European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday augusts. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 marines receive Reform minded Battle orders Barichar Ohalloran . Times Washington the new commandant of the Marine corps has begun an extensive Campaign to revitalize the corps and to refurbish its Public reputation. There Are going to be major changes in the Way we do business Gen. Alfred m. Cray or. Old a gathering of 150 Middle Grade and senior officers at Camp la Jeune . Last week. The standards or excellence arc going to go up. Thai s  Gray who became commandant a month ago. Suggested that some marines had sought to persuade him that All was Well. People have been trying to Tell me it s not broke he said. That s  Gray said the american people regard the Marine corps As an elite Force and demand excellence from marines. I Don t believe we re that Good he said but we re going to  he old the unit commanders and staff officers rang ing from major to major general you All arc going to make it  that Way he said the Marine corps would gel out of the defensive posture it has taken recently. Since 1983, after a terrorist truck bomb killed 241 marines sailors and soldiers in a building at the air port in Beirut Lebanon which the marines were using As a Headquarters the Marine corps has Hen afflicted with an image of military ineptitude. More recently the morale of the corps which is a closely knit brotherhood has been damaged by charges that Marine guards at the . Embassy in Moscow committed espionage for the soviet Union and broke regulations by consorting with russian women. The court martial of one Marine sgt. Clayton i. Lonetree has begun As has the Presnal hearing of another the court martial of a third is scheduled to begin in september. Charges against a fourth Marine were dropped for Lack of evidence and charges were not brought against a fifth Marine because of the stat Ute of limitations. In addition it. Col. Oliver North s testimony be fore the congressional committee investigating the dishes Silver removed from sunken liner port Townsend Wash. Up treasure Hunters recovered stacks of dishes and silverware from a sunken luxury ship and worked their Way through the Hull in search of the Bis prize a rusting Safe believed to hold As much As si.5 million in jewels and Cash a spokesman said monday. Michael Lockwood said two divers working from a 12 000-Pound diving hell were moving systematically through the Hull of the20-foot governor which Sank 66 years ago. The searchers Hope to recover As much As s8.5 Mil lion in jewelry precious meals and valuables Accord ing to Dob Mcslar of Puyallup Wash., who formed maritime ventures with 32 investors. Each investor put up 15,000 to finance the Salvage Effort and the first so million recovered will be divided among them. Lockwood said the divers were going through the individual shops such As the duty tree shop and the jewelry shop All the Little shops that Are on a pleas ure  the Safe was in the Purser s office when the luxury Imei was rammed by the freighter West Hartland Oil port Townsend on april i 1911. Killing in people. Moil of the 123 passengers and 122 Crew members were rescued by the Crew of the West Harland. We know exactly where the Safe was Ockwood said the problem is. Oxer the years the wooden disk Between the Metal girders has been eaten up and inc Safe has settled floor by floor. They re going Down to the Point where the Safe  he Taid that when the Safe is located divers will inspect Illo make sure it Tan be Hui sied to the surface without break ing apart. Then a special Frame will be attached to lift it out of the Hull. Once out of the Hull the Safe will be placed in a special aluminium Container for the trip to inc surface. I Don t believe we re that Good but we re going to  Gen. Alfred Gray or. Gen. Alfred Gray or. Iran Contra affair while widely acclaimed by inc pub Lic has left some marines uneasy. North the former staff officer of the National Security Council admitted having lied to Congress in an apparent violation of military ethics Gray a Stocky restless Man who has been a Fiel com Mander and not a Washington Start office r most of his career said in an incr View flying Back to washing ton that he saw no single fundamental problem with the Marine corps. Rather he said he has an Agenda of things he wants to Correct. High on that list is inc Marine Security guard in which provides guards for . Embassies around inc world. Although the guards arc assigned to the stale department the general told the officers Here. They work for  the officers roundly applauded. Standing before the officer at a break in a Field Man Euver. Gray made it Clear he would demand More of them. I intend to stamp out  he said. Car Crisp or seeking Post that Lead to promotion rather than serving the needs of the corps has often been a target for congressional and civilian critics who contend it erodes leadership and readiness in All Mili tary services. You re looking at your new career planner Gray said from now on you Are going to go where i want you to go when want you to go and for the length of tour i want you to serve further Gray said i Don l believe officers arc Good  he said later that Marine officers must learn to listen to superiors to avoid misunderstanding orders and to listen to subordinates who have Good idea. Referring to sergeants the general told the officers you re Over supervising them and you re letting them Over supervise the Young  he acknowledged thai it takes nerve to let subordinates make mistakes but said that is the Way they learn. As for marines themselves. Gray said we re going to get Back to the idea that everyone is an infantry  he said that recruit training already noted for being Tough would be scrutinized. I warn you the general said the basics mean an awful lol to  reports of freeway shootings flood California police hot line los Angeles a motorists deluged authorities with reports of real and imagined gunfire on Southern California s highways As police added Ihrck shootings 10 the list of violence blamed mostly on angry Drivers. Four people have been killed and 11 others injured in nearly Ihrck dozen incidents reported since june id. Eleven people have been arrested. Calls Are coming in about every 10 minutes to a special California Highway patrol hot line set up last week to take lips on freeway violence Chip officer Alco Green said monday. Many reports could not be confirmed he said. You just name it they be been shooting out there so people claim he said. Every Lillic thing people hear hit their car. They think it s  police said there were at least three shooting s Mon Day including one in which a motorcyclist who was fired on chased inc alleged gunman and had him arrested. We re doing All we can to track Down the shooters but 1 seriously wonder if we re not losing All perspective with the incidents Chip chief Edward Gomez said  know something is trembly Wron if people arc calling up from other slates wondering if it s Safe to travel to Disneyland he said. People arc simply freaking  monday police said a car made a a turn in from of motorcyclist Runald Parker 28, and fired at him when he tried to get the car s License  followed the car a dozen Miles to a Home in Van Guys and police arrested Robert Salas 2, for investigation of alter plod murder. Also monday Gary Noller told police he was driving in the Ventura freeway when three Young men pulled alongside and fired three shots Brcak Inga head Light on Nouer s truck. Nobler was unhurt. Earlier monday a tractor trailer driven by Jerry Sharp of while tier was hit by gunfire from a Van on an interstate Highway near Lanke Shim a police official  Motorist reported being fired on irom the same vehicle but that report was not confirmed. Repossessed wheelchair replaced Westland Mich. A a 66-Icar-Nld woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis got a new wheel chair monday after a teasing company repossessed the one she had been using. Mary Ellen Smith said representatives of Amigo leasing co. In Bridgeport took the Monturi de wheel chair from a convalescent Home saturday night after she had gone to bed. The Michigan multiple sclerosis social a a a Smith Llie new chair on indefinite loan. Suit spokes Woun Cynthia Mclaughlin. Amigo general manager Clift Adamson said monday that Smith was nine months behind on pay meals of about $110 a month. We re not a charitable Organ nation and at some Point Cen  people should be responsible Abr their deals and obligations he said. Smith blamed the late payments on her Bank which she said had moved. She said she told Amigo last week that she would pay j h10 immediately and the balance by the end of the month.  and the company checked with the Bank Hui Lould not verify Smith s Story. Chair manufacturer Amigo mobility International and its distributor. Amigo sales co. Have offered to donate a new Thair to Smith if a solution is nol reached. Amigo leasing a separate company provides financing for users and dealers of Amigo motorized wheelchair and medical Supply stores Adamson said