Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-07
l(lARIlVES BLAZE
NAY IN WAR ACTION
Branch of Naval Service
Offers Most Attraction
for "Red Bloods"
has ENvIABLE RECORD
Fighters Have Gone Into Every
Quarter of Globe With the
Stars and Stripes

y INey've handed the English a Jeto,
n They've botced the proud nrcks Of the
Spanish aud Me1,
3 And they've toalloped the Chinap,an, too.
1Ney'Ue reasohed 'totth Zulu aud Malay,
4Ney've fought In our oton Civii War,
N Ind they've had a feto scraps With the
little broWn Japs,
And With Gu-ous ',oay out IN Samar.
The United States Marine Corps is ready
20 receive Immediately several thousand of
Wish to see something of the outside world
ana who are physically fit to serve their
eountry In the uniform of one of the most
famous and efficient corps anywhere in the
world.
The training given in the Marine Corps.
Durely from the standpoint of commercial
value to the individual ranks among the
highest of any class Of service either III
tne army or navy Quite aside from the
military activities, the marine is given an
opportunity to ,learn some useful trade
which he can follow to advantage after he
mas received his honorable discharge at the
expiration of the period of service.
For the unskilled mechanic particularly
the United States Marine Service is a rich
ueld of opportunity. And from the point
OF adventure, variety and occupation 1t is
unexcelled. In war or in peace no branch
or tie service sees so much active work
- does the Marine Corps.
PIONEERS IN SERVICE
In the popular mind the marines are often
eonfused with the "bluejackets' of the fleet
IN fact they are a totally distinct
Branch. although affiliated with the navy
and an important part of 1t. Secretary OF
Navy Daniels has described the marines
sphere of activity as follows:
1T is the marine who is always called
upon to form the entering wedge, to blaze
the trail in landing on foreign shores"
1t is the Marine Corps that is the out.
post of every American occupation It's
task is to seize. fortify and hold an advance
base, and to maintain its position against
any odds until the army aboard its trans
ports and with its larger forces can reach
the scene of hostlllties.
The Marine Corps is the oldest branch
Of the United States units OF service. ante
dating even the Declaration of Independence
Itself, and the undaunted courage of the
corps has been a tradition for nearly a
century and a half In the Revolution this
branch did splendid service
s. In 1903 detachment marched $50 miles
across the African desert to subjugate the
pirates OF Tripol They pulled down the
Tripolitan fiag and for the first time ran
up the Stars and Stripes over an Old |
World fortress. In the Mexican War they |
carried the victorious flag into Mexico City. |
and in 1914 they we're the first to land at |
Vera Cruz.
4 In 1900 they fought in the Boxer up |
rising, and marched in the van of the relief |
expedition to Pekin. One-fourth of the total |
strength of the corps is now In Santo Do |
mins> and Haiti In the Panama Canal |
Zone and In Nicaragua it became their |
boast that the marines could furnish from
their own ranks artisans and specialists |
competent to do almost anything
From single battalion skilled train |
crews were recruited the spur of the |
momentary emergency, Permanent steel and |
eoncrete bridges were built by them. In |
the speedy laying Of pontoons and the es- |
tablishment of telephone and wireless COM
munication from the outpost to headquar-
ters the marines have no superiors.
On the larger battleships the marine
euard consi'as of about eighty men, while
the cruisers and gunboats carry a smaller
number. Their duties include the manning
OF the five-inch guns and some of the
smaller batteries. In making landings they
caSfy three-inch field pieces They also
Save all the tools and apparatus and eouip-
ment used by an expeditionary force
To be eligible to membership in the Ma
rine Corps an applicant must be an Ameri
can citizer between eighteen and thirty
nve years or age he must read write and
understand the English language must he of
good moral character sound and in excel
lent health; he must have good eyesight
and hearing, at least twenty sound teeth
and must be between five feet four inches
ana six feet one inch in stature.
PAY OF MARINES
In tfma or peace marine receives on
enlistment SIS month He is supnIied
with food, clothing. medical attention and
quarters: he has to pay for his laundry,
'oaps towels, shoe polish and tobacco When
IN sea duty or foreign service (Which does |
lot include Porto Rico and HawaiD his nav
9 automatically increased In the amount OF
~ a month, and in time of war there is a
'urther increase of $3 month
BY qualifying as marksman, sharpshooter
'r expert rifeman the recruit may gain from
" to 30 month additional. II he should
fualify as gun pointer aboard shin ne
nay earn S2 or more a month additional |
Ind II he be skilled In some useful trade he
nay add to his other sources of income from
to fifty cents a day BY pro
notions he may draw from the payroll as
much as SOS a month. or, should he he
'ome warrant officer, from $1l25 to $4,000
year
He may even aspire to become a COM |
nissioned officer for 10 per cent of the
Marine Corps commissioned officers are an
'ointed from the ranks. and since the war
Nth Spain more than thirty enlisted men
ave won commissions.
Enlistments for the Marine Corps are
eing received at the following places: |
ivENING LEDGER office. 1909 Arch street.
'ostoffice. Broad and Filbert streets. and AT
thirteenth and Arch streets.