Any Clime or Place, 236 Years

MARINE CORPS ORDERNO. 47 (SERIES 1921)
HEADQUARTERS
U.S. MARINE CORPS
WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 1, 1921


759. THE FOLLOWING WILL BE READ TO THE COMMAND ON THE 10TH OFNOVEMBER, 1921, AND HEREAFTER ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR. SHOULD THE ORDER NOT BE RECEIVED BY THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER, 1921, IT WILL BE READ UPON RECEIPT.


(1) ON NOVEMBER 10, 1775, A CORPS OF MARINES WAS CREATED BY A RESOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. SINCE THAT DATE MANY THOUSAND MEN HAVE BORNE THE NAME "MARINE". IN MEMORY OF THEM IT IS FITTING THAT WE WHO ARE MARINES SHOULD COMMEMORATE THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR CORPS BY CALLING TO MIND THE GLORIES OF ITS LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY.


(2) THE RECORD OF OUR CORPS IS ONE WHICH WILL BEAR COMPARISON WITH THAT OF THE MOST FAMOUS MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEWORLD'S HISTORY. DURING 90 OF THE 146 YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE THE MARINE CORPS HAS BEEN IN ACTION AGAINST THE NATION'S FOES.FROM THE BATTLE OF TRENTON TO THE ARGONNE,  MARINES HAVE WON FOREMOST HONORS IN WAR,  AND IN THE LONG ERAS OF TRANQUILITY AT HOME, GENERATION AFTER GENERATION OF MARINES HAVE GROWN GRAY IN WAR IN BOTH HEMISPHERES AND IN EVERY CORNER OF THE SEVEN SEAS, THAT OUR COUNTRY AND ITS CITIZENS MIGHT ENJOY PEACE AND SECURITY.


(3) IN EVERY BATTLE AND SKIRMISH SINCE THE BIRTH OF OUR CORPS, MARINES HAVE ACQUITTED THEMSELVES WITH THE GREATEST DISTINCTION, WINNING NEW HONORS ON EACH OCCASION UNTIL THE TERM "MARINE" HAS COME TO SIGNIFY ALL THAT IS HIGHEST IN MILITARY EFFICIENCY AND SOLDIERLY VIRTUE.


(4) THIS HIGH NAME OF DISTINCTION AND SOLDIERLY REPUTE WE WHO ARE  MARINES TODAY HAVE RECEIVED FROM THOSE WHO PRECEDED USIN THE CORPS. WITH IT WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED FROM THEM THE ETERNAL SPIRIT WHICH HAS ANIMATED OUR CORPS FROM GENERATIONTO GENERATION AND HAS BEEN THE DISTINGUISHING MARK OF THEMARINES IN EVERY AGE. SO LONG AS THAT SPIRIT CONTINUES TOFLOURISH MARINES WILL BE FOUND EQUAL TO EVERY EMERGENCY INTHE FUTURE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, AND THE MEN OF OURNATION WILL REGARD US AS WORTHY SUCCESSORS TO THE LONG LINE OFILLUSTRIOUS MEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS "SOLDIERS OF THE SEA" SINCETHE FOUNDING OF THE CORPS.


JOHN A. LEJEUNE,
MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDANT
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