The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-01
MANY PERSONS DO NOT KNOW
THE NATURE OF THIS PART
OF SERVICE
Historical Facts Have Just Been Pub
iished For The Information or
Applicants

How is il to be a Marine"
This is practically the first Ques
lion asked nearly every United States
Marine CORDS recruiting officer by
nearly everyone who applies lor en-
listmenl," said Sergeant August Fred,
cricks, who is in charge OF the, local.
station. II have been here in the re,
cruiting service over two months, and
have been in numerous other places
acting in. similar capacity. The ma,
iirily of applicants, whether accepted
or rejected, ask the same questions. vi
course it is only natural that man
before signing a four years contract
will want 10 know just exactly what
he is going into, but TO us NUMBER OF
these queries seem unfounded, LOT al
ter being in the service we learn us
ADVANTAGES, while the unSophistlcated.
who can pass the required examination
do not know what they are missing un'
Ill they enlist. There is an old saying
"once a Marine, always a Marine
But in order to take care OF our ap'
plicants and to extend to them the
same courtesy that is accorded them
throughout their enlistment if they
qualify we have prepared little book
let which will give them the desired in
formation if they will read it for about
three minutes, and at the same time
iii saves the recruiting sergeant about
all hours time trying 10 answer all the
applicants questions"
Zone of the first things we give The
applicant is neat little card. Its cap
lion is DO you know the Star Span
rIcd Eanner?" This is one OF our na-
tional hymns and man may be patrl'
uLic enough but very few Of them can
recite more than one or two lines OF
these popular verses. Anyhow the card
contains the entire song. On the re-
Verse side there are some more ques.-
tions giving history of facts of interest
10 everyone. They are as follows: >,
do you knew the Marine corps Is
the oldest branch Of the service and
had being before either the army or
navy?
do you know that on November 10,
I1775, before a single vessel OF the navy
was sent 10 sea, the Continental Con-
gress authorized the raising Oh Two Dat
talions Of Marines?
do you know that Lieutenant l.. N.
lebanon, OF the United States Marine
Corps, hoisted the first American Tag
over a fortress of the Old World, when
Derne, a stronghold in Tripoll, was
taken by assault on April 81, 1882.
"Dou you know that U. S. Marines
were first to enter the fortress OF Cha'
pultepec in Mexico City when 1t was
taken by storm on September IL, lSf
DO you know that u. S. Marines IN,
der Colonel Robert f. Lee captured
John Brown at Harper's Ferry,
DO you know that I. S. Marines
were the first American troops TO land
in Cuba in 1898?
DO YOU know that u. S. Marines
were the first troops TO enter Peking,
! China, just before the BoXeryRebellion
! in 1900, n-,,
"Do you know that L: S. Marines
we're the first to enter Vera Cruz III
DO you know that they are now pac'
! DO YOU know that u. S. Marines
have carried their flag into action 10
Tripol, Egypt. West Africa, the rl?l
Islands, Sumata. Hawaii, Mexico, Chr
ma, Uruguay, Paraguay, Alaska, Pana'
ma, Formosa, Korea, Nicaragua, CUBA,
E'Santo Domingo, and other places over
| the world?
do you know that Marine serves on
both land and sea-
The Marines are called the soldiers
of the sea" They are over those IN
| the Army and Navy.
The local recruiting office was open