Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1918-10-04 | Page 7 | Marines Want Luck

Marines Want Luck. Instead of "tossing their bats In Ihe ring" the United States marines now toss 'em in the water. Tossing their hats in the ocean for luck was adopted as one of the marine ma-rine customs when a gust of wind snatched the cliiipeau of a recruit while lie was crossing the bay off 1'aris Island. S. C. tiie marines' training train-ing camp. The "lid" sailed gracefully out into space and was soon bobbing merrily on the danclne waves. Taking the accident as a cue, ".iust for luck," the remainder of the recruits Immediately sailed their hats out into the deep and the bay was soon dotted with hundreds of straw hats.