The Lakeland Evening Telegram

OUR MARINE CORPS

Do you know the definition of the word "corps?" If you do your advantage over the man in the street is considerable, for the word in itself signifies a large fighting force so completely equipped in all branches that it can act as an independent army. And that is what our marine corps is: a fully equipped little army, representing infantry, cavalry, artillery, signal service, engineers, machine gun men, aviators and hospital service.
The varied nature of the marine's duties is reflected in the dress uniform, his dearly prized "blues." The trousers are the color of the infantryman's, but the stripe is red, like that on the uniform of the artillery. His coat is a dark nautical blue, but if he wears chevrons on it they are yellow, like a cavalryman's. As an example of cosmopolitanism his cap device bears a relief map of half the globe. An eagle with outspread wings surmounts the globe, and a fouled anchor shows in the background.
To "tell" a marine at a glance (whatever his uniform or his rank) look on the front of the hat or the cap for that globe. It is the distinguishing emblem of a marine the world over.