New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-05


he is an imDortant factor on board ship. Cap !
tain Myers who was reported killed and later |
only wounded at Picking. is the granddaughter |
of Captain Levi Twigs who was also a marine |
officer but was killed while leading detach- !
ment of the corps in the charge on Chapultepec"
The United States Marine Corps consists of
GOOO enlisted men and 239 officers. That is the |
quota, but there only about 5000 men in
the service now and there are fifteen vacancies |
in the corps of officers to be filled The officers
were formerly selected from West Point, and |
for a short time they chosen from civil
life In 1883 the law changed and officers |
for the Marine Corps were taken from among |
the graduates of the Naval Academy, and this
rule was strictly adhered to until the war with |
Spain broke out, when it was necessary to select
good men from other quarters. Men were Sc
lected who had seen service in the Army or
Navy and whose knowledge of military and
naval affairs made them competent to fill the |
places There is little difficulty in finding officers
Tor the Marine Corps, but the requirements
for enlisted men such that, Notwithstanding
The desire on the part of a man to go to the
distant points where marines are liable to be
sent, recruiting is comparatively slow.
REQUIREMENTS FOR MARINES.
THE requirements of such nature said
the marine officer, that the harum- scarum fell
low who wants to enlist just for a lark, the
with nothing to lose who wants to get
away from the world, the who feels
detected and ready for anything because of a
continued debauch frozen out. We want
men who have some intelligence who know
what they 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 a recruiting
station is Informed that marine must be
citizen of the United States, or must have de-
clared his intention of becoming citizen He
must be twenty-one years old and not over
thirty five, . feet inches and not over & feet l
inch in height, perfectly sound, of good de-
velopment, unmarried of good character not
addicted to the of liquor, and able to read
and write English. When the man presents him
self 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 stories
of hardships from them manufactured 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 ample
opportunities to read the literature pertaining to
MS new profession, in which the following para
graphs are always interesting:
PAY AND TERN OF SERVICE
The pay of marines is from $l3 to SAB a month
according TO rank and length of service: cloth
lhs' latOnS, quarters and medical attendance
lutiished III addition by the Government
MARINES VINO have become infirm after twenty
years service, or who have been DISCHARGED for
"oulds received or sickness brought on in the
service are entitled to the benefits of the United
states Naval Home, at Philadelphia or a pen
sion amounting to- one-haf the pay of rank at
ume OF discharge. After thirty years service
they may be retired from active service with
three-tour:hs Of full pay and allowances at date
of retirement. ~
The term of service is for FIVE years three of
winch are supposed to he served on board sea
gong ships of war in Cuba Porto Rico |
mania, 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 bv the
laws established Cor the Navy but when serv- |
ing 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 constituted chiefly to give a mill |
tary character 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 the line of demarkation between |
the Jackie" and the marine is sharply drawn |