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Thus did the court-martial of Staff Sergeant Matthew C. McKeon, U.S.M.C., charged with drinking on duty, "oppression" of troops and culpable negligence in the death of six recruits drowned while on a night disciplinary march under his command (TIME, April 23 et seq.), come to an end one afternoon last week at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island...
Thus at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, S.C. last week began the court-martial of Matt McKeon (rhymes with hewn). In a larger sense, it was the trial of the Marine Corps and the training methods by which it has turned generations of soft, shambling boys into hard, disciplined fighting...
Without Apology. Last spring, as a junior drill instructor, Matt McKeon led Recruit Platoon 71 on a night disciplinary march into the tidal waters of Ribbon Creek, where six boots were drowned (TIME, April 23). McKeon was charged with drinking in the barracks beforehand, with "oppression" of the platoon, and with culpable negligence in the six deaths. Maximum penalty for conviction on all counts: six years in prison and a dishonorable discharge...
...recruit readers, Le Temps offers a shrewd combination of its opposition's specialties: a double page of foreign news (rivaling France-Soir), lots of features from birth control to Stalin's crimes (to compete with Paris-Presse), three pages of financial news (to offset Le Monde). Right from the start, the new paper's circulation topped that of Le Figaro (circ. 475,000), the morning bible of France's upper middle class. Whatever its own future, Le Temps' spectacular start put the whole Paris press on its mettle...
McKeon staggered away to report the tragedy. On his own initiative. Recruit Leader Gerald Lagone ordered Platoon 71 to fall in and report. The reports came: "First squad, one man missing." "Second squad, one man missing." "Third squad, one man missing . . ." At that point McKeon returned and silently led his men back to their barracks...