Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21

sSS CONNIE ling, officer Capt Robert MeM;
and Frank J. schwable as the other officers.
The fourth company. known as Company
D. was organized at iAe barracks here Its
the Washington navy yard and from Nor
ioik. company ID Is commanded by Capt.
Theodore II. Low. with Lieutenants Henry
Donnell Foster Long and Frank c. Lam
der as the other officers
me equipment OF the battalion includes
tents. stoves, bake ovets and all the other
necessary accessories to field service the
their heavy winter uniforms and cape over
coats. The temperature In northern China
1t is stated has been known to reach min
1mum OF forty degrees below zero.
Usefulness of the Marines.
The quick organization Of the 9Th Bat
talon and the service already rendered by
the marines in China has demonstrated
that the corps is a most useful and neces-
sary one under all circumstances Marines
may be landed to protect country's in
terests without bringing about the compli-
cations of international law often involved
in the placing of an army on foreign
shores. The employment of the marines in
emma TO such large extent, and also IN
Manila, has also shown 1t to have been
wise step. army and navy men declare, that
Congress made recently in increasing the
corps to strength of 5000. The advocates
OF the corps declare Congress should go
further still and increase the corps to a
standing strength of 10000 men, with
commandment ranking major general.
The present commandant Is Brigader Cen
eral Charles Haywood. The increasing
number of ships and the growing useful
ness OF marines in all international affairs
would seem to demand the further increase.
1t is claimed.
The marine corps Is a separate command
and Its commanding officer, it is declared.
should have the rank of a major general,
to place him on footing with the army
omcers In charge Of the various bureaus
OF the war Department, and Of the adjutant
general The records Of the late war show
clearly the very efficient service rendered
by the marine corps. In Cuba no men
were lost by disease. although the marines
saw hard duty there. During their stay
on the island the percentage Of sickness
was only .O2. Tho corps has always been
ready to furnish armed force at short
notice, and while four battauons have al
ready been sent to China and the Philip
pines. the 9th Battalion, to be dispatched
tomorrow. was organized in a very short
,time. Judging from the past record Of the
I corps the men leaving for China tomorrow
may be depended upon for faithful and gal
liant services.
Major Grand" Dickins.
Major Dickins, who commands the bat
talon, has been in the service since May 10,
1876, having been appointed from Virginia
1899. The forthcoming journey to China
will be Major Dickins' third trip to the
orient. He was with Gen. Grant on his
tour OF the world, and with him visited
Pekin, Tien Tsin, and the Peiho river ter
ritory. So, it will be seen, the field Of ar
ton to which he goes is not entirely new
ID him. At the outbreak of the Spanish
war Major Dickins was duty with the
oregon. He was with that ship on the
famous trip around the Horn. and was
aboard during the battle of Santiago. Maj
Dlckins returned to- Manila with the Ore
gon, and just recently returned from the
Philippines, after thirty-five months of ac-
tive duty. Major Dickins is regarded as
an exceptionally fine officer, and his selec-
ton to command the 9th Battalion was a
popular one
A Warrington Boy.
Lieutenant Henry D. F. Long, who ac-
companies the battalion as senior lieutenant
of Company D, is Washington boy. He
has been in the corps about six months
now, having been appointed upon merit last
February. He has Just been promoted to 4
first lieutenancy. The commission will be
made out in this city, and the promotion
was brought about by the moving up
of twenty-four first lieutenants Of the
corps. Harry Long has lived in the
capital city since he was a mere lad.
and since he has been an officer of marines
has won in that service the esteem, high
REGARD anu commence InaI were always ac-
corded him in civil life. He fought his
way UP the ladder Of success almost sin
gle-handed, and has won his present posi-
ton through inherent ability. He is a son
of the late Major A. K. Long of the United
States army who died while the now Lieu
tenant Long was a little child. Many men
prominent in national affairs today recall
Harry Long as a page at the Capitol
during his youth. Born in a military post
and imbued with an inherited martial de-
sire, Mr.. Long took quick advantage of the
opportunity for active service offered by
the war with Spain. He served with great
credit in the navy as a volunteer during
that conflict. and Immediately upon the
close of hostilities set to work to secure
the commission which he now holds. There
is no more widely known or more popular
young man about Washington than Lieu
tenant Long, and all agree he has merited
the success that has been his. Already in
the corps he has won an enviable reputa-
ton for the fine ability he has shown as
an officer. His especial aptitude for mill
tary service is most marked, and all who
Know him look to Harry Long to acquit
himself CALAMITY in the field. His family
rasidas in WASHINGTON also