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a END a detachment of marines!”
It may be a call from almost any
part of the world, a summons to turn
out for almost afiy kind of military
duty.
Whether it be to take part in a
Boxer uprising in China or in a Nica
raguan revolution, to guard the polls
during an election in Panama or to
guard the American consulate at Valparaiso, Chile,
it is the American marine, the “first aid” man of
the country’s armed service, who rushes to the
front.
And "rushes” is the word. For speed is the ele
ment which above all others is drilled, hammered
and pounded night and day into the constitution
of the marine. On the principle that a fire caught
in its early stages will be readily extinguished,
the United States marine corps is organized to
respond to any call at a moment's notice and
smother the incipient blaze. In fact, their hurried
appearance on the scene has often prevented the
outbreak of threatened conflagration.
“From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of
Tripoli” is the way the song starts which they
have made known in every part of the world.
“The halls of Montezuma?” Yes, the marines
have seen service in Mexico. It was back in the
days of 1847 when they were present at the storm
ing of Chapultepec, the strong castle on the forti
fied hill near Mexico City, where the ancient Aztec
rulers held sway.
“To the shores of Tripoli?” Yes, it was back in
1803 that American marines marched across the
desert of northern Africa for 600 miles, and after
capturing the Tripolitan flag hoisted that of the
United States for the first time in the history of
the country on a fortress of the Old World.
China, Japan, Corea, Egypt, Algiers, Tripoli,
Chile, Mexico, Cuba, Sumatra, Formosa, Hawaii,
Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Nicaragua—no, this
is more than a mere geographical list of countries,
it is a roster of some of the countries in which
the American marines have been called on for
service. And they sing:
"From the Hell Hole of Cavite
To the Ditch at Panama,
, You will find them very needy
Os Marines —that’s what we are:
We’re the watch dog of a pile of coal.
Or we dig a magazine,
Though our job-lots they are manifold.
Who would not be a Marine?”
Übiquitous they are in field of action. Manifold
are their duties. Amphibious creatures also they
are, fighting by land or sea. They are called
“soldiers of the sea.” Ready for “fun or frolic,”
they serve on war vessels and land, both in times
of peace and war.
When fighting on the battleships or cruisers to
which they are assigned they man the six-inch,
five-inch and three-inch guns, and the six-pounders
of the intermediate and secondary batteries. They
are trained and fully equipped for instant service
as landing parties. When they land they take
with them if needed ship guns of three, five and
six-inch caliber. Part of their training is to mount
these pieces in suitable shore positions. They are
taught the various methods of slinging and trans
porting ordnance.
Ashore in foreign countries they fight or per
form peaceful duties, according to need. And
when there is any fighting to be done, they are
generally the men who start it. They open the
way for bigger fighting, If such should be neces
sary. They are the forerunners of both the army
and navy. They are the “hurry up, clean ’em up
quick and eat ’em alive” boys. Except in case of
big and important fighting, the marines usually
finish the job alone. As the marine corps all told
comprises only 10,000 men and 334 officers, it could
not fight a war but for the dozens of smaller calls
for military aid, it is all sufficient. If either the
army or navy or both are to come into action
later on, it is usually the marines who have taken
the first step against the enemy.
“Advance base,” work has now be
come an important, probably the
most important, part of their serv
ices. This means constant prepara
tion to pack up and be off at a mo-
ment’s notice. It means that in 24 hours or less
after a call comes they will have all foodstuffs,
personal equipment, guns, ammunition, tents, hos
pital supplies and everything else that may be
needed, either in cold or warm country, aboard
ship and be ready to sail for any part of the world.
And off they go singing: t
“Our flags unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun.
In the snows of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes,
You will find us always on the job,
The United States Marines.”
There has been only one year since 1900 when
the marines were not called on for duty on some
foreign shore. And during that period only 26
of them have been killed. Nineteen of these, one
of them an officer, fell during the international
relief expedition to protect the foreign legations
at Pekin during the Boxer rebellion in 1900. In
the following year two were killed in the Samar
campaign in the Philippines. Five were killed in
Nicaragua in October, 1912, while fighting against
revolutionists. The president of Nicaragua, mem
bers of his cabinet and other prominent citizens
of the Central American republic attended the
funeral services of the four marines killed in the
fight at Barrancas Hill, near Masaya. In addition,
as soon as General Chamorro, then minister of
foreign affairs in Nicaragua, now minister from
that country to the United States, learned of the
deaths of the marines, he called on American
Minister Weitzel and expressed his sympathy and
that of his government.
In 1900 we find marines landing in China to
assist sailors and marines from other countries
in relieving the besieged legations at Pekin. In
11 days this was accomplished. In 1901 they land
ed in Samar, one of the Philippines; also were
called to Panama and Colon. They were in Pana
ma again in the three following years.
In November, 1903, a company of marines had
the novel experience of riding camels across the
deserts of Africa, as they accompanied^ a repre
sentative of the American state department into
the heart of Abyssinia to its capital for a confer
ence with its famous King Menelik. In the same
year another company went to Seoul, Corea, to
protect the American legation during an insurrec
tion.
Santo Domingo and Panama needed marines tn
1905. In the following year it was in Cuba and
Panama that they served in Panama on-account
of disturbed conditions incident to the holding of
an election, in Cuba as part of the “Army of
Cuban Pacification,” which succeeded in pacify
ing the incipient Cuban revolution of 1906, re
maining in the field and occupying Cuba for about
two years. In this case the marines were first
in the field and the only troops engaged in the
disarmament of the insurgent forces.
Panama at election time in June, 1908, saw the
marines again as police at the polls. Threatened
destruction of American property in Nicaragua
sent the marines there in December, 1909, and in
the following year they saw service in the same
revolutionary country. On account of the revolu
tion which resulted in the founding of the Chinese
republic, marines were sent there in 1911 to en
large the legation guard. Last year they fought
in Nicaragua, and this year they went to Santo
Domingo, although they were not compelled to go
ashore in the latter country, their presence on a
gunboat in the harbor being sufficient for the
needs of the occasion.
In 1907, the one year since 1900 when the ma
rines were not called on for foreign military serv
ice, they aided in the humanitarian work of help
ing the earthquake sufferers of the island of Ja
maica.
Opportunity for foreign travel is one of the
inducements held out to prospective recruits in
the service. From one-half to three-fourths of a
marine’s enlistment, it is pointed out, may be
THE BULLETIN, IRWINTON, GEORGIA
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than SIO,OOO. Then he can retire with all this
money to his credit and with a pension in addition
of from $34.50 to $67.50 a month, according to the
rank he held at the time of retirement. During
the 28 years more than 500, marines have been
placed on the retired list.
There is not a single vacancy in the marine
corps. Its quota of 10,000 men and 334 officers
Is kept filled, re-enlistments or recruits taking up
all the .vacancies as fast as they occur.
In spite of the attractions which are held out
for enlistment in the marine corps, foreign travel,
great variety of service, comparatively light work
most of th® time and so on, it is not a mere mat
ter of application followed by a perfunctory exam
ination which will land a man in this service.
The examination is severe. This applies especi
ally to physical fitness, although mental and moral
qualifications are considered also and rank high
in the mind of the recruiting officers.
Applicants at recrutting stations are rejected
for many reasons. Men are not wanted who are
morally unfit any more than are those who can
not meet the desired physical requirements. The
marine corps desires to maintain a high standard,
and will not accept men who, in the opinion of the
officers in charge, are likely to prove deserters,
cowards or weaklings in any way, or who may have
a bad influence on the other men.
Recruiting officers are alert in efforts to prevent
the enlistment of any men who try to get into the
service as a means of escaping from the results of
misdoing. Such men, it is always feared, will try
deserting when opportunity offers. When a man
is recruited his Bertillon record is promptly for
warded to Washington, where records are search
ed to see if he has ever before been enlisted in
any branch of the service and discharged for
cause. As the recruits are not sworn in for four
or five days, this gives time to catch them if they
have tried to get in wrongfully. Criminals are
sometimes caught in this way trying to escape the
clutches of the law by enlisting in the government
service. Washington has other Bertillon records
besides those made in the recruiting offices.
' Enlistment in the marine corps is for four years.
I-ast year those who had been in the service liked
it so well that 40 per cent, of those whose terms
expired, re-enlisted for another four-year period.
The training is systematic and careful, developing
the best that is in a man. There are special ex
ercises for strengthening weak parts of the body,
which enable the marines to stand the rigors of
the hardest campaign with a minimum of physical
fatigue. The pay for the newly enlisted man is sls
a month and keep, which includes food, allow
ances for clothing and so forth. In addition there
is extra pay for men who win markmanship med
als. who receive good-conduct medals and who are
proficient in various lines of work. It has been
shown that a marine, after allowing himself a fair
amount each month for extras, can retire after 30
years’ service with more than SIO,OOO in bank
drawing interest at 4 per cent.
Kipling sings of him:
"An’ after I met ’im all over the world, a-doin’ all
kinds of things
Like landin’ ’isself with a Gatlin’ gun to talk to
them ’eathen kings;
'E sleeps in an a’mmick instead of a cot, an’ ’e
drills with the deck on a slew;
There isn’t a job on top of the earth the beggar
don’t know to do.
You can leave ’im at night on a bald man's ’ead
to paddle ’is dwn canoe;
'E’s a sort of a bloomin’ ccsmopolous—soldier and
sailor, too.”
The American marine, "Soldier of the Sia,”
known all over the world from Gibraltar to Yoko
hama, has been a strong factor in helping to main
tain the prestige of the United States, to fight its
battle® and stand guard on many foreign shores.
Thic influence is not likely to be lessened with the
passing years. “The marines have landed and have
the situation well in hand,” will continue to be the
report heard from them.
HIS WAY OF THINKING.
"A thief is usually something of a philoso
pher.” ,
“How do you make that out?”
“Doesn't he take an abstract vie# of things F
served outside of the United States
| or at sea. And the marine may
I travel and see the world without
I expense to himself. Not only are
|\ all his traveling expenses paid, but
he receives a salary in addition,
• and if he has a desire to be eco
i nomical, it is shown that a marina
I can lay by a tidy sum of money,
I and that, too, without denying him
i self the necessities of life, while
^1 also allowing himself a few moder
ate luxuries. If he remains in the
service 30 years he can save more
Good Bowels Are
An Aid to Growth
Growing Children Need a Mild
Laxative to Foster flegular
Bowel Movement.
As a child grows older it requires
more and more personal attention
from the mother, and as the func
tions of the howels are of the utmost
importance to health, great attention
should be paid to them.
Diet is of great importance, and the
mother should watch the effect of cer
tain foods. A food will constipate one
and not another, and so we have a
healthy food like eggs causing bilious
ness to thousands, and a wholesome
fruit like bananas constipating many.
It. is also to be considered that the
child is growing, and great changes
are taking place in the young man or
young woman. The system has not yet :
nettled itself to its later routine.
A very valuable remedy at this
stage, and one which every growing '
boy and girl should be given often or <
occasionally, according to the individ- :
ual circumstances, is Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin. This is a laxative and I
tonic combined, so mild that it is I
given to little babies, and yet equally i
effective in the most robust constitu- <
tion. At the first sign of a tendency ]
to constipation give a small dose of ’
Syrup Pepsin at night on retiring, and 1
prompt action will follow in the morn- 1
ing.- It not only acts on the stomach )
and bowels but its tonic properties
build up and strengthen the system j
generally, which is an opinion shared <
by Mr. John Dey of Bloomfield, N. J. i
He has a large family and at ages <
where the growth and development i
How He Made It Out.
Mrs. Jones and Johnny had only a
few minutes ago boarded the train
when the conductor called for “tick
ets.” Mrs. Jones immediately pro
duced hers.
“How old is your boy, madam?”
Quick as a flash Johnny was down
between the seats on his head and the
mother replied, “Six years old.” As
this procedure was not understood, and
as Johnny looked too large for six
years, the conductor said, “I did not
understand you, madam.” Johnny
grinned and spoke out proudly, “Don’t
you know that nine turned upside
down is six?”
Calumet the Secret of Economy
The high cost of living nowadays,. and
the way prices are steadily climbing sky
wards, is making economy in the kitchen
even more important than it was in the
good old days of our thrifty ancestors.
But how to achieve economy? There’s
the rub!
In many lines, it depends almost en
tirely on the housewife’s knowledge of
foods and on her watchfulness—but for
tunately, in one line, baking, economy
can be made almost automatic by the use
of the famous Calumet Baking Powder.
Economy in baking, as every good cook
knows, depends not so much on economy
in buying the materials as on the success
of her bakings. Failures mean waste—
bigger losses by far than the savings she
makes in buying. And the fact that Calu
met absolutely prevents failures and
makes every baking successful has made
it the favorite of every cook that seeks
to be economical. In other words, Calu
met is the secret of economy in baking.
It is the purest, too—attested by hun
dreds of leading physicians—and as for
its general quality, it is enough to say
that Calumet has received the highest
awards at two World's Pure Food Exposi
tions—one in Chicago, 111., and the other
in Paris, France, in March. 1912. Adv.
Mending Stiff Felt.
Breaks in stiff felt frequently may
be mended by holding under them a
lighted match, the heat causing the
shellac for stiffening to melt and run
together.
Defined.
Payton—Has he got a marrying in
come?
Parker —Yes, one that necessitates
wedding a rich girl immediately.
Stern Duty.
“Well, little boy, do you want to buy
some candy?”
“Sure I do, but I gotta buy soap.”—
Life.
i Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain,cures wind colic,2sc a bottle.Atfv
One of Many.
Briggs—Rogers claims to be an ag
nostic, doesn’t he?
Griggs—Only as to religion; as to
everything else he knows it all.
Same Here.
“Do you object to the income tax?”
“No. I only wish I had occasion to.”
—Boston Transcript.
John Tyler was a member of the
Virginia legislature at 21 and a con
gressman at 26.
No, Cordelia, it may not. be a char
itable instinct that prompts a man to
give himself away.
Every business man knows how difficult it is to keep the pigeon holes and drawers
of his desk free from the accumulation of useless papers. Every housewife knows
how difficult it is to keep her home free from the accumulation of all manner
of useless things. So it is with the body. It is difficult to keep it free from the
accumulation of waste matter. Unless the waste is promptly eliminated the machin
ery of the body soon becomes dogged. This is the beginning of most human ills.
DR. PIERCE’S
GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
Qn"Tablet or Liquid Form)
Assists the stomach in the proper digestion of food, which is turned into health
sustaining blood and all poisonous waste matter is speedily disposed of through
Nature’s channels. It makes men and women clear-headed and able-bodied—restores
to them the health and strength of youth. Now is the time for your rejuvenation.
Send 50 cents for a trial box of this medicine.
Sead 31 one-cent stamps for Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser—looß pages—worth $2. Always handy in case Os family illness.
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MARIE DEY
must be watched. Little Marie has
thrived especially well on Dr. Cald
well’s Syrup Pepsin. Mr. Dey consid
ers it the right laxative for young and.
old and has found none better for
young children.
The use of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep
sin will teach you to avoid cathartics,
salts and pills, as they are too harsh,
for the majority and their effect is
only temporary. Syrup-Pepsin brings
permanent results, and it can be con
veniently obtained of any nearby drug
gist at fifty cents and one dollar a bot
tle. Results are always guaranteed or . •
money will be refunded.
Families wishing to try a free sam
ple bottle can obtain it postpaid by ad
dressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 203 Wash
ington St., Monticello, 111. A postal
card with your name and address cu
it will do.
MAKES AIM ALMOST CERTAIN
i •
1 Invention Said to Guarantee Every
Shot a Bullseye, Even in
the Dark.
Charles Pechard, a police official of
1 Paris, has invented an attachment
1 that enables one to shoot a revolver
1 more accurately in the dark than in
1 broad daylight, the New York Inde
: pendent states.
- This attachment consists of a metal
lic tube with a lens at one end and a-
'■ tiny electric lamp at the other. By
! means of mirrors the light is directed
out through the lens as a slender cone,
and is sufficiently strong at a distance
of some four rods for all practical pur
poses. In the middle of the illumina
ted field there is a small dark spot
which coincides with the line of the
bullet's flight. This enables the inex
perienced shooter to hit a selected
part of the burglar’s anatomy with
more certainty than he could display,
in ordinary target practice.
The electric current is supplied by a
small dry battery or a storage battery,
which the officer can carry in his pock
et or which the defender of the home
can place under his pillow. The light
tube can be attached to an ordinary
pistol, and it may be used as a flash
with peaceful intent or merely as a
show of force.
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Beautify Your Hair! Make It
Soft, Fluffy and Luxuriant —Try
the Moist Cloth.
Try as you will, after an application
of Danderine, you cannot find a single
trace of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch, but what will
please you most, will be after a few
weeks’ use, when you see new hair,
fine and downy at first —yes —but real
ly new hair —growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine immediately dou
bles the beauty of your hair. No differ
. ence how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
‘ through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is im
mediate and amazing—your hair will
be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an
appearance of abundance; an incom
parable luster, softness and luxuri
ance, the beauty and shimmer of true
hair health.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton’s
Danderine from any store and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any—that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment —that’e
all. Adv.
Easy Money.
“You can’t fool all the people-all the
time,” announced the investigator.
“I know it,” replied the trust mag
nate. “There is plenty of profit io
fooling half of them half the time.” .
