The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-15

harum-sca fellow who wants to en-
list just Cor a lark, or the man with
nothing to lose who wants to get away
from the world, or the man who feels
detected or reay for anything because
of a continued debauch are frozen out
We want men who have some intell1-
gence, who know what they are going
to do when they have been accepted
who have a proper appreciation of the
sacredness of the uniform and who will
take a pride in the service and strive
for promotion"
A man who makes application at Il
recruiting station is informed that a
marine must be citizen of the United
| States or must have declared his in
tention of becoming a citizen. He must
be 81 years old and not over 35, five feet
four inches and not over six feet, one
inch, in height, perfectly sound, of good
development, unmarried, of good char
! acter, not addicted to the use of liquor,
and able 20 read and write English.
When the man presents himself for
examination he is not taken at once,
but told to think the matter over, and
If there is a marine barracks near by
he Is told to go among the men and try
to hear something about the service
from them. If, after hearing the stor-
les of hardship from them manufac-
tured for the occasion, the man changes
his mind. he goes no further but If
what he hears does not deter him, he is
examined, and if he passes is sworn In
for five years, and while he is going
through the setting-up process he has
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ture pertaining to his new profession,
In which the following paragraph are
always interesting:
The pay of marines is from $13 to S43
a month, according to rank and length
of service; clothing, rations, quarters
and medical attendance furnished, in
addition, by the government.
Marines who have become infirm af-
ter twenty years service. or who have
been discharged for wounds received or
sickness brought on In the service, are
entitled to the benefits of the United
States naval home at Philadelphia, or
pension amounting to one-half the
pay of rank at time of discharge. At
ter thirty years service they may be
retired from active service with three
fourths of full pay and allowance at
date Of retirement
The term of service is for five wears
three of which are supposed to be serv-
ed on board "sea-going" ships of war
or In Cuba, Porto Rico, Manila, Guam
or China, giving opportunities to visit
all parts of the world, and the other
two years are served in barracks at
the different naval stations in the
United States.
When serving with the navy on
board sea going" ships the marines
are governed by the laws established
for the navy, but when serving as
land troops by order of the president.
they are governed by the articles of
war, and become a part of the infantry
arm Of the army. The corps is constl-
tuted chiefly to give military char
acter to the navy. They do the sentry
duty on board ship. the police duty,
where such service is required, and are
stationed at the guns and as the line
of demarkation between the Jackie"
and the marine is sharply drawn, the
service does much to maintain the dis
cipline or board ship
The marine does not fraternize or
Nihhl Nltii tilC seIItll, SUlu an OIuCGT
of the marine corps, ''but he lives at
peace with him, and the sailor does
not look down unon the marine as he
did in the days of old The Jackie of
to-day Is not a sailorman, as he was
when the marine was a 1andsman.' He
is laborer, a machinist or a skilled
workman, and knows no more about
sea terms ard sailor customs than the
marine. The phrase, Tell il to the
marines came into vogue In the days
when the sailor worked off all his fish
and pirate yarns on the marine but
the marine but the marine of to-day is
not the credulous creature that he used
to be and he can hold his own with
the sailor in most matters pertaining
to the ship and the sea-"
The uniform Of the marines has
nothing to indicate sea service except
the anchor In the decoration, which is
half-concealed by the globe and eagle
behind which it seems ohide. The red
stripe on the trousers make the artillery
arm of the service, and the yellow chew
rons recall the cavalry uniform, al
though the shade of yellow differs
somewhat from that worn by the cav
airy.
The pick of the marine corps the
flower of the service, is now in the
Philippines and in China, and the few
hundred men in the various barracks
in the United States are for the most
part in the kindergarten class of the |
service. Although the marines are not
divided into separate divisions, but are
orge nized as one corps, the organiza ton |
comprises material for five regiments. |
The head of the corps is a brigadier- |
general and there are five colonies, five |
ieutenants-colonels, Il majors and 60 |
captains and as many LIST and I'd lieu
tenants The staff consists of three
four majors and three cap
tains On sbipboard they are known as
'detachments," and when doing land
service as they are now doing in
China, the marines are formed into bat
talions, and are organized and drilled
like infantryment When army and |
marine officers of like rank serve to- :,
gether or are associated in duty the Of
fcer of senior rank takes precedence
From the New York Tribune
Dorothy (sidling up to the captain,
whom she has always heard spoken of