Herbert Hoover: “Your organization is a great militant body enlisted in the fundamental advancement of human progress.”

I had the pleasure of his acquaintance and I shared the admiration he inspired in all who knew him by his joyous humanity and his unlimited interest in and devotion to the happiness and well-being of others.

Enlisted men of the Marine Corps having established their special qualifications in the use of the arm or arms which they are required to use, under such regulations and conditions as are now, or may hereafter be, prescribed by the…

I earnestly hope that this may be done.

So much of the order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, as affects the lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked