Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1923, Page 30

D. C. VOLUNTEERS - TOHOLD REUNION Luncheon and Fete Will Be , Staged Here on No-_ vember 20. \ The twenty-fifth anniversary of the mustering out of the First District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, which participuted in the Spanish-American war, will be celebrated on November 20 with a reunion and luncheon by both officers and enlisted personnel comprising that regiment. The general committee in charge of the affair Is composed of Capt. PFrancls S. Hodgson, chairman; Jere A. Costello, secretary; First National Commander-in-Chiet” John Lewis Smith, treasurer; Capt. Harry Walsh, Capt. = Charles Domer. Lieut. Charles Harlow, Lamb. Sergt. John Gallagher, Sug& Creighton V. Rice, Messrs. Vermil lion, Broderick, Ryan, Costello, Smith, Wise and O'Connor. ' All members of Congress who served in the Spanish- American war will be invited guest: &t the reunion. Gen. George H. Har- ries, who comanded the First District of Columbla Volunteer Infantry, will be present on this oceasion. The history of the regiment dates back to April 20, 1898, when President | McKinley signed the declaration o war with Spain. On April 22, 189, the District National Guard was - sembled and on the following da When the President ealled for 125,000 volunteers, Gen. George H. Harries immediately tendered the services of | for duty. April 23, 1898, the District National| Guard recelved orders from the War Dopartment calling the organization into active service. On April 27 Secretary of War Alger announced that the quota of troops from the District of Columbla would be one battalion of four companies of infantry. Adj. Gen. Heyl was selected to muster in the battalion at once. On | the following day Gen. Harries and the District Commissioners succeeded in having the quota of troops from the Distrlct Increased to one regi- ment. Gen. Harries made the. an- mouncement on May 3 that the mew regiment was not a Natlonal Guard | organization any longer, but a volun- teer regiment. and recruits could therefore be selected from sources outside of the guard. Recruting then began In earnest and many young men who had never been connected with the National Guard enlisted. Gen. Harries was the new commanding officer, with the rank of colonel. The regiment reached Cuba July 8, returning to America and landing at, Montauk Point, L. I, on August 26, 1898. Many of the events which took place during those trying days and nights will be recounted at the coming reunion, at which every' member of the regiment is invited to attend. The committee Is desirous of | making this twenty-fifth anniversary the biggest event during the quarter of a cenury just closing and an ex- ceptionally interesting program is be- ing arranged for the —_— Only one President (Grant) was a graduate of West Point Military Academy, and none of Annapolis. Marine Corps to Celebrate 148th ‘Birth Anniversary Oldest Military Body in United States, Antedating by Eight Months the Founding of the Government. This week the United States Marine Corps will celebrate its 148th blflh-l day anniversary, which makes 1it| sbout elght months older than the| United States itself, and naturally| the oldest military body in the United States, antedating either the Army or the Navy. On November 10, 1775, the Contle nental Congress, sitting 1n Philadel- phia, resolved -that a regiment of two battalions of marines should be i ralsed. Benjamin Franklin was In Philadelphia In December, 1775, and {observed that on the drums of the marimes, whose recruiters were rals- ing the two battalions, thers was painted a rattlesnake with the motto Don't Tread on Me" written under it. To this day, the snakes are still on marine drums and to date no one has troddén on them. | Raise Flag on Foreign Soll in 1776, ‘Those revolutionary marines raised ' {the American flag for the first time Iin history on forelgn soil under Mai, uel Nicholas in the Bahama®early Il 111‘ They fought in every naval of the revolutionary king himself when they landed at ! White Haven under John Paul Jones. [1n addition to their maval engage- nts, their battles with the army ln the revolution were equally as | notable. They fought with George Washington at Trenton and Prmce-l | ton. According to Maj. Edwin N. Mo- Clellan, chief of the historical sec- ! tion of the Marine Corps, the earliest marines, as also the earliest ships, | | belonged to the state navies. Before i there were any ships in the con- tinental navy there were thousands of marines on the stute vesseis. | Srero attacien to the Raty and the | { Washington of the Rhode Island navy, when, on June 15, 1775, those war- hips chased ashore and destroyed an jarmed tender of the British frigate ose. Congress Requisitions Ships. On October §, 1775, the C : Congrees directed Gen. 4o obtain two armed v Massachusetts and place them on the Continental “risque and pay” and to | use them to capture two unescorted brigs loaded with munitions that had ailed from England. He was. also { instructed to glve orders for the proper “encouragement to the marines and seamen” who served on the ves- sels. This was the first time the 1 Continental Congress ever mentioned the marines. |~ The marines of the of Washington's fleet, |m:u, gradually established them- selves in pubilc favor, whereupon Congress became 80 favorably im- pressed with them that on November 10, 1775, it passed a resolution c ating two battallons of marines, con- sisting of one colonel. two lleutenant ate navies and by their own colonels, two majors and other offi. cers as usual In othet regiments. with al number of enlisted men. Rates of Pay Established. Green was the dominant color of the continental marines' uniform durin the revolution for both officers an men. ‘The rates of pay were as fol- “77 9 For Grip, Influenza COLDS Hum hrey’s "Sevenl ~Seven” is n rippe, La Grippe, Influ- %Inwmg Eyes and Nose, Coryza; Sneezing, Cough; Feverish- Restlessness, Irritabil: Heat or Dryness of Throat, Thirst; Pain and Soreness in Head, Back and Chest: Genceral Prostration. 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