PRINTER'S NO. 1811
No. 178 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, THOMPSON, LAVALLE, TARTAGLIONE,
KUKOVICH, EARLL, MUSTO, BOSCOLA, KASUNIC, PICCOLA, HOLL,
LOGAN, COSTA, DENT, WAGNER, BELL, C. WILLIAMS, SCHWARTZ,
STOUT, O'PAKE, MOWERY, ARMSTRONG, PUNT, MURPHY, ERICKSON,
CONTI, SCARNATI, LEMMOND, WENGER, M. WHITE, GREENLEAF,
ROBBINS, GERLACH, RHOADES AND BRIGHTBILL, MARCH 19, 2002
REFERRED TO MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, MARCH 19, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Congratulating the Marine Corps League on its 65th anniversary.
2 WHEREAS, On August 4, 1937, Major General John A. Lejeune,
3 United States Marine Corps, retired, Honorary National
4 Commandant; Maurice A. Illch, National Commandant; Roy S.
5 Taylor, Senior National Vice Commandant; Kenneth B. Collings,
6 Junior Vice Commandant; Alexander F. Ormsby, National Judge
7 Advocate; Reverend John H. Clifford, National Chaplain; Edward
8 A. Walker, National Sergeant At Arms; John B. Hinckley, Jr.,
9 National Adjutant and Paymaster; and John E. Brock, National
10 Chief of Staff, composed the Marine Corps League; and
11 WHEREAS, Incorporated by an act of Congress, the Marine Corps
12 League preserves the traditions and promotes the interests of
13 the United States Marine Corps by banding together persons now
14 serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have
15 been honorably discharged from that service; and
1 WHEREAS, The Marine Corps League fits its members for the
2 duties of citizenship, encourages them to serve as ably as
3 citizens as they served under arms and holds sacred the history
4 and memory of the Marines who have given their lives to the
5 nation; and
6 WHEREAS, The Marine Corps League voluntarily aids and renders
7 assistance to all Marines and former Marines as well as to their
8 survivors and dependents and perpetuates the history of the
9 United States Marine Corps through fitting acts to commemorate
10 historical occasions of interest to Marines; and
11 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania natives Wilson L. Peck (1961-1962),
12 Patrick J. Cody (1975-1976), Paul F. Hastings (1979-1981), Lamar
13 Golden (1991-1993) and Paul J. Seton (1995-1997) have served
14 with distinction as National Commandant of the Marine Corps
15 League; and
16 WHEREAS, August 4, 2002, marks the 65th anniversary of the
17 Marine Corps League's congressional incorporation authorized by
18 the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States
19 assembled at the First Session of the 75th Congress of the
20 United States and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt;
21 therefore be it
22 RESOLVED, That the Senate congratulate the Marine Corps
23 League on its 65th anniversary; and be it further
24 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
25 John P. Tuohy, National Commandant of the Marine Corps League,
26 at the national convention on August 5, 2002, in Harrisburg.
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