Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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of the officers, and a certain portion of the enlisted men, are really professional soldiers In no country is the military profession a road to rlches, al though it is an ancient and honorable way of llfe The soldie lik the teacher, clergyman and physician, is d dicated to a life of service ard lf he lS really at hls best, must be wllllng to make sacrifices Becau e he lives in a communlty of f llow sol diers, and 1S mov d about fr quently from place to plac thus never b coming closely knlt to the life of one slngle vlllage, town, or city, he 15 somewhat set apart irom the av rage c1v1l1an In most states soldlers may replster and vote just 1 oth r Cltl zens do However, soldlers and sallors are not permltted to vote 1n some states Thls law, forme ly wldespr ad, dates back to th earl, days of the natlon when sta e offlclals f ar d that by mOVlDt troops lnto a partlcular locallty a F deral Adm1DiS+P3tlOD mlght lnflu nc the course of an election I The United Stat Narlnes The creation of the Unlt d stat s harlnes wa Inspired by the Britlsh Royal uarlnes lie Unlted State harlnes were OPU3nlZ d by the Continental Congre s of the D S lh ir motto is 'Semper Fidelis whlcn m an 'Always Falthfdln and thelr lDSlgDl3 13 a nGlobe, Ancror and eagl ' slgnifylng servic on land, at sea an in the alr During wars tk function of h corps is to seize positions favorable for ba s and hold th m until oth r forces arrive to establlsh permanent occupation Thty are ready for ac tion on a mom nt's notlee, th ir stliklng forc Lncludes every known weapon of war and whwl the army and navy do not flght ex cept 1U tlmc of war, the m P11 hav land d 1U for lpn t rrltory again and agaln 1H tlme of p a If the army ard navy dld so it would be an aet of wal but trad tlon permlts the marlr s to step are to orovnd traln d d taehments IO capltal ship of the navy, maintaln flc t marlne fore s in r adln ss to move at any tlme and to any plac , also to guard naval prop rty and shore estmbllsh ments in thls country or outlylng poss sslons, perform special WlSSlOHS for the gov rnment and land for the p ot C+lOH of Amerl can lives anu prop rty ln dlsturbed ar as where operatlons ashore are lnvolved Th marlnes are a sp clally organlz d force only on board shlp, in th BFltlSh and U S Naxles Th y are used only for coast de fens or to garrl on forts ard CO1OUlC 1D oth r countr es wh re th y are organized Some of the eountri s whlch have corps cor responding to our marlne are DPlZll, Th Netherlands, France, Rus la, Furl y ard Ch lc, Italy and Japan During th H volutionary War, tr marln s served on both land an s a fhey made thelr flrst landlng attack on enemy h ld shores 1n 1776 wh n th J attack d the Britl h base at New Provi dence ir th Banamas QIGCC th n they hav carrled out n arly 200 such landing Durlng th Bahamas op ratlon they rals d for the first tim over for ign soil 81 Am rlcan emblem wlth th motto nDon't tr ad on me They ar called Leathcrn els because in the Revolutlonary War days th y wore high leather stocks to prot ct their throat agalnst thrusts from plcks, eatlasses and words Ihe hlgh collar of the present day, dress blues, 13 a hold over from thls early practlce I 8 , 0 . - . I . I' , 9 - 53 ' . X . . . . L ' - . 1 Q 3 S .1 e ' . . C E3 9 9 . . . A ' 3 .J . 3 , A 3 O Q 5 A I I O . I . . I . . A 'X . J U C S Q ' 'm ' ' ' 3 . . . U 1 . O ' Ya ' . Q 1 fa x f gy .1 K, Q, 1 A A . . . G a I . it . - .u O 1 I O 0 I G e J. 3 C s . , , A. C. 47 1 ,- ' 3 G S I . I 1f I 'V S f I V I .I f . A 1 I S Y I 1 G 8 'V' I ' 5 X 5 S o o E3 A gy . -, I 1 . V. . . r . . 3 S I ' J 1 v-1 f . . . + I e 1 e d . . - 4- , 0 ie - U G 1 ' 3 -. SG C . G . ' . . I 4 A .J 5 . 2 M. 'J E ,, fx ' .x 0 .' I 1 ' ' 1- .3 ' . 1 x K1 v J .L v , - ' ... S - 3 - . u . - ' . . F A Q . E ,A F X Q . X . ,J . e . e. I -J an u U - e, D 1, - . . . , - - . - 2. .1 A C ' C -J g 3 1 I r . . V. . l ' I .. , , . , '-1 , ,G . . . Y L l . in wlthout bSCOm1Hg belllgerenes. Some of the duties of the corps . . A , 1-. . 1 1 . S . ij 6 r I .. I' ' S . . . , . , N . . . 1 xi ' - ,. Yi fa . C A . f C . - C ex a - . , . C . 5 3 :J L - ' 'n -5 3 r f 3 '1 fu ' J ' - I Q I I I Q, e, . .1 ,B . . ,N ,X . X - ' K., ' 1 0 . L 0 . . . , . 'B 'N 3 C1 f.X 1.1 ld ..s- -J ul x 3 ' 7 ' 5 'A ' 'J Q 9 . Q 5 ul ' . ,z ' Q ' A 1: ' gl ' 3 3 xl D 5.1 L A- ! Q .L J J. 4 L1 . G 1 'X VJ A A A J. Lf C I' J . - . 'D S 3 1.1 F' S u 5 ' f. ' . f , Y . , S 'JZJL . 1 .L 3 r 1 . , , . - J 1 G S c MJ . 3 5 ..- r H . e . d e . A f 1 J f 2 e . - . C G I f ' . C , 3 S I w ' r- ' - 'J x -5 ' x fn I .. un . . U - ' RJ 1- ' Q, ' RJ . , , A . . I -JS , :J . H3 ' ' e . C . . . 3 .1 E2 . . 1' . C 3 ' S L , U -3 e - , A rx . A Cx f 5 ' f x N? L 1 k.l 1 ' . . . L G 'X 9 . ' e Q S' , F X 'X . - 4 . . . C -3 x .. fn a , ' L. E. 46 - 1