The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-30
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
IN MARINE SERVICE

An opportunity to take course h,
vocational training or to learn a hiyelr
paid mechanical trade at the expense
OF the government, and at the same
time to become a member or the sth
Regiment of marines, one of the most
famous regiments of the war, which
helped save Paris at the Chateau
Thierry sector actions, is offered by a
new recruiting order of the U. s. ma
rine corps. The order specifies that for
a period Of one month beginning April
LIST. a.special class of recruits will be
accepted. for duty with the 9Th Regi-
ment only. which regiment is stationed
at Quantico, Va, where a marine
school providing for vocational AMI
technical training for marines Is %.
Gated. ss@
Recruits accepted In this class mtfxt
be OF the highest type and have the
best qualifications as to physique AMI
character. They are to be attached 10
the expenditionary brigade, stationed
at Quantico. Of which the 5th Regiment
is "A part. This brigade lis body made
up of picked men from the marine
corps, held in readiness and in constant
training for war or expeditionary duty.
In case of emergency they are the IT'S.
marines to be sent. -
While at Quantico they are AFFORDED
an opportunity of enrolling in The raa
rine corps school there. Classes in c-sis
school occupy the entire afternoen
every day OF the week except SATURDAY
and Sunday, which are holidays All
military drill and duty being perform.
ed in the morning. Most of the Sub
jects usually taught In 4 grammar
school, high school and business c3l-
iege are taught at ouantico. and an
addition. special courses are given
~ f0 hec ltsYu Il
experts at number OF highly paid
trades and professions, such as auto
mobile engineering, electrical engineer
ing. contracting and construction en-
cheering. carpentry, biacksmithins.
brick. stone and concrete masonry and
a number OF Others
BY special order of the comma ndtng
officer Major General John A. Lejeune.
who commanded the famous Second
Division overseas the entire post IT
Quantico has been put as far as pos
sible on a school as we'll as a military
basis. with an equipment of which ans
OF our civilian military schools might
be proud; with baseball football AMI
track teams which compete on even
terms with those of the best civilian
schools, Most of the teachers in the
Quantico schools are officers selected
for their special qualifications. ana
among them are graduates of she
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Stevens institute. the U. s, Naval
Academy, and many great civilian uni-
versities as well as men who received
their practical training in such great
industrial corporations a. the Bett1e-
hem Steel company. the Westinghouse
Electric company, the General Electric
and many others.
Special attention Is given to foreign
languages, as many marines have no
opportunity to study at first hand CON
ditions in the French and Latin Amer
lean countries to which a large partsnt
our exports so. Re-en!isted men who
have already served an enlistment in
the army. navy or marine corps are
eligible to accept this offer and viii
be sent to Quantico from any part ~
the United States. Men who have
never served In any branch of the SER
vice, however. may enlist under this
offer only from states cas-, of line
drawn from the western border Of
North Dakota to the western extremity
OF Texas.