnJ .(Scotqc -dcwc! d I V I t Jt---r, HrlM hff4m 1 mwri gpgjpaas'HH kl OmmM o n,i u-7txd statu I v M ami trrra r .'.I I I H (Srornr Drmry, 1 I l- t.mw um a sihmm. HMBI mrw nun . it Mi 7 n't icwa w na uxrm HlH ,j rrTn omoL e ,t; i nr i ittWiir i 1 isirVjhssfflnWBffl g 225 5 a reduced photo graph of the form of the Dewey funeral notice sent nut hu Congress. - i Marble casket being- carried by eighty men just outside the Forbidden City, Peking, China. Photographs taken by Sergeant Blackstone. of the man that your service makes and the clime that he works in. It Is a crushing dls- """ appointment to discover that their chances t0 see th world aro not fostered to the best of "N. advantage, - "Sooner or later, a letter goes back home to this effect, and the neighbors shake their heads wisely and mutter, 'It's not what it's Sfe cracked up to be.' Tho youths who listed hoed the warning and. consequently, many a good possibility is lost to the service. I suggest promoting tho opportunities for carrying oit; 'A chanco to see the world.' " Secretary Daniels responded by thanking the writer and saying pains would be taken In future fu-ture to have this difficulty amended. During the Roosevelt administration, the men of the navy and the Marine Corps had abundant opportunity to see the world. Target practice was featured ln those days and the famooj cruise around tho world, with a full complement comple-ment on every ship, was probably as magnl.l-cent magnl.l-cent a trip as was ever given to enlisted mon and officers alike Even Just prior to the beginning of the European Euro-pean war. the marines had plenty of opportunity oppor-tunity to travel The ships of the Asiatic station sta-tion always have a full complement of marines and the wsscls aro continually cruising up and down the Chinese coast and tho Islands of thn Philippine group. They are rarelv kept Idle ln their harbor at Sublg Bay. just north of Manila Bay. Marines are stationed at every naval port where the United States maintains a station, at Corregldor Island, at Guantanamo. at legation in South America and China and in various points where a consulate Is maintained. The Island of Guam, once occupied only by a small guard of marines, now has more than a battalllon there-that la, moro than 400 mon ' bey have somo rapid fire guns on the brow of thu hill overlooking tho harbor and the force Is considered sufficient to protect the place. Where Robbers Were Exterminated. UAM Is a member of what was once l;nown V u9 tho Ladrono group In the old Spanish days. This meant tho "robber" group, as th island was a favorite haunt of pirateH at one Umc, j. ICaJag settlement existing th.re. V, bag the Spaniards finally decided to "clean up" t Place, they did It so thoroughly that the .n-habltants .n-habltants of two Islands of the group were entirely en-tirely exterminated. These islands were then let to a contractor Who raised cattle and hogs by letting them roam wild He mado his money selling thi nieat to whaling ships, at that time i i. :,Mr m In those waters. It will be recalled that the Islands were seized by the cruiser Baltimore, noon after Manila had been captured. The Balimiuro steamed luto the harbor at Quaia and fired a shot at tho ramshackle old fort on the brow of the hill Tho American flag was promptly hoisted and. taking this as an Indication In-dication of good will, tho Baltimore did not ilro again. The military "commandante" of the Island then camp aboard and was dumbfounded to And that war had been declared between tho United States and Spain. He said that he thought the Baltimore was saluting tho fort when she tired and that he hud called to express ex-press his regrets that hu could not return the salute because he had no powder for his guns. So ho holstod the American flag as a compliment compli-ment The American flag, incidentally, has remained re-mained there ever since. The sailors and marines who visit Guam see a bit of the old world that appears aa If it had stepped bodily out of the middle ages The Islands are so completely Isolated that the habits and customs of tho Inhabitants are probably prob-ably the same as they were hundreds of years ago. Tho old method of cultivation with a wooden plough, ul living as far aa posslblo on the natural products or tno soil, and of keeping as close to nature as can be done and still exist, H Is tho life of the native today. Ono of the favorite amusements of the marines ln those islands Is riding horseback on domesticated H bulls, which are used ln place of saddlo horses. Corregldor, as impregnable a spot as there is H In the world, Is especially tiresome as a post. Tho men have to take a long trip on a govern- mcnt tug to get to Manila and unless it is near pay day and they have money in their pockets. Manila does not offer much In the way of Rmusemcnt. The quaint old streets, tho bridges built 300 yoars ago of cut stone, old Fort Santiago with Its grass grown depression whero the moat used to be. and the hundred and one H oddities along the streets entrance the visiting tourist, who stays only a few days. But thoso H sights soon pall on the man who has to remain thoro any length of time. At Corregldor, the men are kept to one seo-tion seo-tion of the island, and It Is doubtful If any person except the officer ln charge and the War Department, know Just how tho guns are mounted in all parts of the huge rock that towers up out of tho bay. It is known that guns as heavy as 12-lnch bore are placed, ln bomo cases. 300 feet above tho sea level, and the plunging lira of heavy shells from bucii an altitude could make tho most powortul warship war-ship helpless ln a fow shots. Corregldor has fresh-water springs spurting up through the rooks, is provisioned for throe years, and if Manila were soiiously threatened threat-ened at any time tho American population of that city probably would be brought over io the island and kept there. It Is not believed that it could be taken by on attack from u fleet The marines and coast artillerymen get tired of the sameness of the dally grind, however, and prefer sea duty. One ship that Is especially popular on Asiatic sorvlco Is the cruiser Rainbow. This Is converted vessel and ono of the most handsomely hand-somely fitted up In the serv ice. It Is used as a kind of "show vessel," when official visits hav to be paid to Hong Kong and Chinese ports. The mprlnes on this ship have to bo most punctilious in their attire, and aro ln full-dress uniforms practically on all occasions. But they are kept moving and that counts for a great |