This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------18D700E5317CDF562BA5D516 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I found this to be odd. Lionel --------------18D700E5317CDF562BA5D516 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="nsmailAG.TMP" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="nsmailAG.TMP" Received: from mail.dar.org [216.36.105.130] by web163.crystaltech.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.05) id A87721A0014C; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:44:55 -0700 Message-ID: <915557B7B527D211AAC700805F4BF486F1C068@MAIL> From: Dept Box - Member Services <memservices@dar.org> To: "'Lionel O. Barrett'" <lobarrett@barbon.ws> Subject: RE: Military Service Eligibility Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:44:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-RCPT-TO: <lobarrett@barbon.ws> X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 I would mention that it was not the Marine Corps, but the Continental Marines and they should be assumed to be covered in the area as "military" service. The mention of Army and Navy actually was used to indicate service of any nature on the land or on the sea under the "continental establishment". I will send your note on to genealogy as they are the office in charge of the way it is stated in publications, maybe they can work on the terminology. > -----Original Message----- > From: Lionel O. Barrett [SMTP:lobarrett@barbon.ws] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:31 AM > To: Dept Box - Member Services > Subject: Re: Military Service Eligibility > > Dear DAR, > > Source I: > On the 10th of November in 1775, the Continental Congress passed a > resolution which said in part: > > "...Resolved, that two battalions of Marines be raised, > consisting of one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors, > and other officers as usual in other regiments; and that > they consist of an equal number of privates with other > battalions; that particular care be taken, that no persons > be appointed to office, or enlisted into said battalions, but > such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime > affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea when > required; that they be enlisted and commissioned to serve > for and during the present war between Great Britain and > the Colonies, unless dismissed by order of Congress; that > they be distinguished by the names of the first and second > battalions of American Marines..." > > With that resolution the Continental Marines were officially born. > November 10th is still celebrated today as the Marine Corps Birthday. > > On November 28th, 1775, Samuel Nicholas was commissioned a captain in the > Continental Marines, and was charged with raising a part of the body of > Marines which Congress had specified. Captain Nicholas remained the senior > Marine officer throughout the Revolution and so is traditionally > considered to be > the first Commandant. > > The Marine Corps emblem was designed in 1776, the device consisted of a > "foul anchor" of silver or pewter. The foul anchor still forms a part of > the emblem today. (A foul anchor is an anchor which has one or more turns > of the chain around it). > > During the Revolution, Marines had fought on land and sea, but at the > close of the Revolution the Marine Corps and the Navy were all but > disbanded. On 11 July 1798, President John Adams approved a bill that > recreated the Corps. > > Source II: > On Nov. 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized the raising > of two battalions of American marines. These Continental Marines served at > sea with the Continental Navy (under John Paul Jones, in particular), and > on occasion ashore with the Continental Army, as at the Battle of > Princeton (1777). > > The term Leatherneck referring to a marine comes from the leather stocks > or collars worn by marines from 1775 until 1875. > > Source III: > Casualties: Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Wounded > MARINE CORPS > Revolutionary War, > 19 Apr. 1775 - 11 Apr. 1783 KIA 49 WIA 70 > > Source IV: > 1776, March - Marines land on New Providence Island, Bahamas. In 13 days > they secure 2 forts, occupy Nassau, control the Government House, seize 88 > guns, 16,535 shells and other supplies. Returning from the raid, they > encountered a British ship. Marines engaged the ship with muskets and > assisted in manning the broadside cannon. > > 1776, December - Marines assist Washington's Army in the second battle of > Trenton (the first recorded joint Army-Marine engagement). Later that > spring, Washington incorporated some of the Marines into artillery units > of his reorganized Army. > > 1778, January - Marines sail down the Mississippi and secure New Orleans > to keep British traders out. > > 1778, April - A Marine detachment under the command of John Paul Jones > makes two raids on Great Britain soil (the 1st in 700 years). > > 1783, January - Marines board and seize the British ship Baille in the > West Indies. > > 1785, June - After the end of the American Revolutionary War (Jan, 1783), > the last of the nations warships are sold. The Continental Marines go out > of existence, along > with the Navy. > > 1798, July 11 - President John Adams officially signs a bill in to law, > creating the US Marines. > > "At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that > Marines were more important than during the war of the Revolution." > -James Fenimore Cooper > > This is just a small amount of information available on the internet. The > U. S. Marine Corps Historical Division can assuredly provide more. > > Sincerely, > > Lionel O. Barrett > > Dept Box - Member Services wrote: > > Probably because there was no US Marine Corps during the > Revolutionary War. Does this answer your question? Am I missing > something here?? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lionel O. Barrett [SMTP:lobarrett@barbon.ws] > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:22 PM > > To: wwwfeedback@dar.org > > Subject: Military Service Eligibility > > > > I noticed on your web site that service in the Marine Corps is not > > > listed as eligible military service. Just wondering why? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Lionel O. Barrett > > > > -- > > "He could wile the very flounders out o' the Firth" > > Answer any of the following: > > 1. Who said it? > > 2. To whom was it said? > > 3. Where were the persons when it was said? > > 4. Who is the author of the book? > > 5. What is the name of the book? > > 6. 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