2,500 U. S. MARINES WILL GUARD MAILS
New Asks Authority to Establish Permanent Armed Branch of Service
Twenty-five hundred marines are being prepared at Marine Corps posts for assignment around the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks, equipped with riot guns and under orders requiring them to shoot quickly.
Postmaster General New is the official named; the plan follows a recent bandit attack on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J.
Twenty-five hundred marines were being mobilized today at various Marine Corps posts preparatory to being assigned throughout the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks.
The marines will be equipped with riot guns for which requisition has been made by Postmaster General New. They will be under orders which will require them to shoot quickly, and any one not having legitimate business in the vicinity of valuable postal shipments should keep away, postal officials are warning.
The handling of the marines will be under the direction of an officer of the Marine Corps stationed in Postmaster General New's department. During the period the marines will be used they probably will assist the Post Office Department in organizing its own mail guard force. .
Special Force Sought.
An armed force of thoroughly trained men, probably to be largely selected from the marksmen who saw active service in France as snipers during the World War, is being sought by Postmaster General New as a permanent arm of the postal inspectors' office to protect the mails.
Postmaster General New announced that he had submitted a request for $1,000,000 for this purpose to Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the Budget Bureau, today asking that it be transmitted to Congress. Pending approval of this plan and the appropriation, the Marines will serve.
The need for the organization of an armed force within the postal service itself, where it could work in immediate co-operation with the postal inspectors, was brought forcibly to the front by the recent attack of bandits on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J. Postal inspectors expressed a belief that the presence of tried marksmen on the truck might have prevented even an attempt at such an attack, and would have lessened its chances of success.
Would Pick Experts. Those who are helping Postmaster General New complete plans for the organization of such a force are especially anxious to have it composed as largely as possible of men who qualified as expert marksmen in the Army and saw active service overseas. They would be more likely to stay cool under a sudden attack, such as the one in Elizabeth, by virtue of having experienced many such incidents in France.
The proposed program was laid before President Coolidge by Postmaster General New yesterday. He also conferred with Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, and completed arrangements for the temporary use of marines once more to man postal trucks and stand guard at railroad stations where valuable mail shipments are received.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
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2,500 U. S. MARINES WILL GUARD MAILS
New Asks Authority to Establish Permanent Armed Branch of Service
Twenty-five hundred marines are being prepared at Marine Corps posts for assignment around the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks, equipped with riot guns and under orders requiring them to shoot quickly.
Postmaster General New is the official named; the plan follows a recent bandit attack on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J.
Twenty-five hundred marines were being mobilized today at various Marine Corps posts preparatory to being assigned throughout the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks.
The marines will be equipped with riot guns for which requisition has been made by Postmaster General New. They will be under orders which will require them to shoot quickly, and any one not having legitimate business in the vicinity of valuable postal shipments should keep away, postal officials are warning.
The handling of the marines will be under the direction of an officer of the Marine Corps stationed in Postmaster General New's department. During the period the marines will be used they probably will assist the Post Office Department in organizing its own mail guard force. .
Special Force Sought.
An armed force of thoroughly trained men, probably to be largely selected from the marksmen who saw active service in France as snipers during the World War, is being sought by Postmaster General New as a permanent arm of the postal inspectors' office to protect the mails.
Postmaster General New announced that he had submitted a request for $1,000,000 for this purpose to Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the Budget Bureau, today asking that it be transmitted to Congress. Pending approval of this plan and the appropriation, the Marines will serve.
The need for the organization of an armed force within the postal service itself, where it could work in immediate co-operation with the postal inspectors, was brought forcibly to the front by the recent attack of bandits on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J. Postal inspectors expressed a belief that the presence of tried marksmen on the truck might have prevented even an attempt at such an attack, and would have lessened its chances of success.
Would Pick Experts. Those who are helping Postmaster General New complete plans for the organization of such a force are especially anxious to have it composed as largely as possible of men who qualified as expert marksmen in the Army and saw active service overseas. They would be more likely to stay cool under a sudden attack, such as the one in Elizabeth, by virtue of having experienced many such incidents in France.
The proposed program was laid before President Coolidge by Postmaster General New yesterday. He also conferred with Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, and completed arrangements for the temporary use of marines once more to man postal trucks and stand guard at railroad stations where valuable mail shipments are received.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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2,500 U. S. MARINES WILL GUARD MAILS
New Asks Authority to Establish Permanent Armed Branch of Service
Twenty-five hundred marines are being prepared at Marine Corps posts for assignment around the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks, equipped with riot guns and under orders requiring them to shoot quickly.
Postmaster General New is the official named; the plan follows a recent bandit attack on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J.
Twenty-five hundred marines were being mobilized today at various Marine Corps posts preparatory to being assigned throughout the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks.
The marines will be equipped with riot guns for which requisition has been made by Postmaster General New. They will be under orders which will require them to shoot quickly, and any one not having legitimate business in the vicinity of valuable postal shipments should keep away, postal officials are warning.
The handling of the marines will be under the direction of an officer of the Marine Corps stationed in Postmaster General New's department. During the period the marines will be used they probably will assist the Post Office Department in organizing its own mail guard force. .
Special Force Sought.
An armed force of thoroughly trained men, probably to be largely selected from the marksmen who saw active service in France as snipers during the World War, is being sought by Postmaster General New as a permanent arm of the postal inspectors' office to protect the mails.
Postmaster General New announced that he had submitted a request for $1,000,000 for this purpose to Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the Budget Bureau, today asking that it be transmitted to Congress. Pending approval of this plan and the appropriation, the Marines will serve.
The need for the organization of an armed force within the postal service itself, where it could work in immediate co-operation with the postal inspectors, was brought forcibly to the front by the recent attack of bandits on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J. Postal inspectors expressed a belief that the presence of tried marksmen on the truck might have prevented even an attempt at such an attack, and would have lessened its chances of success.
Would Pick Experts. Those who are helping Postmaster General New complete plans for the organization of such a force are especially anxious to have it composed as largely as possible of men who qualified as expert marksmen in the Army and saw active service overseas. They would be more likely to stay cool under a sudden attack, such as the one in Elizabeth, by virtue of having experienced many such incidents in France.
The proposed program was laid before President Coolidge by Postmaster General New yesterday. He also conferred with Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, and completed arrangements for the temporary use of marines once more to man postal trucks and stand guard at railroad stations where valuable mail shipments are received.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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2,500 U. S. MARINES WILL GUARD MAILS
New Asks Authority to Establish Permanent Armed Branch of Service
Twenty-five hundred marines are being prepared at Marine Corps posts for assignment around the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks, equipped with riot guns and under orders requiring them to shoot quickly.
Postmaster General New is the official named; the plan follows a recent bandit attack on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J.
Twenty-five hundred marines were being mobilized today at various Marine Corps posts preparatory to being assigned throughout the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks.
The marines will be equipped with riot guns for which requisition has been made by Postmaster General New. They will be under orders which will require them to shoot quickly, and any one not having legitimate business in the vicinity of valuable postal shipments should keep away, postal officials are warning.
The handling of the marines will be under the direction of an officer of the Marine Corps stationed in Postmaster General New's department. During the period the marines will be used they probably will assist the Post Office Department in organizing its own mail guard force. .
Special Force Sought.
An armed force of thoroughly trained men, probably to be largely selected from the marksmen who saw active service in France as snipers during the World War, is being sought by Postmaster General New as a permanent arm of the postal inspectors' office to protect the mails.
Postmaster General New announced that he had submitted a request for $1,000,000 for this purpose to Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the Budget Bureau, today asking that it be transmitted to Congress. Pending approval of this plan and the appropriation, the Marines will serve.
The need for the organization of an armed force within the postal service itself, where it could work in immediate co-operation with the postal inspectors, was brought forcibly to the front by the recent attack of bandits on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J. Postal inspectors expressed a belief that the presence of tried marksmen on the truck might have prevented even an attempt at such an attack, and would have lessened its chances of success.
Would Pick Experts. Those who are helping Postmaster General New complete plans for the organization of such a force are especially anxious to have it composed as largely as possible of men who qualified as expert marksmen in the Army and saw active service overseas. They would be more likely to stay cool under a sudden attack, such as the one in Elizabeth, by virtue of having experienced many such incidents in France.
The proposed program was laid before President Coolidge by Postmaster General New yesterday. He also conferred with Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, and completed arrangements for the temporary use of marines once more to man postal trucks and stand guard at railroad stations where valuable mail shipments are received.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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2,500 U. S. MARINES WILL GUARD MAILS
New Asks Authority to Establish Permanent Armed Branch of Service
Twenty-five hundred marines are being prepared at Marine Corps posts for assignment around the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks, equipped with riot guns and under orders requiring them to shoot quickly.
Postmaster General New is the official named; the plan follows a recent bandit attack on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J.
Twenty-five hundred marines were being mobilized today at various Marine Corps posts preparatory to being assigned throughout the country to guard the mails from bandit attacks.
The marines will be equipped with riot guns for which requisition has been made by Postmaster General New. They will be under orders which will require them to shoot quickly, and any one not having legitimate business in the vicinity of valuable postal shipments should keep away, postal officials are warning.
The handling of the marines will be under the direction of an officer of the Marine Corps stationed in Postmaster General New's department. During the period the marines will be used they probably will assist the Post Office Department in organizing its own mail guard force. .
Special Force Sought.
An armed force of thoroughly trained men, probably to be largely selected from the marksmen who saw active service in France as snipers during the World War, is being sought by Postmaster General New as a permanent arm of the postal inspectors' office to protect the mails.
Postmaster General New announced that he had submitted a request for $1,000,000 for this purpose to Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the Budget Bureau, today asking that it be transmitted to Congress. Pending approval of this plan and the appropriation, the Marines will serve.
The need for the organization of an armed force within the postal service itself, where it could work in immediate co-operation with the postal inspectors, was brought forcibly to the front by the recent attack of bandits on a mail wagon in Elizabeth, N. J. Postal inspectors expressed a belief that the presence of tried marksmen on the truck might have prevented even an attempt at such an attack, and would have lessened its chances of success.
Would Pick Experts. Those who are helping Postmaster General New complete plans for the organization of such a force are especially anxious to have it composed as largely as possible of men who qualified as expert marksmen in the Army and saw active service overseas. They would be more likely to stay cool under a sudden attack, such as the one in Elizabeth, by virtue of having experienced many such incidents in France.
The proposed program was laid before President Coolidge by Postmaster General New yesterday. He also conferred with Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, and completed arrangements for the temporary use of marines once more to man postal trucks and stand guard at railroad stations where valuable mail shipments are received.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 19, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.
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