MARINE CORPS 



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MARINETTE 



shade of yellow or orange. The so-called Afri- 

 can and French marigolds both originated in 

 Mexico, and were developed in France from 

 little, wild blos- 

 soms to exquisite 

 flowers. The 

 English corn 

 marigold grows 

 wild in the corn- 

 fields. All have 

 a peculiar strong, 

 but pleasant, 

 odor. They, with 

 the sunflowers, 

 asters, dandelions 



and others, are Open afresh your round of 



starry folds, 

 called composite, Ye ardent marigolds ! 



for they com- 

 bine many very small flowers grouped around a 

 large center. The marigold plants grow from 

 one to two feet high. The leaves are feathery. 

 They are annuals, but grow without much care 

 and bloom well for a long period. See AN- 

 NUALS. 



MARINE CORPS, mareen' kohr, a corps of 

 sea soldiers specially trained for naval warfare 

 and serving for the most part on board ship. 

 The position of the marines, who were at first 

 regarded as neither soldiers nor sailors, ren- 

 dered them subject to undeserved ridicule, for 

 their place in the military and naval scheme 

 was little understood. They are now highly 

 esteemed as the "soldiers of the navy." 



Only in the British and the United States 

 navies are the marines a specially organized 

 force performing specified functions on board 

 ship. The word marine is sometimes used by 

 other powers, but in other countries marines 

 are only used for coast defense or to garrison 

 forts and colonies. The marines in the British 

 service are two corps, the Royal Marine Artil- 

 lery, and the Royal Marine Light Infantry. 

 Their duties are military, the sailors manning 

 the ship while the marines fight or form land- 

 ing parties. 



The United States marines date from the 

 foundation of the navy, and are regarded as one 

 of the most efficient bodies of men in the forces. 

 On board ship they perform sentry and orderly 

 duties and police duties. In many ships they 

 serve the guns and act as riflemen. The ma- 

 rines are always sent first when a landing party 

 is required; in whatever part of the world help 

 is asked of a United States war vessel, the 

 marines are landed. For years they have helped 

 to keep the peace in Central American coun- 



tries and in islands of the sea, and they per- 

 formed important work in Mexico in 1914. 

 During the American occupation of Vera Cruz, 

 in that year, parties of marines were sent to 

 police the town, and in the fighting which pre- 

 ceded the occupation of the city they lost 

 seventeen of their number. Candidates for 

 enlistment as marines must be between the 

 ages of eighteen and thirty-five. The full peace 

 strength of the corps is 646 officers and 15,000 

 noncommissioned officers and men. In case of 

 emergency that number may be increased. A 

 brigade of three battalions of marines did good 

 service in the Philippines in 1899. The corps 

 badge or device is a globe resting on an anchor 

 surmounted by an eagle. In the Battle of Bel- 

 leau Wood and at Chateau Thierry, in 1918, 

 American marines turned the tide of the War of 

 the Nations and gave renewed courage to the 

 war-worn allied armies. 



Consult Collum's The History of the Marine 

 Corps; Cooper's History of the Navy. 



MARINETTE, mairinet' , Wis., the county 

 seat of Marinette County, claimed to be the 

 most important lumber center of the North- 

 western states. In 1910 the population was 

 14,610, Scandinavians predominating in the 

 foreign element. The city is situated in the 

 northeastern part of the state, on Green Bay, 

 at the point where the Menominee River, 

 which separates Michigan from Wisconsin, dis- 

 charges into the bay. Menominee, Mich., 

 across the river, is connected with Marinette 

 by bridges and by steam and electric railways. 

 The city of Green Bay is forty-nine miles 

 southwest, and Chicago is 262 miles south. 

 Besides railway service of the Chicago & North 

 Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint Paul 

 and Wisconsin & Michigan railways, the city 

 has steamer connection with all lake ports of 

 importance. Marinette was settled in 1857, 

 was incorporated as a city in 1887, and named 

 for Marinette, an Indian woman. The area 

 exceeds five square miles. 



Marinette has a good harbor and a large 

 lake commerce; the river, on which lumber is 

 brought down from the forests in Michigan and 

 Wisconsin, is an important factor in the de- 

 velopment of the lumber industry. The large 

 lumber mills lead in the industrial establish- 

 ments, which include manufactories of furni- 

 ture, pails, boxes, brooms, paper, pulp, flour, 

 steam-threshing machines, cooperage supplies, 

 gas and traction engines. The value of the 

 annual output of the various products is esti- 

 mated at $2,500,000. Notable buildings are 



