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Show COMMAND MARINES - ' tfv ' i - N1 WASHINGTON. Thirty-eight Tars 1n the navy, 16 on the seas. Is the record of Major General Barnett. commander of the United States Marine Corps. In his six years at the head of the Marines the force has been increased from 10,000 men to 60.000. Major General Lajeune. who was in command com-mand of the Second division from Chateau-Thierry to the occupation of Coblenz, has a record little short of his superior's, for he has served 30 years with the Marines. |