New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
Marines Victory
Adds 400 Recruits
To Sea Army Here
News of Chateau Thierry
Exploit Causes Rush to
Join Force

A rush to fight with "the first te
fight" almost swamped the local re.
cruiting Offices yesterday, as news OF
the Marine Corps victories in France
continued to come back from the bat
tlefront.
Friday always has been a dull day
for volunteers in any of the service
branches, but so far as the marines
were concerned this Friday was differ
ent. Instead of the normal enlistment
average of fifty men, more than
four hundred joined the ranks of the
"sea soldiers" and new applicants kept
appearing after the recruiting places
closed for the evening.
Although tie marines here always
knew what would happen when their
own kind got seriously at work, they
were jublant, nevertheless. The in
sigma of the globe was carried on SER
vice hats at trif1e more of a truculent
angle than usual, and wherever groups
gathered on street corners to discuss
fighting there frequently was seen a
marine or two on the outskirts trying
to look unconscious.
Used as Shock Troops
1t is believed that not more than a
brigade of marines took part in the
Chateau Thierry advance. They went
ahead of the first onrush and accounted
for an average Of at least one German
to man.
Ours were used as shock troops." :"
said Lieutenant Daniel M. M.;Gardner. ir..
IN charge of recruiting headquarters, "a
West Twenty-third Street. an our
service. though, we don't call them
that. We always give or absorb the
hrst shock as matter of course.
That's our trade. And lot of husky
other to join us. Our first recruit to-
day was a member of local exemption
board, who read about the battle in
the morning paper and hurried down
to enlist right after breakfast"
The war map shows the marines
have driven an arrow head deep into
the German defences," said Major J.
X. Tracy, of the marine service, who
arrived in New York yesterday on
special mission. "Of course YOU can't
tell unless you're on the ground, but
it looks to me as though those boys
just jumped away from their reserves
and supports and went to it on their
own hook
Cites Santo Domingo Fight.
'It's dangerous thing to charge too
far and too fast against a strong en-
emy, but the marines have been doing
just that sort of headlong work for
many years and getting away with it.
This Chateau Thierry affair is one of
dozens of others where our BOYS
grinned, fixed bayoncts and plouehed d
through
"The santo Domingo expedition in
1916 was typical of what our men al
ways have been doing. A small force
was landed from the ships to break up
the revolution, and they were ordered
to hike for the interior Regular Army
men said it would require two months
at least for the boys to fight their way
in. A lot of bull carts and Fords were
loaded up for transport
"The marines battled through sew.
enty miles Of hostile country, reached
Santiago in @ve days and wound up
the war. Such spirit as that will carry
our men into Germany one of these
days"
Many informal celebrations of vic
tory were held on the streets last night
when marine met marine. An official
rally will take place Saturday in CITY
Hall Park. Holbrook Blinn, Nora
Bayes and Lieutenant Gitz-Rice, of the
first Canadian contingent, will help en-.
tertain the crowds. 1t is predicted all
enlistment records will be broken dur.
ing the week.