“Political Leader in
Ranks…..South Carolina Legislator Waives Exemption and Enlists in the Marine
Corps,” from the High Point Review, March 14, 1918
Port Royal, S.C.—Side by side men from various walks of
life, Len A. Scott, three times Republican representative from Hardin county,
Tennessee, and minority floor leader in the lower house of the last two
legislatures, is rapidly learning the fine points of Marine life.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps recently for the duration of
the war, waiving exemption on the ground that he was a state legislative
officer, and was sent to this station for preliminary training.
Scott is well known in political circles, it being
remembered that he was the author of the first resolution introduced in the House
of Representatives, pledging support to President Wilson when war with Germany
became inevitable.
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