US Marine Corps - The Black Vault

8 Amphibians Came To Conquer
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typesetting and later editing a small weekly in Fresno, during which time, he
attended school there.
He was 13 when the Spanish-American War commenced. In Fresno, where
he was in 1898, he recalled that he went frequently to the Armory to hear
the drummers and speakers bidding young men to enlist. However, he
formed no predilection for the Navy at that time.’”
In 1900, the San Francisco Examiner, as a circulation promotion project,
sponsored the holding of a competitive examination amongst boys from the
eighth grade through junior in high school, in the Examiner’s circulation
area. Subjects covered in the examination were United States History, Civics,
and English Composition.
The top 15 contestants were selected to attend both the Republican and
Democratic National Political Conventions of 1900. The group, all boys,
witnessed the re-nomination of William McKinley in Philadelphia and that
of William Jennings Bryan in Kansas City, Missouri. Richmond Kelly Turner
n Turner.