The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918 / The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 Papyras Classics

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Chapter 17

——Our Own Horse Marines. ——

Horace Lovett, U. S. Marine Corps, on duty "somewhere over here," has just been appointed a horseshoer of Marines with the rank of corporal. In the same company Sergeant John Ochsner is stable sergeant and Corporal Stanley A. Smith is saddler. No, you have guessed wrong. The captain's name is not Jinks but Drum—Captain Drum of the horse and other marines.