The Dolores star., 1924-10-31

tack on Aspdiotous destructor, n new scale insect
pest which is destroying the coconut palms,
banana trees and the alligator pear trees of the
island! You will find Marine guard at times in
front of the Treasury building in Washington.
Arthur Whtcomb Marine Corps busler sounded
Taps at the grave of Woodrow Wilson and Of
Calvin Coolidge Jr., and it goes-at home and
abroad. Wherever there is United States battle
ship, there is detachment of Marines-"Semper
Iidelis' and always ready for efficient action.
Don't make the mistake of thinking the Marines
are merely fighting machines. 1t takes Il real
TO get INTO the Marines. He has to be young able
bodied and of good character. And he has to pass
stringent mental moral and physical tests upon
admission His term of enlistment is four years
and he Will know lot more at the end of that
four years than he did when he joined.
y cnrsory glance at recent numbers of the
Leatherneck. the official organ of the Marines, one
iindS mention of all sorts of activities in all parts
of the worid Here a few: Aviation training
mt Psnehcola; reenacting of the battle of Antetam
of the Civil war, which attracted $1,000 spectators:
formation of football teams for the fall battles
new courses of study in the Marine Corps insti.
tute: rifle practice ut Guantanamo, Cuba broad
casting of a program by the United States Marine
Band at Washington; various baseball games.
usually won :y the Marines: rifle tournament vic
tories, picnics, hikes and dances various posts
successes at the water carnival at San Diego and
the Atlantic City pageant II consideration of the
prospects for championship honors of c. J. Pra-
the Marines letters from Marines all the
world detailing interesting experiences, especially
one from Marine who has just finished /; cruise
of 10000 miles in % months the Pittsburgh and
Orion
High officers in the Marine Corps get their
places by working for them. Take, for instance
the career of Johnny, the Hard General
Iejeune was born in 1867 in louisiana and
is graduate of Louisiana State university
United States Naval academy USSS) and Army
tur rn1ln
as naval cadet by being wrecked on the
y. S. S. Vandalia in the hurricane at Apia, Samoa
in 1883. The next year he won his commission us
second lieutenant and thereafter he moved stead
lily up until his appointment major general in
19lS. He has been in command of the Marines
since July ], 1920 During the Intervening years
we find him in command of battalion in Panama
during the year of excitement the Panama
canal (19O3D; Of a brigade in the Philippines
(9OS9) of brigade and regiment during the
taking and occupation of Vera Cruz In 1914 He
arrived in France June s. 1918, and partici-
pant in various engagements from st. Mihiel TO
the occupation of the Coblenz brdgehead He
returned in August of 1919 in command of the
Second division And with all that he has man
aged to be n husband and father.
The high-up officers of the Marines are iron
discplinarians-and at the same time big Broth.
ers or "Cncles' or something of the kind to their
men. Take Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Pendleton IRE
tired). He's Uncle joe to his men and his wife
Is Aunt Mary Cncie .oes name has even been
interpOated into the flynn of the Marines -
which begins
From the Halls Montezuma
To the shores of Tripo
We fight our country's battles
On the land and the sea
And when Uncle Joe's nephews sing the hymn
they add:
The Marines In Nicaragua
Were the boys to fill the bill
And Uncle Joe he the lad
Took Coyotepe HILL
Coyotepe Hill figured in 1912, when he landed
in the Central American republic with n detach.
ment of Marines to find the revoutionIsts occupy.
ing n fortified hill believed to be impregnabe and
raining death and destruction all the country
around. Well. Uncle Joe led his men in the climb
up Coyotepe Hill and the rebels dispersed pronto.