Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-06
GEN. DoYEN'S MARINES
Facts About the Men and the Man
Who Trained Them.
From Sea Power.


curIrnnnd"r Of our marines, who's"
daring victories on tho Marn" have
thrilled the nation. has been invalid
al HON" just az fam" crowned nm
and his men. The tactics and success
OF his brigade have been tho a!inir:i-
tion Of the Allied nations, and !,
will not br unproiitahl" Ia inuuiI"
whether their training or leadership
has hccn along special lines offer
ing hopeful hints for preparing iutnr"
troops.
While our army forces abroad ar''
drilled and commanded 10y West
Pointers. or 10y thos" whose tactics
and inspirations ar" Oi military acad
.my origin and whose lives hay"
rinc officers w"r" trained AZ tn" ma
val academy and hav" been sailor
men for years. General Doycn. tn"
actual field commander, ls mem
class oi lSSl: 80 ar" Major Genera!
barnett. commander in chief 0i Tn"
marine corps. and l'rig. Gen. l+auch-
hciIn"r, who. practically speaking. H.
the chicT Of staff of the corps. Brig
adler General Lcj"Inc-- who has Son'
over to r.li"v" Dny"n--and IN" tw"
rcrimcntal commanders. tho gallant
Colonel Catlin. severely wounded in
leading his regiment. and Colonel
S"villc--whom Vera Cruz will long
rcmcInhcr-arc all Annapolis men.
sailors hy education and practice.
Conditions in the army are 80 dit
f"rcnt from those in the navy that
traditions and drill methods arc not
the same in tn" two services. LII" on
shipl,oard and work in small boats
tends to develop individual initiative
more. than does the harrack system
of su,Iad control. For trench pr"ra-
ration the army system has Obvious
advantages. but We should. n'rrrth"-
less, expect the individual marin" Ia
handle himself somewhat better than
q soldier IN tn' Sl'fHti ''"' WI 81"
attack across broken ground. Then.
aboard ship, target rr;cilr'-lndi-
vidual target practic,-is almost Il
subject OF Worship. The records "f ma
tional and international riil" match'.;
are witness To the ability OF our
small marine corps nf prc-war days
10 wrcst target laurrls from the large
service. II may hc noticed too. that
Major IIolromb--th" spirit "i marin"
corIS target piaCtic,"-hIS been rf.
fcctiycly busy with the marines VIII"
,r,, i'm France. The Developments "i
trench lighting have led tn" army {"
the use al the hand grenade. the
ma"hinr gun. etc. In'rhipS I" th" nm
avuidahlc sighting al riil" ins,r'Ir.
tion.
The navy has watched with inter
est the working out of these tw"
systems in our training camps in
Franco. We have seen General Per-
shing'S soldiers receiving III" irSt
American army system oi training,
modified hy lessons learned from our
Allies. At the sam" tim" we HAY"
seen General rrrShing approving and
encouraging the somewhat different
drills instituted by Doycn for his ma =
rincs. In Doycn's camps there has
been rifle practic" every day for cv-
crybody. Conventional targets and
ranges h;L~r been almost taboo. In
stead there has been a series OF posts
crowned with tin cans To represent
German helmets: tall posts and short
ones. posts erect and r"cuml"nt,
some posts in tn" open. some III
trenches. some in shell holes. iiut
every post had its can. Through
thrs" stag" armies al Huns tn" ma E
rincs have advanced daily--and
nightly-in sunshine and rain and
fog and SNOW. Sometimes they ran.
again they walked or Crawl"d or
wrigglrd Snakr-likr on their bellies.
but every tin can WAS runctur'd re-.
y, .Itrdly as soon as seen and between
shots posts were hayoncttrd or
smashed with rifle butt or barrel.
broadly speaking. tn" army train
ed for trench or open field work. with
the emphasis on the trench. and the
marines trained for tn" open or tn"
trench. with emphasis on the open.
Then. after Il preliminary try-nul
i'm the trenches the marines wrr"
rushed To th" nri:;hl'orhood Of Cha
tcau Thicrry. where they were given
their chance They knew their SUI
sriority in the open and wCr" lucky
in lighting the Germans just digging
into temporary trenches. And the
marines went forward. chuck"d the
Huns out OF the bitches and mixed
il up" in the open. Every Fritz was
Il post and every helmet tin can.
and even the seasoned French and
British were amazed To Sc men
equally expert in the use of the hayo-
net, the butt and the sight. For the
first time in about three years the
rifle came into its own in the hands
of experts who handled il as Il fowlinG
piece or pig stickcr or shillalah.
Against permanent trenches tn"
army trading methods hav" little To h''
desired. hut between here and Berlin
there will he much fighting in the
open, and over $4,000 marines will
furnish many wakes
TO every officer and man in tho
army as well us in the navy it is n
matter OF regret that just at the hou
of victory General Doycn's health
failed under the strain of arduous
work abundantly we'll done. But.
whoever gave the order forward"
Doycn was the man who huildcd vic
.ory and his is the triumph. At this,
all who know him greatly rejoice. He
is man of most lovahlc qualities.
For example. parents and friends OF
his men wrote him hundreds of let
tcrs inquirinG ~ to those under his
command. There was Il standing or
der that the adjutant should answer
all letters showing signs that the
writer's We're well to- do, hut that cr-