Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-25
The U. S. Marines
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interests during the series OF political
upheavals and rcvOlts in tn" BLACK
Republic" In the summer Of IN"
next year the Second regiment OI
marines and the artillery battalion
landed at Port au Prince. Later th'y
were rr-cnforc"d by the First ana
Fourth regiments OF the marine
corps.
This force of three marine r"gi-
] mcnts occupied the entire republic
and took over IN" civil and military
government \ force known as the
."n,larmrric of Haiti" WIS organized
under the charge OF marin" corps o.!
| fcers to release the marines from
duty in Haiti. but thcr. are today
about 1000 marines distributed
throughout the conntr1 This fore" Is
under the direction Of Eli X. Cole,
now a brigadi"r general. The gen
darmcri"" Is commanded 10y Sm"dl"X
ID. Butler. now u colonel.
They Dressed Up" Haiti.
rincs were in Haiti conditions in tho
n"ighborinr republic OF San Domingo
became very much unsettled, and III"
First and Fourth regiments. COM
mandcd 10y Joseph \. Ecndl",0n. then
a colonel. now a brigadirr general aI-
proximat ing 100 officers and 1000 en-
listed men. were dispatched 10 san
Domingo city in June. 1916. later oc-
cupying the whole republic oi San
Domingo. In that country. too. the
marine corps took over the cntir" civ
il and military government until such
time as the natives indicate their
readiness to settle down to permitting
their selection Of Il president Ia re-
main in possession of his onic" and
his life more than Il week AT Il time.
In the taking OF Vera Cruz the
First and Second advance base rc.l-
mcnts Of the marine corps. in COM
pany with the marine departments Of
the Atlantic fleet. took part. This
force was later augmented 10y Tho
Third regiment. which WAS sent down
from Philadelphia. tho entire force br-
ing under the command Of COL. Wal
Ter. The cntirr force consisted of
about $50 officers and 1000 enlisted
men. This force remained aShor" at
Vera Cruz until November. 1911. when
the city was evacuated and tn" en-
tiir' force returned Ia it's hom" sta
tions in the United States.
The prd" of the corps is it's versa
tility. The brief outline of som" of its
deeds in the past is sufficient 10 bear
out this boast. Marines have been
of infantry. of artillery. of stormng
troops. "Shock troops" sO-rallcd. and
field artillery and even Of cavalry.
'Thc horse marines ceased To bc -
joke after the native armies of Haiti
and San Domingo got a taste of their
ability TO transform themselves in
stantly into cavalry and give n good
account of themselves in the role.
Lately the marine corps has hccn
one of the best advertised branches
of the military service of the United
States. Yesterday. hgurativcly. for
some reason II was comparatively lit =
tie known. There was an old fcud
hctwcen the ordinary hlucjackct and
the enlisted man in the marine corps.
IS @sai'9- e S.st-. iisea -, -, 81 AZ ~,
bluciacket friend as bog" The sail
or returned the compliment by the
| term "leathcrncck" for the NJ. G. man.
This appears to have been wiped off
the slate and in it's place now is only
a friendly rivalry and thoroughly
healthy one. undcrlaid with fast
friendship and mutual respect.
The marine corps today boasts cv-
cry branch in its service that the
| army possesses. The ordinance de-
q great and marvellous machine. but
the marine corps has onc-on Very
much smaller scale. of courS" hut
| which is highly efficient and well
serves the purposes Of the marine
corps. Field artillery training is part
of the training of every man In tho
marine corps. and marines can handle
naval guns as well rs field pieces. In
every engagement of any consequence
in the last several years in which
marines have played part their field
pieces. landed from the ship to which
they are assigned. have been an i'm
nnTtonf fnnfnr in Fn rfr.,. thn,. hn,
proved their worth many times in the
past. and are taking places of infan-
trymcn in modern warfare in Franco
today in manner for which there
can bc no criticism. The soldier OF
the sea has evolved into tho all-round
fighting man who can give good
account of himself afoot. afloat.
astridc or in the air.
Has Flying Corps.
II probably would surprise most Of
the people who believe they ara ia
miliar with the marine corps to knew.
| for instance that it has flying corps
of its own. II is not large onc--it
must he remembered that there are
fewer than 10000 marines all told
hut il is highly efficient one, train
cd to the minute.
On n small scale the marine corps
now is an army itself. II is on n small
| scale. considering the monster army
now being raised 10y the United States
10 fight the battles of democracy. hut
compared with the army OF Il few