US Marine Corps Base - Yearbook (Quantico, VA)

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Commissioned and enlisfed uniforms: Period I8I0. American Marines have garrisoned fhe pages of our hisfory for more fhan ZOO years. Firsf designafed as Gooch's Marines and Spoffs- wood's Marines fhey were parf of fhe Royal Marines recruifed in l74O fhroughouf fhe Col- onies, and fhey followed fhe Union Jack from l-laifi and Cuba fo Canada. Among fhe early officers was Capfain Lawrence Washingfon, brofher of fhe firsf Presidenf. Alfhough recognized as fhe pafernal ancesfors of fhe presenf Marine Corps fhese unifs are nof HISTIIHY Ill THE accorded fhe official sfafus of parenfhood. Their appearances were infermiffanf during fhe fhirfy- five years preceding fhe Revolufion. Af various places and af various fimes fhe official archives of fhe period reveal fhese Marines in acfion. Briefly, gloriously, we hear of exploifs by isolafed groups who performed expedifions and opera- fions so similar fo fhe funcfion of fhe Marines foday fhaf fhey could have been performed by no ofher organizafion. For example, Benedicf Arnold, in fhe days be- fore his disgrace, capfured and re-equipped a sloop called fhe Enferprize. Wifh fhe Green Mounfain boys he assailed Ticonderoga and Crown Poinf. ln his command were Marines. This we lcnow, for fhere resfs in fhe archives an original pay roll of fhe ship dafed July, l775, on which is inscribed fhe names of one officer and I7 Marines. This musfer accredifs some of fhe men wifh pay from May 3, I775. This docu- menf is fhe oldesf in which American Marines are menfioned. Elsewhere in fhe archives is a brief reference fo eighf Marines guarding a considerable sum adelphia. If was in This building +ha+ 1' is claimed fhaf fhe Marine Corps had ifs origin in l775. L-,,qmm,,,,, ,,,,W5,M , igfix-4: ofb rigxrzmilifvnxsvezfxrxv, fffzilici Ziciipfasin.

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i l TTT TES Mllll l ETIITPS H. RENTFROW, U. S. M. C. oT money on a iourney Through hosTile TerriTory, buT The record is noT clear as To wheTher These were ConnecTicuT or Federal Marines. AnoTher early Marine uniT was called The Marines oT John Glover oT Marblehead. They were re- Terred To as Glover's Amphibious RegimenT, a designaTion noT Too dissimilar Trom The one used Today. OTTicially, The Marine Corps came inTo being on November IO, I775, when The ConTinenTal Congress adopTed a resoluTion creaTing The FirsT and Second BaTTalions oT American Ma- rines. ln Philadelphia, aT Tun Tavern, a hosTelry on King lnow WaTerl STreeT, The Marine Corps was born. The proprieTor oT The Tavern, RoberT Mullin, was acTive in local poliTics and an oTTicer in The Masonic Lodge. The broTherhood oT The Square and The Compass held Their meeTings in Tun Tavern. l-lere as well gaThered paTrioTs Trom all over The ciTy To discuss The issues oT The day. Samuel Nicholas was appoinTed CapTain, and his commission, daTed November 28, I775, is said To anTedaTe all miliTary or naval appoinT- Uniforms of commissioned and enlisTed Marines: World War Period. menTs in This counTry. The proprieTor oT The Tavern, among oThers, was also appoinTed an oTTicer. From The beginning many diTTiculTies beseT The oTTicers oT The new Corps. RecruiTing was slow, because The Marines soughT The deTermined, unaTraid Type oT man so much in demand by The privaTeers and iT was diTTiculT To persuade such men To give up The promise oT vasT riches in privaTeering Tor The hardships and The Tew shil- lings ThaT were The loT oT a Marine. BuT, diTTiculT as was The beginning, Marines were ready Tor acTion wiThin a shorT Time. March 3, I776, Tound AnoTher drawing of Old Tun Tavern Marine Corps.