Evening star., 1928-12-30
MARINE CORPS NEWS

Chief Pay Clerk George II. Mulligan, |
attached to Corps Headquarters, is |
scheduled for transfer to the Garde |
d'Haiti, Port Au Prince, Haiti, about
January 8.
Col Newton H Hall will be placed
on the retired list on January 2. Col.
Hall was born January q 1873, in the
State of Texas, and was appointed
therefrom to the Naval Academy,
graduating with the class of July /, |
1897, and after serving both ashore
and afloat during the Spanish-Amer-
ican War, he was assigned duty in the
Far East where he was attached to
the u. S. S. Newark at the outbreak of
the Boxer troubles in China, during
1900. On May 20, 1900, he was de-
tached from the Newark and sent to
Peking via Tientsin with a skeleton
company of Marines to help rescue the
beseiged in Peking. Having conducted
himself in such a meritorious manner
as to win the praise of his superiors,
he was brevetted major to rank from
August IA, 1900. Returning to the
United States in 1902, Col Hall, at
that time a captain Of Marines, was
married in this city to his present
wife-the former corps popular idol
Rosebud Harrington, daughter Of the
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u. S. NJ. G. After several more tours
of duty in the Far East, Col. Hall was
assigned command of the 7th Regi-
nlent of Marines during the latter part
of the World War and helped pacify
the riotous elements in Camaguey
Province, Cuba, who had long been
,,dnciting the peace-loving natives to
open rebellion. After serving on va
ffous important boards of officers in
- aaa1 OF fNtlr
of duty at Corps Headquarters, this
city. Col. Hall was assigned as COM
Inanding officer, Marine Barracks,
a Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
where he established an ideal post in
the tropics for Marines. Col. and Mrs.
Hall have been especially popular with
both the rank and file throughout
service circles. While commanding
.0ficer in the tropics he would stop his
car and offer a lift to those of his
command whom he could have passed
unnoticed, and he carries the well
wishes of the entire Corps with him in
his retirement from active duty.
Mai. Gen. John A. Lejeune stated
recently:
Authority from Congress is being
requested for the erection Of four ad-
IJitional sets of barracks at Quantico,
Va, eacn set 10 De available lot Gtle
comfortable and sanitary housing of
500 men each.
No added quota Of either commits
sxioned officers or enlisted men will be
asked of Congress.
The Marine Corps personnel bill will
be urged for passage before the Sen
ate committees, respectively.
The request of the Confederate
Union of Veterans to obtain the use
of the Marine Band during the COM
ing Summer for their functions at
charlotte N. c., subject to passage Of
TT. r. 1892 appropriating the neces-
1Sarv funds to cover transportation ex-
nense. etc., to and from.
Ouantico Air Station to be modern
ized with more durable structures.
Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, upon
arrival in United States, to report to
the major general commandant. Head
quarters. Marine Corps. Gen. Butler
Is expected to arrive in Washington
,>about February IS.
Mai. w. w. Buckley, attached to the
Scouting Fleet is stopping at 34l0 P
street.
Capt. William P. Richards, while on
leave per authority of the major gen.
Eral comnlandapt, is stopping at the
Army and Navy Club this city,