The requirements for enlistment in
'lie Marine Corps are that the appli
cant must he a native-born <>r natural
izeri citizen of the I'nited States lit
' w? en eighteen and thirty-five years
old: that he must l>e unmarried: must
read, write and understand the Ktig
? ish lar.iruage: muM l>e nf good char
acter: must be in good health, sound of
)!'nb. b'tving good ?'veslght and liear
!ne; ;nu*t hav.* twenty sound teeth:
and must be hetween live f.-?,.t four
ill' lies and six fee one inch In height
Mid nitiM w igh between us and '.'U:;
pounds
fito)Mi*rno> wiM, vi itpitisi:
tiiosi: WHO < \l.l, TO DISCI >s IT
"Young men of ftichmond who can
lne?*t iiie re?juIremcnts should conn* up
and have a talk with me about . n
li.tfing In the Murine Corps." s,iid Ser
geant Need ham. the officer in chaige
of the local station. last Slights "f
won't kidnap anvbody. but I will pre.
sent a proposition t i:r** mIH iM-obabl;
surprise most of Miose who I- ar it
If tiie recruit is :> j ,.i - dean
?1'viiiB. rational dis o|:ne u.-l av-'?cia
tion With fellows courage will make
him .1 better one If lie wants almost
immediate activ service, the Marine
Corps will furnish it."
According (?.? information from New
\ ork. r.teutenant -Commander Grady
left there yesterday for Richmond to j
look into the recruiting in this district. 1
Commander Oradv will make a tour,
of the stations in other sections of tli?
state and will then tour North Caro- j
lin.i. lie expects to spend the week In
stimulating recruiting in the two states
and Mill then return to New York to
?.il<e up his duties there.
