The Washington herald., 1919-11-18
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n yer 1ookin' for xhatIi suit yer.
Ter kin take on yer hat an bow
Ter the chap that's short on the future
And equally long on NOW.
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srelI II % TIE lzari.es.rs
A group OF army and navy men
were discussing Che approaching
birthday OF MAJ. Gen. GEORGE BAR
NETT. commanding the peerless Ma
rine Corps. December 3. and the
preparations that are being made by
his friends to celebrate the occasion
A white-whiskered captain who was
IN the huriy-buriy Of death at the
Wilderness and other battles Of the
civil war. became reminiscent.
In the old ldays.' he said, ssthe
Marine Corps was regarded largely
as joke. That was in the era of the
obsolete souare-rigged man-o'-war
when the corps Of sea soldiers was
but handful. and the ancient
snooth-bore cannon was IT There
was an ironical saying in those days.
Tell It To the Marines and a comic
song. Captain Jinks of the Horse
Marines,' both tinged with sarcasm
and ridicule. But times have changed.
and now We have 10 tell Il TO the
at home or abroad. and take il from
this old veteran. the Marines are the
first on the Job and they finish Il
always neatly and quickly. The
'horse-mar1nc' of song and fiction
years ago now Is a fact. We have
mounted Marines. light and heavy
batteries OF Marines and the lads in
khaki-green fit in anywhere as they
did SO handily at Chateau-Theirry
and in other big scraps On the French
front"
The veteran captain is right Under
the splendid direction of Gen. Barn stt
the United States Marine Corps has
been made one of the most eficient
fighting machines under the sun. Its
morale, its appearance. its skill In tao
tics and military maneuyering, and
its courage is sublime, and measures
well up to 100 per cent. Gen. Barnett
can well afford to feel proud and
elated when his birthday comes and
his legion OF friends shower their con-
gratulations upon him.
Men whe Fought Overseas.
Ny comrade, BERTEL Peterson,
: of the war with Spain informs me
! that National Capital Post Veterans
| Pythian Temple the second and fourth
| Mondays in each month. is making o
| drive for an increase in membership.
In the call for new members from the
A. z. F.. IL is stated:
Thoughtful men are beginning 70
recognize this organization as one Of
! the first lines Of interior defense OF
the nation against not only so-called
! Bolshevism. but all other manifesto
tions of any other ism dangerous TO
the established institutions of the
United States.
"Mobilized in this way under the
title OF the Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Of the United States. and open only TO
those who have actually seen service
i in foreign lands or waters, these men
who first organized twenty years ago
in Denver. rapidly are becoming a po-
tential outfit"
A grand rally OF National Capital
Post, when its colors will be dedi-
| Gated. is announced for Tuesday even
| ing. November IS. in the auditorium Of
the Central High School
Baby and sBooEe.-
/ am informed that several day.
| ago crafty violator of the bone
dry law got by the police lines with
several gallons of whisky in rub
| Der hot water bottles concealed in
the bottom of a baby carriage. The
fbottles formed sort OF mattress
upon which a real baby was placed.
When suspicious points were
reached where il was feared there
might be police pickets the man
pushing the carriage would pinch
the infant or tab il with a pin and
! cause the child to set up a vocifer-
Gus bowling. Then he would hurry
past the danger point as IL in a
hurry to get the baby 10 its mother.
and thus disarm suspicion. II was
said he made many such trips TO an
isolated place in nearby Maryland
where an auto delivered the goocs
to him.
Several years ago when some of
the roadhouses did business seven
days each week a man about town