Evening star., 1927-03-28
MARINES ORDERED
TO CHINA MASS|NG
IN EAST AND WEST
First Quantico Detachment
Due to Entrain for San
Diego Tomorrow.

To the roll Of drums along both the
Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, call
ing into existence the historic old 9Th
Regiment, United States Marines were
moving today towards Philadelphia
and San Diego for service in China.
Detachments in full fighting trim,
gathering from widely scattered posts,
will constitute a second expeditionary
force of 1850 men. They will be
rushed to China at once to reinforce
the 1,500 Marines already concentrated
in Shanghai under command of Brig.
Gen. Smedley d. Butler. Of early
Boxer" fame.
BY tomorrow morning it was ex-
pected the first detachments, consti-
tuting a battery of field artillery and
six observation planes, will entrain
direct from tQuantico for San Diego.
Unless orders are changed in the
meanwhile, the main Quantico force
of 55 officers and 426 enlisted men.
augmented by 80 enlisted men and 8
officers from Washington, will entrain
early Wednesday for Philadelphia to
join the main strength of the 9Th Reg
iment bound for San Diego.
Due to Embark Sunday.
The Transport Henderson, which
carried a part of the famous 5th Regi-
ment to France in 1917. Is steaming
under fun speed to San Diego, where
the Chinese expeditionary forces are
scheduled to embark for the zone OF
lighting next Sunday.
Three small detachnents arrived
yesterday in Philadelphia. They were
from Iona Isla nd, n. Y; New London.
Conn, and Hinghanl. Mass., and were
In fun marching equipment. Wear.
service, they carried 54-pound packs.
steel helmets and french.diggfng tools
In addition to pistol and rife. Other
detachments are expected to arrive
during the day.
Another detachment of 700 men and
officers from Paris Island, $. c.. were
awaiting orders nloinentariiy today
to entrain direct for San Diego, where
they will join the Philadelphia forces.
Fighting equipment of the 9Th Regi.
ment, now being organized, will in
clude 16 machine guns. light firing and
heavy Browning guns, trench mortars,
37-miliimeter guns and 75-miilimeter
guns.
OF the IL planes making up the air
SQUADRON. six Of the observation type
will go from Quantico. The other
three combat planes will be obtained
from San Diego.
Col. Snyder In Command.
The new 9Th Regiment Is under the
command of Col. Harold G. Snyder,
formerly Of Washington and vet
eran of many campaigns. Col. Snyder
is a native Virginian and has seen
service in the Marine Corps for n
wears. He served in Mexico, the Phil
ippines. Haiti, San Domingo and In
France during the World War. He has
been in command of the Marine Bar.
racks at Philadelphia since last June.
Col. Snyder said he was "tickled to
death" with the order to go to China.
when heard that my old com
mander, Brig. Gen. Butler, was going
over, / wanted to be with him." Col.
Snyder said.
! The officers who win make up the
air squadron of the Marine regiment
were announced at Marine Corps avia'
ton headquarters as follows:
From Quantico-Capt. j. F. Mortar
ity, Capt. J. T. Moore, Second Lieut..
Wilson b. Trundle, Lieut.. William G.
Manly, Lieut.. Henry Carr and nine
enlisted men.
From the flying station at San
Diego, Calff.-Maj. F. T. Evans. who
will command the air squadron, and
First LieM.~~ w. j. Wallace, First
Lieut.. Clayton G.. Jerome. Second
! Lieut.. Thomas White, Second Lieut.
Pearson T.. Conrad and 80 enlisted
men.
From the Island of Guam-Capt
w. f. McCaughtry, Capt. Arthur H
/ Page. First Lieut.. w, o. Brice, Ma
rine Gunner Harold Ogden and SO en-.
! listed men.
None of the officers In the air
squadron is from Washington, but
| two of them are from adjoining
States. Lieut.. Trundle Is a native OF
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