A Marine Family
I have 5 albums with all Marine Corps pictures at www.webshot.com. The user name is grannyelge. The first one is of our 100 year Marine Corp family. Our grandfather SgtMajor John Evans, served in The Spanish-American War, Samoa Insurrection, Chinese Boxer Rebellion, Philippine Insurrection, Nicaragua Campaign, WWI and the Cuban Insurrection. That was quite a record. Our great uncle, Msgt. Greag E. Meriwether, enlisted in 1911. He was a bugler with field music and was only 15 years old. He knew many illustrious Marines personally including Chesty Puller. I am including a couple more pictures of these too men. The 1st pic. is my grandfather and the “Champion Wall Scaling Team” Mare Island, CA 1913. Photo #2 is Greag E. Meriwether in 1915 and the last one is Msgt Meriwether again as the oldest Marine. I think this one was taken in either 1951 or 54. If it was in Barstow then the Commanding General was named Cloud or McCloud. I am not sure.
Thank you again. Clara (Campbell) Elge