At the reception following the evensong Sunday, I talked to a long-time Miamian. Toby told me about his days in England, in the late '60s, serving with the United States Army. One evening a British officer brought up the race riots that were taking place in the States, and noted that they didn't have such problems in Britain, suggesting that their armed forces kept their minorities under control.
Toby looked at the man and said: "Sir, our Marine Corps is larger than your entire military." Then, like an American Waugh, he added: "Don't get me wrong - you have a nice little army. And it has very good bands."
