Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-07
MARINES LIVE
UP TO RECORD
Work Against Hun Equal to
Best Traditions of
the Corps

The U. S. Marines have astonished
the world by their work against the
Huns during the past several months.
Harrisburg is proud of the men that
she has given to this branch of the
service. More men from the city are
enrolling every day for training as
Devil Dogs" as they have been
dubbed by the Germans. The Har-
risburg Marine Recruiting Station is
, located at 307 Market street
1T was not" remarked the French
allies of the U. S. Marines operating
at the bridge over the Marne at Cha
teau Thierry, "a healthy place for a
German picnic"
Immediately after that incisive OBJ
servation was cabled over by Gerald
Campbell, one of the correspondents
assigned to the French front, word
came that the Germans were alright
edly averse to holding a party of any
sort opposite those same hard-hitting,
absolutely deadly Marines. With the
first shots from their locker, the U.
s. Marines had got the Huns goat
One regiment of them. which distin-
guished itself for its business-like
mopping up of that Hun-infested sa-
lient, was rushed straight to the bat
tlefield from its landing stage on the
shore of France. No time for finish
ing touches; no time for special in
structions on the ground behind the
lines-simply swift fling of the
whole regiment from its transport in
to the thick of the fray; and then in
slant effectiveness of a quality that
left the German veterans largely
harmless and wholly terrified.
Behind that regiments magnifi-
cent work from the tap of the bell
lies the wonderful story of the train
ing it had at home-of the training
which is being given to every one
among the thousands of recruits now
being enlisted in the U. S. Marines
in order that the number of the Corps
may be increased to the 75.5O0 author
ized by the recent Act of Congress,
in compliance with General PERISH
ing's request for a full division of
Marines on the Western front.
This home training, so interesting
to every American. is of supreme inn
portance to all who are between the
ages of IS and SO years and are ELI
gible for admission into the corps;
because. as has been demonstrated on
every battlefield. 1t is the best fighter
who is safest.
There are two great and active
training camps LOT u. >. marine re-
cruits one. for men enlisting East of
the Mississippi, at Paris Island, close
to the South Carolina coast, midway
between Charleston and Savannah;
the other. for men enlisting West of
the Mississippi. at Mare Island. off
the coast of California, where COM
modious new barracks have been
erected. The course of instruction is
practically the same in both camps.
At Paris Island, for example, there
are actually Ave camps. the recruit
progressing from one to another as
his training advances. The boys call
the itinerary. Around the World in
so Days" mainly because that is just
about the time it takes the average
rookie to pass through the fve
grades.
Men trained as these have been are
fit to encounter the best the Germans
have; but the U. S. Marine Corps
prides itself on doing a good job
better than best. At Quantico, 80 miles
south of Washington on the Virginia
coast line. is the immense finishing
camp that gives the alumni of Paris
Island their postgraduate Course be-
fore they sail for France.
No raw recruits at Quantico; the
whole 5000 who are constantly In
training there have had their prelimi-
nary instruction prior to arrival.
Here they get their specialized work