TWO MARINE PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS CHARGED WITH NEGLECT OF DUTY
Swampscott, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On August 24, 1925, "two...members of the President's special guard at White Court were placed under arrest (and) charged with neglect of duty."
One of the two Marines "was dozing against a rock" while the other was found to be a good distance from his assigned post."
Lieut. Wright of the yacht Mayflower personally placed the soldiers under arrest. They were marched off to the guard house.
JFK+50 NOTE
President Coolidge and the First Lady were apparently not under any kind of threat due to this incident. The Star says that there were "ten or so" United States Secret Service operatives at White Court.
SOURCE
"Two Coolidge Marine Guards Jailed, One Asleep, One Astray," by J. Russell Young, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 24, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
