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...full poignancy of wandering and the wanderlust cannot be appreciated unless one has a home. The Marines are, by nature of their calling, wanderers. But they have a home; it is Quantico, Va., their great training ground, the place from which they go forth in war and peace to the ends of the round earth. Now it is proposed that the Marines should own their own home...
...proposal was made by Major General John Archer Lejeune, Commandant of the Marine Corps, in his annual report. He urged the Government to buy Quantico for the Marines because the dual civil and military control of the town has created conditions highly undesirable and adversely affecting the morale of his command. He also asked the Government to purchase for the Marines an aerodrome at Brownfield...
...Corps had no regimental organization-provisional regiments of battalions having been formed in emergency. In that year, Congress ordered otherwise. Colonel Lejeune was made a Brigadier General and he helped to reorganize the corps along the lines of the U. S. Army. In 1917 he was made Commander at Quantico Training Camp. Not until May of 1918 was he ordered overseas. He commanded the 64th Infantry Brigade, the 4th Marine Brigade. He was named Major General. Late in July, he took command of the 2nd Division. Who needs to recite the familiar roster of its glories? Belleau Wood, Vaux, Saint...
Southward, Vanderbilt wrenched this way and that at the Quantico Marines but could not break a 13-to-13 tie. Alabama descended vigorously upon Mississippii, 51 to 0. Virginia, a promising combination, subdued Randolph-Macon...
...President reviewed the Marines stationed at Quantico as they marched into the White House grounds headed by Major General John Archer Lejeune, following maneuvers on the battlefield of Antietam...