New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-07-12
LOCAL POSTMASTER is AC-
CEPTINQ APPLICANTS
FOR THE MARINE
CORPS.

Everywhere, not only through
out the United States, but in
foreign countries as well-par-
ticularly, oh, very particularly,
throughout Germany. When the
United States Marines smashed
the flower of the Hun troops at
Chateau Thierry on the banks OF
the Marine, people asked:
"Just who and what are the
U. 8. MarinesY"
For it was not enough to know,
as almost every American DID
know that the U. s. Marines are
the body of picked soldiermen
who are first to fight when their
country. feels called upon to en-
force it's rights in any part civi-
lized or uncivilized. Nor was it
enough to know that the glorious
record Of the y. S. Marines, bark
ing back to the early years Of the
Revolution, was not being i'm
proved at the Marne, but merely
beng continued in the series of
victories they registered there.
There were then, as they are
now. very cogent and compelling
reasons why many thousands OF
patriotic Americans should seek
definite and detailed information
regarding this famous Corps OF
fighters, information beyond any
accounts of their brilliant
prowess on the battlefields Of
France, no matter how graphic
the descriptions or how intimate
the pen pictures from the front.
The requirements for enlist
ment in the U. S. Marine Corps
are that the applicant shall be an
American citizen between the
ages Of 1S and 40; that he shall
read. write and understand the
English language; that he be Of
.aood moral character; that his
height be at least 81 inches And
HI 8s(ght not less than 12o
Ssai1 stsippe4s and that he hAvs
d tleast 20 sound teeth in bis head.
There is a Marine Corps re-
cruiting station in nearly every
large city, and a man cannot en-
list in the u. 8. Marines at any
Army or NAVY recruiting station.
But, oh, boy, if you think your
luck's against you because you
happen to live in some town where
there isn't and never was Ma
rine Corps recruiting station,
never quit your ambition in
despair. You are provided for;
the U. s. Marine Corps has au-
thorized your postmaster to have
you examined and from him re-
ceive the transportation requisite
to carry you to the nearest re-
cruiting station Of the Corps.
Recruits, once passed at the
recruiting station, are sent to the
great camp at Paris Island. 8. c..
The U. s. Marine, as a Private on
his first enlistment receives $50
per month on land in a home sta
ton; but he is paid $36 per
month while he is at ca as well
as on any foreign service. When
the Marine qualities as marks
man with the service rife, his
monthly pay rises by 81; when he
becomes a sharpshooter, it goes
ND 81 more; and when he is an ex-
pert rifeman, it jumps another, ~.
an identifying the U. s. Marine.
one must never overlook the fact
that he is q soldier. He differs
from other soldiers in the train
ing he receives; there is not much
difference in dress. His duties
now include service by land, sea
and aif'for the Marine Corps has
its own. aeronautic stations.
Here, in part, are the things
that go to make up the marvellous
figure of q fighting man, the U
s. Marine. To enlist in the Corps
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