Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-02
MARINE CORPS KEEPS FAITH

When a young man applies at
Marine Corps recruiting office Tor
enlistment he is given number OF
pamphlets describing Marine corps
life. and much information from the
recruiting officer in person. Tness
pamphlets and personal experience
stories appeal to the applicant. They
are so much to his liking that he be-
lieves them implicitly. He considers
them to be promise of what he mas
a right to expect if he eniists. In ex-
change for this promise he gives has
own pledge to serve for a period OF
four years. unless sooner discharged
to bear true faith and allegiance TO
the United States of America; anu
to conduct himself according 10 the
prescribed regulations.
In exchange for this very detlmte
pledge, the Marine Corps promises him
certain definite rights and benefits
These are travel, promotion and In
creased pay, education, character i'm
provement, sports, and security in old
ege. Does the Marine Corps keep its
part of the promisegNs the Marine
Corps keeping faith WIZ the young
men who enlist in it's sen ices
An answer to those questions has
been prepared from the recordSARf 100
men who enlisted during the wear
1892. These records were chosen n
random from many hundreds on file,
and the results are released by Cop
tain G. G. Gill, Marine Corps Recruit
ing Officer, 433 Federal Building,
Seattle, Washington.
Here is how the Marine Corps
kept its promises:
Travel: Seventy seven of these men
were assigned to sea duty aboard YES
sells of the U. s. fleet, and visited
Honolulu, Panama Canal Zone and
South and Central American ports.
Twenty-nine went to shore stations IN
foreign countries, such as Guam, Gu
ba, Philippine Islands, Shanghai and
Peiping
Increased Pay: During the four
year period, fifty-seven Of this hun
dred men were promoted to vauiouf
higher ranks with additional pay.
l,,op rfc LNon
are available for every man to Nm
prove his education and to folloE
whatever game he likes, without cosa
to himself. A number completed
courses in the Marine Corps InstitIte
Character improvement is difficult
to define, but by observing the con
duct OF this average" group, thu
standing, and by inference, the i'm
provement of the group can be estab
lished. The results at the end of th'
four years showed that On discharge
seven were "bad'', three "good,'
seventeen every good" and sixty
three "excelle1t. - OF this total mum
Der thirty.four were awarded gosG
conduct medals. Seventy-one did MOI
commit q single offense during thu
four years, proving that the high 70
quirements are not hard to live VI
to.
Security in old age: A total o
fourteen of this original hundred de
cided to take advantage of this b,
either reenlisting or extending thei
cnlisthents. Transfer to the Flee
Marine Corps Reserve, at half pa,
after twenty years. service or trans
fer to the retired list at three.quarter
pay after thirty years service, offer
steady and sufficient income for oil
age.
Thus it will seem that the man VIII
fulfils his part of the bargain will
find that the Marine Corps is Away
ready to cooperate with him from tn
moment that he takes the oath Of al
legiance until the very end.