Evening star., 1928-03-18
NICARAGUA MARINE
| FORcEl$ SELECTED
Local Guards in Expedition
ary Regiment Gathered
From Many Places.

OSLenSlDiy on mission 10 supervise
the presidential elections in Nicaragua
next october, a regiment Of Marines.
cleaned In handfuls from Marine
bases, naval bases, navy yards and sta
tions and naval hospitals, as Vell as
ships on the east coast, will embark
the latter part Of this week for the
Central American republic TO become a
part Of the Marine eXpeditionary force
which went months ago to attempt to
subdue the rebel leader SANDING and
his followers.
Although with the arrival Of this
assemblage of Marines in Nicaragua
half of the authorized personnel Of the
Marine Corps will be on foreign dutY
in that country. China. Santo Domingo
and Haiti, there are still nearly 10000
Marines not engaged In any expedition
ary work. With the detachment nov
forming for embarkation to Nicaragua
on the ground there viii be 1888 Ma
rines there, and there now are 1929
in China, and about a thousand il
Haiti
While only 81 members Of the corps
will be taken at Washington, the ma
jority of these, or IS, we're taken from
the Marine Guard at the Navy Build
ing, whose duty It has been to guard
during the entire "a hours the secret
papers and plans in the general board.
and the invaluable secret books and
papers in the code and signal section.
Six Of the local contingent were taken
from the Naval Hospital.
Local Contingent.
Those from the Navy Department
guard. who stood their last watches
here today, and were sent to their homes
to prepare for departure tomorrow
morning at 9:20 o'clock for Quantico.
Va, where they will join the detach-
ment from that post and proceed to
the paint Of embarkation at Norfolk.
are Corpls. John D. Doherty, FRANK
j. Ady. F. NJ. Bell. Eppy A. Dedman.
Harry r. Dundas Vernie Hudson. KIe-
mans j: Lutuzkiewiz, Edgar w. Sorman.
Odes White, Wilbur T Whitbridge.
Dyer Manning and C. B. McRinstv
From the Naval Hospital will go CorpI
Theodore A. Moore; sPvts. first-clasy
wellington w. Hill, Clarence H. Lowe
George w. Nabours, Cecil w. Sheppard
ana Pvt. Wilbur ]. Shoemaker.
second Lieut.. ]. r. Lanigan has been
ordered from the Navy Yard Washing
ton, d. c., and the following from Guam
sico. va: Mai. <. L. Larsen. Capts. K.
- @"~' A. 1VOoc, r ". HaLcQen, G. 3.
Erskine, w. w. Walker, H. D. Linsco;t:
First Lieuts. NJ. Scott. w. c. Hail p
L. Buchanan, n. E. Clausen. H "
Bacon. A. D. Challcombe. w. ]. WhaI-
ing. j. N. Frisbie: Second Lieut.. NJ I.
Dawson. jr., and Chief Quarternaster
Clerk C.. Sefick.
Other officers ordered to proceed
With the above to Norfolk TO erobarE
on the mine layer Oglala are First
Lieut.. L. A. Holm. Philadelphia: First
Lieut.. c. W Meigs, Boston; First Lieut.
| r. w. Hanlon. Second Lieut.. J. F. Shaw
FIRST Lieut.. z. Hakala and Chief Ma
rine Gunner c. B. Loring. Portsmouth.
n. H.; Second LieutS. r. p. Ross. J.
Saoater and J. G. Dreyspring, Phila-
oe!pnla: Second Lieut.. E. G. Marks.
LaKenurst. N. j.: Second Lieut.. P. I.
| 1hwing. New London, Conn; Chief
Gunner A. Anderson, Yorktown "a
Second Lieut.. r. H. Mcdowell from
New York, First Lieut.. w. F. Brown
hampton Roads. Va; Second Lieut.. NJ.
>. Swanson, Norfolk, Va. Capt. r p
Wright and Chief Pay Clerk W. J
Miller. Philadelphia.
The following have been ordered 70
report aboard the United States sun
ply ship Bridge az Charleston. s. c.,
ior transportation to Nicaragua:
Capt c. mel. Lott, Second LteutS
a. q; BlieSener. NJ. c. Levie, WIN
Iroxell and L. A. Brown. from Paris
Island. s. C.: Second Lieut j. NJ
Ranck. Naval Station. Few Orleans:
second Lieuts. T. @. Mcfarland and T
ID. Marks, from Pensacola and Second
Lieut.. J. S. Letcher. Key West.
One of the bastleShips frurr the
Scouting Fleet now at Guantanamo
Bay. Cuba, will embark Marines from
other vessels and proceed with them 10
| the Central American Republic. The
Arkansas Will furnish SO men Of its
Marine guard for this detachment, the
Wyoming 81 men. the Florida 65 men.
the Utah 6S men. and 80 men Will b,
taken from the shore station At Guam
tanamo.
The Marine detachmentS from the
oattlcShipS Nevada and Oklahoma, NUN
oering So men. have been detailed ipy
this expedition. and will embark s.
NorioE aboard the mine layer. Forty
nse Marines from the Camden will b.
sent from Coco Solo. on the Atlartf,
end Of the Panama Canal.
Other Detachments.
The assembly Of others 20 form the
eXpcditionary force has been ordercI
from the following places 10 Norfolk
! Tor enoarkatIon; Sea School Norfolk
Va. 2S men; Annapolis. IL; Boston, 81
Chelsea Hospital, Boston 10: Marine
Barracks, Great Lakes, Z; Naval Hos
pital. Great Lakes. 10: Hampton Roads
Va. 40: Indian Head. Nd. II: New
York Yard, 80: New York Naval Hos
pital, 10; Norfolk Navy Yard, 10: Nor
folk Naval Hospital. 10: Philadelphia
Navy Yard. SIS; Ceuantico, Va. SO: Navy
Building guard. Is: Naval Hospital. shis
city, 6. and South Charleston, w. Na.9
The organization which will sail ston
Charleston. s, c.. on the supply ship
Bridge. viii Dc composed of 20 fgcm
Charleston. s. C.. 8 nom Key West 20
from New Orleans and lis from Paris
Island.
In addition two officers cf the Navy
Medical Corps and is hospital eN,ryS-
men have been ordered with these de-
tachmentS. One Of the Officers. nor Net
designated. viii SO from Philadelphia
II was announced. and the other from
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