The Chaumont brought the ist and Srd Battalions. Few had been in China before, although not a few of the officers were in the Philip pines. They are mostly infantry, but with them are two companies of hine-gunners and two platoons of S-inch howitzers. The machinegunners hold records for accuracy in U.S, Service records.
When seen yesterday by a representative of this, journal, the men made a very fine impression, fellows
claim as its own. whom any nation could be proud The United States Marine Corps sets standard of enlistment than either of the other branches of the Government service, Every man picked for mental and physical capacity. Most of them are nearer six fect in Height than the usual military unit, and they possess an cabrit de corps which defies rivalry. At Toast that is the opinion of each of them,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.