Again, in reading the USMC Handbook, I came across another interesting WI- that during the early 1830s, there was discussion of abolishing the USMC as a separate force on the grounds of cutting expenses, which however didn't eventuate due to the success of US Marines in undertaking punitive expeditions against Malay pirates over an incident in Sumatra in 1834. But, WI the USMC had somehow been abolished at the time without that incident ?