The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-02

of the military branch OF the govern
ment is not wen known and little I'M
ders,ood Nevertheless their acts uad-r
Farragut. Porter and othe naval heroes
of the Civil war at Bun Run, Sumter,
Fisher. New Orleans and other places
during those trying times. their record
in Korea, in the great whisky riots. in
the strike OF 1877. at Alexandria,
Egypt, in Panama Isthmus, and only
lately In Samoa, have been untaillngly
brilliant and uniformly successful.
Guantanamo brought the marines
consplcuously to the front and gave
practical credltable evidence Of their
dlstlnctIyeness and military value.
There they showed the material of
which the best disciplined. mos, faith
full soldiers are made. For seventy-two
hours, with no sleep, little food and har-
assed by Mauser bullets to the right,
left and front. day and night, the little
battalion under command of Hunting
ton occupied the first landing place the
American forces took in Cuba, and held
1t against enormous odds and innumer-
able difficulties. Only handful Of
these sturdy, determined, faithful fell
lows thrown ashore to take and keep a
landing place for the army. Hunting
toms force disembarked in good order
hastily Intrenched themselves and when
assailed on all sides with calling fire,
CALAMITY held their place in the face of
the greatest danger, finally driving the
enemy from its position. No more
creditabie chapter OF courage. dog
gedness and physical endurance has
been chronlcled than that OF our mar
inc at Guantanamo. HuntIngton's no
BILE GOO was the first American force to
plant Old Glory in Cuba and keep 1t
flying,
The marine is trained in severe
school, where strict discipline is the
watchword. He starts with the set
tlng-up exercises, goes to the battalion
formation, and is constantly under rig
orous orders. He is taught to think
for and rely largely on himself, but al
laws to remember that orders are or
ders," as one drill sergeant Of the corps
used to say; also that orders must be
promptly. honestly and fully obeyed.
not as the man constructs the orders,
but as he was told by his officers to I'M
derstand and enforce them. Admirals
Farragut, Porter and Jewett. of the
older officers, and Dewey, Schley, Clark,
Taylor, Cook and others OF the younger
generation, are authority for the state
ment that marine can be relied upon
to do that which he is told to do by his
superior under all circumstances His
toryO justifes this remark The marine
is literal, he is determined, he strictly
obeys orders. His officers are constant
in seeing that he does 50, and therein
lies the secret of the mans intelligence
and fidelity. One particular character
istlc Of the marine is his mobility, his
ever readiness for duty calls It has
often occurred that attachments of the
corps have suddenly been ordered on
distant service, frequently on only
twenty-four hours notice. A special in
stance is that of the Panama revolution
of 1885. Detachments from five posts
were collected at New York and sailed
in twenty-four hours-twentY officers
and 500 men-bu: everything was COM
plete and In good order for one year:
esrvlce. Another striking characters.
tic is adaptabIlitv to any conditions
They shake down quickly and cheerful
ly. Much bette than the soldier or
sailor At Guantanamo. the camp was
laid out and trench, latrlnes, etc, were
dug while the force was under IRE. This
men fought awhile, then worked awhile.
The health of the camp was excellent,