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Show WINES HERE ON WAY TO ORIENT A detachment of 150 men of the marine corps passed through Ogden yesterday en route to China, where they will do guard duty at the American Ameri-can legation at Pekln The meu have been stationed at Washington, D C., at which point a majority of them were recently recruited. A considerable number of the men, however, have seen active service in the Philippine islands and have also been stationed In Japan. They seem pleased with tbelr new assignment assign-ment aud in a happy-go-lucky way are anticipating no end of fun among the slant-eyed Celestials of Pekln. The detachment will relieve a similar body of men at the American legation and it Is expected thnt the assignment will cover a period of thirty months. |