Evening star., 1938-04-03
9TH MARINE CORPS
IS IN WAR GAMES
Unit, Well Known in District,
May Return to U. S.
After Maneuvers,

After facing real bullets in the sino.
Japanese fighting at Shanghai. tn.
9th Marines OF the Fleet Marine Force
are now engaged in war games at Homo
lulu, T. H., as part of Fleet Problem
l9, as the maneuvers are officially
termed.
officials at Marine Corps head
quarters at the Navy Department say
it is likely the 9Th Marines will re-
turn to the United States at the same
time as the United States Fleet does.
This will be early In May and the
Marines will be attached for duty at
the Marine Corps base at San Diego,
Calf.
Col. Clarke in San Diego.
Col Thomas S. Clarke, who used
, 20 be commanding officer at the
Marine Barracks here, commanded
the 9Th Marines, but as he had pneu-
monia, he was ordered to the United
States, upon recovery, and is now at
San Diego. The present command.
ing Office is 1t. Col j. L. Underhill
Commanding the 1st Battalion Of the
9Th Marines is 1t. Col Alphonse
DeCarre, who used to be public rela-
tions officer at Marine Corps head
quarters before Joining the Fleet
Marine Force When the regiment
went to China, 1t. Col. c. B. Gates
commanded the I'd Battalion Of the
9Th Marines, but he has remained on
duty in China. Maj. E. w. Skinner,
who was second in command Of the
battalion. is now the commanding Of
ficer, officials here declared.
Commanding the I'd Marine Brigade
Of the Fleet Marine Force is Brig Gen.
John c. Beaumont, while 1t. Col.
Harry Schmidt is brigade executive.
The sending Of this outfit to China
when the Sino-Japanese trouble be-
came acute and the movement OF
the troops back to the Hawaiian Is
lands is one of the largest shifts that
Marine Corps headquarters has made
in recent years. Another major
movement was recently accomplished
when the Fleet Marine Force, at
tached to the Marine Base at Guam
tico, Va, was sent down to the Island
Of Culebra, eastward of Puerto Rico,
to engage in war games. and then
returned to Quantico, officials here
asserted.
New Cap to Be Used.
For the first time generally the
new khaki summer service overseas
cap for the marines will be seen in
l,,r VII.
ington. This has recently become
an approved article of uniform for
marines after receiving the indorse-
ment of Maj. Gen Thomas Holcomb,
commandant of the Marine Corps;
Secretary Swanson and other high
ranking officials.
Famed from the World War days is
the forest green winter service cap
that has long been in use in the Ma
rine Corps. Officially this is termed
the garrison cap" officials said.
Capt John A. Bemis, who has re-
Gently been on duty with the marine
detachment at the American Embassy,
Peiping, China, will be ordered to the
Marine Barracks at Quantico follow
ing his arrival in the United States.
He will serve on the staff of the
Marine Corps schools there. Marine
Corp headquarters has granted him
official leave until June 81.
Just detached from the Army Quar-.
termaster Motor Transport School at
the Holabird Depot. at Baltimore,
Md, Capt. Max w. Schaeffer will 20
on duty at Quantico.
Capt. Earl S. Piper has been de-
tached from the Marine detachment
aboard the gunboat U. S. S. Charles
ton and assigned to the Marine de-
tachment on the gunboat U. S. S.
Erie.