Show second unit of M adern modern morn morion on battalion joins Uni baited tetti scales blates marines amid impressive ceremonies in sa i lake cites memory park shrine to heros of world war 1 I 63 of the int auti a iest adi ld hands last week and pledged themselves to uphold the fine traditions of the nations fighting tSa ting leathernecks Leather necks neolis as george alti albig ii jm ct cf the quorum of I 1 the twel twelve ve apostles of the church and the hon herbert B maw governor of ohp th onofro solemnized the occasion with brief talks on the courage abt of pioneers while hundreds of friends and relatives looked on the 63 representing youths from 17 to 24 years of age and coming from all sections of utah as well as southern idaho and wyoming are all members of the mormon church in good standing apostle smith pointed to thi the original mormon battalion as an example of what men can do under proper supervision and the discipline of strong character those men endured many hardships he stated but through faith in god they were able to carry on their fight for liberty they left a heritage you may well be proud of governor herbert B maw charged the platoon to respect the traditions of a nation and state which expects all men to live up to the ideals of the original battalion the hon ab jenkins mayor of salt lake city urged the platoon to adhere to the high living standards necessary tor for physical fitness colonel frank hilford of wa washington s hing to n D C director of marine recruiting for the whole nation traced b brie rief ly the glorious history ol of the marine corps and cautioned the new ree recruits duits to expect many months of hard work the marines have never been am air busca ded he concluded and hae never lost we are not going to start now after years following id administration ministration of the oath by major con D head bead of intermountain marine recruiting the second platoon of the marine battalion entrained august tor for the recruit depot at san diego to begin a preliminary training course of approximately 8 weeks during training they will remain as a unit and every effort will be b made to keep the group together as is long as possible this group marks the second P platoon of the modern me mormon rmon battalion to t 0 1 be e re recruited from the intermountain Inte mountain region by bythe the U S marine corps the first PI platoon aboon left salt lake city on july 10 ind and has hai ne nearly aray completed its primary er training jining at san diego plans tor for the 3rd ard platoon are already continued on last page |