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the inspiration Of countless poets and
songsters and the men themselves
have taken kindly to many Of them.
For number of years THE United
States Marines" which is one Of the
songs Of the corps has been published
as anonymous. Since the verse has
been recently republished o number
Of times 1t developes that 1t Is the
production Of a Washingtonian. the
late Maurice Brown Kirby. who was
also the author Of skipper Schley."
The initial verse of the United States
Marine gives its tenor:
You kin blow about yer hero volun-
teer.
An yer rough an ready. steady in
fantree;
You kin sing about yer Jackie an kin
cheer
Fer yer neat an handy. dandy
cavalree:
But of all the sojer men ever knew,
An Of all tho sailor men ever seen.
When there's fun or fuss or fight the
boy to keep In sight
Is Billy Blue, United States Marine.
An it's hi Billy. Billy. Billy Blue!
We think we've got little Job to do.
We expect to have n tight an we
want 1t started right,
So wo puts the startin' of It UP to you.
"Billy Blue Marine" by Ray /.
Hoppman. IL another favorite. its nrst
verse as follows:
He's O soldier and sailor. every inch:
He's q fighter for his country In a
pinch;
And the foemen do not figure
When his fingers on the trigger
He's "go and get 'em Demon" that's
cinch.
Another favorite depletion Of the
United States Marine. said and sung
by Its men. Is found In Kipling's
verse:
An after ! met i'm all over the world.
a-doing all kinds Of things.
Like landing ITSELF with a gatling gun.
to talk to them 'eathen kings.
e sleeps In an 'ammick instead of a
cot, and q drills with the deck
on slew.
For there isn't a Job on the top o. the
earth the beggar don't know
nor do.
The United States Navy has always
Jared well with songs. for 1t has
adopted q number of those Of Eng
lands Jack Tars as we'll as those
written for the American Navy. An
English song well advanced In years
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sung by the Marine Corps on many
occasions. 1t recounts in stirring
lines the deeds of Uncle Sans splen-
did soldiers of the sea" from earliest
to latest victories, and Is worthy Of
preservation. Following IL the drst
verse:
From the Halls of Montezuma.
To the shores of Tripoli.
We fight our country's battles
On the land as on the sea.
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean.
We are proud to claim the title
OF United States Marine.
The Marine Corps Is rich in songs
written for Its especial use. and many
of them have been adopted. Some of
the best have been composed by the
amphibious warriors themselves. The
spirited "Chanson of the United States
Marines" by Corporal Percy Webb.
U. g. NJ. c., has as Its subject the
staunch motto of the corps. "Semper
Fidelis." It's first verso Is as follows:
There Is a motto bold.
Written In letters gold,
Blazoned on every fold.
Loyal and jealous!
On that proud flag we bear.
Peerless beyond compare.
Borne with us everywhere.
Semper Fidelis!
A Zeal Marine Corps Song.
The SOLDIERS OF the sea" have been
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John Browns Body whether sung to
its original words or to those more
fitting, in Julia Ward Howe's Battle
Hymn of the Republic with It's stir
ring Glory. Glory Hallelujah' chorus
Is as popular a marching song today
as ever 1t was. So is that finc song.
The Battle Cry of Freedom When
Johnnie Comes Marching Home Again
is still sung today. as is the quaint
old fife air. The Girl Left Behind
Me-
Old-FashiOned FavOrites.
American boys, especially those
from the South, all like Dixie and
they are very partial to the old planta-
ton songs, old Kentucky Home, old
Folks at Home and Maryland. NV
Maryland and they all make good
marching songs. After these old
fashioned favorites the boys choose
few OF the most popular of the
songs of the day. making the selection
largely as to their needs and condi-
tons.
THE song of this character used in
the Spanish-Amorican war was,
'There'll be Hot Time In the Old
Town Tonight and 1t was sung on
every possible occasion. 1t has spirit
and Is good to march to. It will
probably be found In this war that
the soldiers will make an exchange OF
songs with the men on the other side.
and our men will likely como back
with an acquisition OF English and
French favorites."
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Santelmann declared that none in any
country were Amer than those by John
Philip Sousa. "They are popular in
every land" said he. land in every
arm of the service. Sousa Is literally
the March King in every sense Of
the word. His latest march, Path
finder of Panama. is one of his best
and is very popular as a war march
today. His 'Semper Fidelis' Is the
march of the United States Marines
and is used by them ON all formal
occasions"
Lieutenant santelmann referred
with interest to the fact that Sousa
has volunteered his services to train
several bands for the United States
NAVY and has enrolled as a lieutenant
in the Naval Reserve Corps for this
purpose. The great bandmaster pro-
noses to secure from publishers and
friends a carload" of music for the
boys in the war.
Lit. Santclmann's Popular Marches.
Lieutenant Santelmann is himself
the composer of number of popular
marches. which will be used by United
states troops today. His Thomas
Jefferson March" Is very popular, and
his "Thomas Haywood March," dedi-
Gated to the late commandant of the
United States Marine Corps. is fire.
ouently used by the troops en- route.
The u. s. Marine Band leader has
also made a popular arrangement OF
The familiar setting for 1.-THE Marines
Hvmn" This Is one of the real war
.ongs Of the American nation. and IL
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Roman Galley Rowed By Men Has Been
Evolved Into the Giant Dreadnaueht.
Copyright, 1917. by The International Syndicate

to the bottom Of the mast and dashed
to 1t IN vertical position until the
enemy vessel was reached, when the
end of the gangway was allowed to
fall on the enemy's deck to provide a
passage for the attacking force, whilst
the spike or beak projecting from the
underside of the board at its outer end
embedded itself in the enemy's deck
Beginning OF British Navy.
The first British attempt to provide
navy was made by Alfred the Great
toward the end of the ninth century,
About this time England was bothered
by the incursions of the Danes Dur
ing the reign of King John a number
Of English warships destroyed the
French fleet at the battle Of Damme,
in 1918. Four years later an English
fleet again defeated the French, the
victory being due to the fact that the
English feet threw quick lime at the
enemy's sailors and blinded them.
The introduction of steam power in
1882 caused a great change in naval
design and paddle steamers were built
but these were only moderately sue
cessful. In 1s43 the first screw pro-
peller was built, but 1t was five years
later that the screw was applied to
the line Of battleship. Although sat-
isfactory iron ships were built in 1882.
iron was not adopted by the Naval
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HILST 1t is natural to suppose
that man engaged in warfare
against his fellow man on
~ land long before he fought
battles on the sea, yet almost as far
back as history has any authentic
records, 1t Is known that there were
naval conflicts with small crafts and
simple implements of war.
Rowed BY Men.
Amongst the earliest fighting yes
sells of which we have any record are
the Egyptian galleys Of Rameses III,
1900, B. c. These vessels were pro-
PEELED by oars operated by rowers with
sails as an auxiliary power and steered
by means of oars or paddles situated
aft on each side.
In later years galleys having from
two to five rows or banks Of oars
were made. The fighting men were
stationed on platform above the
head of the rowers, a forecastle being
erected at the bows and q poop at
the stern. above the level Of this plat
form. to accommodate the catapults
and other Ordnance" The archers
were also stationed on these, whilst
the singers or stone casters occupied
the top.
The Roman galleys carried "cor-
vus." an ingenious landing" device,
In the shape of long gangway hinged
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was to imbed itself in the bottom Of
the enemy's vessel. A mine was at
tached to the spike and as the sub
marine drew off the mine was pulled
up to the spike and exploded. The
French submarine Le Plongeur was
built in 1868. and was driven by com.
pressed air. The Holland craft to be
operated by one man was built In
1875. A few years later scientists
improved on these crafts and the ovo.
luton has resulted in q terror Of the
sea. which has finally drawn tho
United States into the great war Of
nations Of today.
The torpedo Is the grandchiid OF
the stone projectile hurled from u
catapult from the decks Of vessels in
ancient times. The first mention of
1t as a weapon in history. occurs in
1885, when an italian engineer partly
destroyed bridge across the Scheldt,
at Antwerp. by means Of small YES
sells. each carrying a considerable
quantity of gun powder which was
exploded by clockwork. Nothing
more was heard of the torpedo until
1880. when a French scientist made
some experiments with rockets under
water with which he destroyed sew
eral boats. During the Civil War In
America the torpedo came to the
front as a serious weapon and from
that time up to the present these un-
der water projectiles have been made
more deadly each year and more &C.
curate in their aim.
With the use Of the torpedo came
the need Of a small vessel to carry 1t
and the torpedo boat came upon the
scene. So small are these boats when
compared with battleships that the
fight between the two is veritable
David and Goliath battle. The first
torpedo boat was built in 1871 and
attained the speed of 1914 knots per
hour. The torpedo used by this craft
was towed by the vessel, the tow line
being tied to the funnel. In 1875 the
Austrian and French armed their tor
pedo boats with spar torpedos, but
these were only moderately successful.
The next war craft on the water was
the torpedo boat destroyer. They
were designed to catch and destroy
the enemy's torpedos, but they have
never been particularly successful
gun fire from battle ship being re-
garded as about the only way to set
tie a torpedo boat either submarine
or surface boat.
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authorities for fighting craft until
1850. when wooden beams in certain
warships were replaced by iron.
Explosive Shell.
Russia is responsible for the ex-
plosive shell, and used them first
against the Turkish vessels in 1854
Armored vessels came into existence
as the result. The La Gloire, built
by the French, was the first sea going
iron clad vessel. Great Britain fol-
lowed with the Warrior, launched in
1860. But these vessels were protect
ed by iron-side armor, about four and
one-half inches thick. It was found
by experiments that the most powerful
gun used at that time could not pene-
trate it. The Warrior carried crew
of 700 men and cost $1.600,000 to
build. a small sum when compared
with the $4,000, 900 cost Of the mod
ern battleship.
In later years steel took the place
of iron, the hardened steel being
double in its resistance to shells. The
American Civil War led to the pro-
duction of a vessel Of a peculiar type
known as a monitor. Two or more
heavy guns were mounted on a re-
volving turret of heavily plated armor.
The vessel itself had a very low free
board and was unsuited for high sea-
work. and was built to be used on
river estuaries. The hull was so deep
ly submerged as to be fairly safe un-
der gun fire.
Naval Gums And
From 1875 to 1889 the power Of
guns increased more rapidly than the
resistance Of armor, and as the result
vessels were built in which the central
turret containing the guns was pro-
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Tunes Which Our Boys Will Take Across the Seas
With Them Old Favorites Still Popular STIR
ring Songs Of the Marine Corps Army
and Navy Marches and Ditties.
Copyright, 1917. by The International Syndicate.


Copyright, 1917. by The
Z" GROUP of officers in embryo
from the Fort Myer Officers
Reserve Training Camp walked
y into Washington restaurant
one evening. The spirit of gaiety pos
sessing them they sang this ditty to
the rhythmic rapping of fists on table
and sticks on floor:
God help Kaiser Bin; God help Kaiser
Bill;
Uncle Sammy he gets the infantry,
He gets the cavalry.
He gets the artillery.
Then, we all go to Germany.
God help Kaiser Bill.
It was simply one of the rhymes
which had sprung up spontaneously to
mt and fill some particular time and
tune, but In day the whimsical bit
Of nonsense had made itself one of
the songs Of the soldiers.
Our Fighters Select Their Own Songs.
Thousands of patriotic and senti-
mental war songs have been placed
upon the market since the commence
ment of the present war; but a very
small proportion OF them are adopted
by the military man. The American
Army and Navy and Marine Corps
make no rules for the musical guild
ance Of their men. as do some Eu-
ropean countries. but let them choose
their own songs for march and camp
Ore.
It was because of no hard and fast
musical direction that Tommy Atkins
picked up the Music hall song Tip
perary." and made 1t the war song
of the British soldier during the first
year of the conflict. It is still sung
by the men abroad. but others have
become nearly as popular. A British
weekly which devotes a column to
printing soldiers requests for gifts
which will add to their comfort or
pleasure. has of late. contained more
requests for Keep the Home Fires
Burning till the Boys Come Home"
than any other song. This song was
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which Is constantly sung by the sailor
boys as Justify as 1t was twenty years
ago is the old familiar. Nancy Lee"
and to hear 1t voiced today by eight
hundred Of the men training at New
port. as they march to the accom-
paniment Of the band at their head
is as hne a sight and as good a sound
as can be seen or heard.
Songs OF Our Sailors.
While Jacky likes the popular
music hall hits as we'll as his soldier
have a flavor of the sea. and with
him, too. the old songs retain their
place In favor. The navy songs in
use today include. 1.-The Midshipmite."
"Larboard Watch" "a Life on the
Ocean Wave" Rocked in the Cradle
of the Deep" "Homeward Bound"
THE Anchors Weighed" sailing"
Farewell to Grog." "The Tar's Fare
WE'LL" and other Of their spirit. Later
songs, like Remember the Maine"
"A Toast to Dewey" and "Skippet
Schley" will also be sung with fervoi
on the decks Of the tattleships thia
summer.
Any one familiar with Annapolis
will recognize in anchors Aweigh"
tho favorite chorus of the middies to
the attractive march and two-stey
composed by musical director OF
the United States Naval Academy.
Charles S. Zimmerman. Neither are
Its strains confined to campus or bat
tleships. as the frequenter Of Army
and Navy football games can attest
There is the verve Of real life and
youth in tho bold ringing challenge:
Stand. Navy. down the field.
Sail set to the sky:
Well never change our course.
So, Army. you steer shy.
Roll up the score. Navy.
Anchors aweigh,
Stand, Navy, down the ield
And sink the Army gray.
The NAVAL Academy's Graduate
Song" Is an old favorite to an old
tune. which admits Of variations te
suit current conditions. and another
closing day favorite of the Annapolis
boys Is "God Save America" which Il
an effective round in Ave parts. III
patriotic words and resounding notes
make an effective ensemble:
God save America!
Bless the United Statesi
Continue the Union
For ever and ever.
Amen.
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international oynUlcute.
composed something over a year ago
by Ivor Novello, the twenty-five year
old English composer, who Is one Of
group Of Britons who have gone to
the foreign fields to entertain the SOL
diers in their leisure hours. He noted
the lack OF some present-day song,
which appealed to the sentimental
longings of Tommy. and tried to fill
this need by an original composition.
The song seems to have fulfilled its
mission as not only has 1t been used
by the thousands Of English soldiers.
but 1t has been transplanted into six
languages and is heard all through the
trenches and camps of the Allies. The
tuneful air is so easily caught that 1t
makes a bid for instant popularity and
the words strike home to the heart of
the men in the trenches. The chorus
tells the story:
Keep the homo fires burning.
While your hearts are yearning;
Though your lads are far away they
dream of home.
There's a silver lining
Through the dark clouds shining;
Turn the dark cloud inside out till
the boys come home.
Lieutenant VIM. H. Santelmann,
leader of the United States Marine
Band. the foremost military band in
the United States. was interviewed in
regard to what songs the American
! fighting men would take with them
across to camp and foreign field. In
reply to the question he said:
"They will take with them their
own fine patriotic songs. first and
foremost of which is the Star
Spangled Banner the accredited ma
tional song of this country. Then will
come America Columbia. Gem of
the Ocean, and other purely national
and patriotic songs. Strange as II
may seem. the Civil War songs have
never lost their popularity among the
soldiers. and they will be sung on
tho march today by our men as fire.
! Quently as any others. The tune OF
The Parker post., 1917-12-08
His Way of Application.

The colOred laborers who were
patching the street for the street car
company, were discussing the fate of
one Henry they had known.
Eyes, sir" said one, Henry was
found with two bottles of whisky on
him last Sunday, and was taken to
court"
The crowd stopped work to listen to
the tale. The foreman was not in
sight.
"Well, when he was taken up in
court" the speaker continued, Judge
Deery fined him SO and sent him off
20 the W0rkhOuse."
All the men glanced hastily around.
"And Henry was there only two
days and someone lit is always some
oneO up and made him q guard. Now
Henry is working as q guard over the
other prisoners and is getting good
pay BESIDES"
But" mourned the youngest one Of
the crew, "tf ] had done that they
would have kept me there all year."
TITS all in the way you apply for
the job,'' said the narrator Of the
story indianapolis News.
The Parker post., 1917-12-08
NEARLY 10000 AUTO LICENSES
ISSUED IN 1917.

When the Office Of Sidney p Us-
born. secretary of state, closed on Fri
day evening. November 80, there had
been issued thus far during the pres
ent year TSP motor vehicle licenses
In this state. 1t is estimated by r. E..
McGillen, assistant secretary OF state,
that during the remaining 80 days
Of the present year about 100 more
licenses will be issued, thus increas-
ing the total for the year to only a
few less than 10000.
The total amount of money receiv-
ed for motor vehicle license fees dur"
ing the eleven months OF this year
was S10s.025. thus making 1t one of
the large sources of income of the
state.
During the same length of time
there were issued $50 motorcycle Ii
censes, the fees of which amounted to
$1,000. ChaufYeurs' licenses were
879 In number and amounted to
S4,483.
Official transfers Of motor vehicle
licenses to the number Of 1913 were
recorded during the eleven months of
1917. bringing in total OF. s1,527,15
in fees. Many hundreds Of other IL
censes changed hands, but no official
transfers were recorded, For the
sale OF extra motor vehicle licensse
plates $644.50 was received. The
total amount Of fees connected with
the motor vehicle business received
at the Office Of the secretary of state
for the eleven months Of 1917 was
Sl17,289.
The Parker post., 1917-12-08

pects," by Charles F. Willis. The
bulletin deals very completely with
the methods OF salesmenship neces-
sary for the disposal of prospects,
telling the prospective seller the
points of view of the buyer in order
that the prospect may be placed be-
fore the buyer in the most attractive
form.
On all sides we hear of the demand
for mines and prospects, and the sur
plus of eastern money that is seek
ing outlet in speculative and semi
speculative opportunities, and yet we
hear of comparatively few transfers.
Mr.. Willis has made a study of
this situation, and Bulletin 81 Is the
outcome of that study, and contains
much good, wholesome and sound
advice to those having prospects for
sale
The Parker post., 1917-12-08
The Good OF Life.

It is essential for the community
and state that each citizen should be
brought up to fully understand that
his one duty towards himself and
others Is to make the most out Of
this life, to develop In himself the
possibilities nature has given him,
and be as happy as possible. In tn.s
way he contributes most to the nap
piness Of others. Let it be fully un-
derstOod that melancholy and pes
simfsm, though possibly attractive, are
sins II they lead tc inactivity-as seri-
GUS as any sip in the world. They
have to be avoided by strict self-con-
troll. Life Is In itself rich, beautiful
and full Of possibilities. Let the
young man learn to see that, and not
pine for what Is not. 1t should be al.
ways remembered that it is not the
views that man holds or the doglnaa
he believes in that are of importance :,
1t Ia hts acts.-Fridtjof Nansen.
The Parker post., 1917-12-08
GAVE UP FAMILY FOR SOLDIER.

After kissing her husband and bid
ding him farewell as he left town
Friday night, and embracing her two
little children, who followed the faith
or in the disruption of her family,
Mrs Mae Hopkins at once joined the
soldier. Corporal Holderman of Co.
X, 35th infantry, for whom she had
given up her family ties. Her hus-
band, who is relief operator in the
employ of the Southern Pacific rail-
road, had been in Yuma for several
days, ON leave Of absence from his
station at Lordsburg, California, try
Ing to induce his wife to give up her
association with the soldier and re-
turn with him to his post Of duty.
Later in the night Mrs. Hopkins
and Corporal Holderman were found
together in the house at 437 Fifth
tvenue, where she had been living
with her two children, aged one and
seven years, by Deputy Sheriff Pur-
tell and Policeman Juan Zavala, who,
with Rev. N. A. Coxey had been trail
Ing the couple on suspicion Of their
having robbed the house of Mr. Cox
5ey earlier in the night.
The corporal was armed with a
regulation army Colts automatic
pistol, but made no resistance when
the officers entered
The pair were booked on vagrancy
charges and later the soldier was
turned over to the military author
tiles. Yuma Sun.