Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-10
SOLDIERS
HEROES IN WAR
6.rv;ce Record Of Marine
Corps Lustrous With
Deeds of Bravery
,soDEsT BUT COURAGEOUS
mhs;r Work in Cuba, the Philip
mines, China and Mexico Bril-
sE' liant and Effective

+ svenrjng the red 0dd0e oJ courage
rjCaase they're nerer Enonn deJedt'
rAcrsng along through n,e jungW,
Tssv ,pould rather fight than eat.
r,..t IN the turmoil Of tronble,
rr.t TO be out Of the fray,
s..nothino the ,oay for the others,
Wtnntng the glorious t1dy.
,v.nrino the double cheuron
Var planting the flag abroad;
rachHno for home and country,
For freedom and right ana doa'
rsre,s to the men of courage,
The "soidiers Of the Sea"
cSrps Of Marines, they call them,
The defenders OF the free.
I. ~. United states Marine Corps is ask
=. a. recruits This versatile force of
"a lighters needs men. and Is asking
= =. aeinhia to contribute its share.
rrwssrwitine sergeants are modest in their
a.s~rintions of the life. One Of them re-
.s,tad that it didn't seem exactly fair to
.r..ttIse the life as an adventurous
sssssr." because all the fighting he had
"a during his enlistment had been few
sss.sements with F'ilipinos. some fighting
n Cuba, a bit of shooting In Panama
Srr,rs the revolution and real battle
Sr.inS the Boxer uprising in China.
rhsrs ia the story of Wreck" Kelly, for
s..,snce Kelly was in d Company, COM
-snded by Captain Long. When the
ssrinss arrived at the Forbidden City part
- pekin. during the Boxer troubles, they
sound they had no field pieces to batter
1cwn the gate The marines were puzzled
~ while but not for long. Kelly was
~ thinnest man in the company. The
ssfa was a few inches from the ground.
TslIy said he would squeeze under. He
threw off his haversack and coat and tried
~ crawl beneath the gate. He could not
rnake It. so he yelled to the boys outside
"a shove. They did so with WILL and
under he went, scraping skin from his race
And elbows as he went along. Once inside
NJ lifted the heavy bar Of wood from the
ssta and the marines entered in a body.
Then Kelly became thoughtful. Gee. boys"
~ said suppose they'd been Chink on
ne other side of that gate
Marines take that sort of chance when
ever It Is necessary, the recruiting sergeants
nv but on the whole they fight behind
cover whenever possible, conducting them
selves cautiously and running no unneces-
sary risks.
At Guantanamo, during the Spanish War,
the landing party of marines would have
been wiped out had the Spaniards not
waited for them to land their supplies so
they could bag marines, supplies and all.
BY the time the supplies were lanQeO, now
ever, the marines had managed to entrench.
and when the Spanish attacked they were
stopped by the fire of the marines rifles.
II was at Guantanamo also that the Dol
phin during an engagement was shelling
the Spanish lines while the marines were
hotly engaged on the shore. A company Of
marines was mistaken for Spaniards. and
the Dolphin began shelling them.
John H. Quirk, noncommissioned
ofhcer, jumped on top of the trench para
yhet and waving a red bandanna handker-
chief signaled cease firing" His signal
was observed and obeyed and although his
dfhng was torn by bullet holes, he es-
0psd injury.
These are the deeds that have gone down
into tradition in the marine corps, and
mark the marines with distinction
advance base work" Is the technical term
for the marines job. 1t simply means
that the marines must get ashore somehow
whenever there is to be a fight. and then
they must stick until the governmental
machinery at Washington has unwound
enough red tape, bought enough supplies
and secured enough transports to send a
41pain body of troops to re-enforce them.
training station is maintained at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard to educate marines
u this sort of work. In addition to the
ngular routine Of these sea soldiers, at
ne Navy Yard here, they are drilled in in
hntry and artillery tactics and in the
\ oading and unloading of transports.