Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover] [Illustration: THE THIN BROWN LINE OF MARINES] THE MARINES HAVE LANDED By LIEUT.-COL. GILES BISHOP, JR. United States Marine Corps Illustrations by Donald S. Humphreys THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1920 Copyright 1920 by The Penn Publishing Company The Marines Have Landed _To_ MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE BARNETT, _Commandant, United States Marine Corps,_ _who, while holding the chief position of honor in that organisation since nineteen hundred and fourteen, has accomplished so much in furthering its efficiency and its prestige, and who has at all times and in all ways endeared himself to his officers and men, this volume is respectfully dedicated_ Introduction How many of our boys, in times past, while glancing through the morning paper have read the following statement: "The United States Marines have landed and have the situation well in hand." The cable message may have come at any date, and from any part of the world. If those words caused any comment on the part of the young American, it was probably a mild wonder as to just who the marines were. Sometimes he may have asked his father for enlightenment, and the parent, being no better informed than the son but feeling a reply was necessary, would say in an off-hand manner, "Oh, they are just a lot of sailors from one of our battleships, that’s all," and there the subject rested. It is the author’s desire in this volume to explain just who the marines are, what they do, where they go, so as to make every red-blooded American boy familiar with the services rendered by the United States Marine Corps to the nation in peace and war. And if in this endeavor you suspect me of exaggeration I ask that you will get the first real marine you meet to tell you where he has been and what he has done. Then, if at the end of a half hour you are not convinced that the adventures of Dick Comstock, in this and the books to follow, are modest in comparison, I shall most humbly apologize. THE AUTHOR. Contents