The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-18


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Tho iallowias aAvertisAnsnt was printed
II pewsuAeer yestssaay!
WANrnD-rw Ne us.st Stats ArMy. ennpes.us
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Col shaftsr Of mo First lnfsnsry 10 superin.
tendent Of me General Recruiting Service.
Good musicians are always wanted In the
army" Col. shsfter said. but - there sre
fbYty-nve bands In the regular service. with
twenty musicians tn eaSh band. and ninety.
iouf vacancies ont Of the 900. We thousht
W woui a make an extra effort see the I'd.
vertisemout you have IN In English. funny
thing hsppened In connection With the adysr.,
tisemcnt ~ put into German newspaper.
I wrote II In Ensiish. and II was translated
into German to read that No wanted Q
whole band. bsnd master called on me Gnd
offered his entire bGnd. What we want Ia az
cornets. - ciArionets. baritone horns. alto.
basa. I slide tromboneA . piccoios. snare
drummers, I bass drummer. 8 trombones. and
8 tubas. notice. 70 that effect are posted ct all
What musiciSss S arc tho hardest % Ssig"
"Cornst playsrs. The instrument Is difficult
e D.ay and sorps. glsys. en- earn good
ss ss ses 1 g Or SS more
shouIdn't think : musician earning that
amsrns o. money Ssa sns One thaInx
usually. When not on duty the musicians play
ball read in the reading room. and out In the
70 fishing almost wSsnsvsr they choese 10 Co. o.
The term Of service b five years and the pay is
sG% for the Ssna 70 :a fn
dition TO this. whom the musician Ia discharged
he gets an extra lump sum q the rate Of q 2
yssrs' service. Then. when he is discharxsd he
receives pfy and day so0 Ion Tor
to the place whore he enlisted Tint is aueor
old law coming down from 1912. whom Il WAS
as msans Of communication were few In those
days. and It was calculated that q soldier would
%ss ssy ne the
he has been careful Of his uniform. can draw
$50 q more CLOTHING, money which has accu-
rations. clothing. and medical st.endanca are
paid for by the Government. Altogether. q
osey vhs hs ssd
however. that he usually SAVES. from 600 to
duty. as soldiers have. and when they are asked
to do manual labor IN an elne reenoy they make
s Ii hs s AS % the, G IN r.
the Soldiers Home In Washington. Add n this
the beautiful uniforms that are bought for
them. The extra money for the fuss and fenth-
ers comes out Of the officers pockets. The
Government pays only Tor ordinary clothing"
Are musicians at military posts allo Sed to
furnish music for bals and parties and public
performances ?"
The practice IL discouraged. but not forbid
den.. It used to be quite tho thing for military
bands to- play in public that way. but OCCASION
ally local musical societies sent to Washington
bitter complaints that the n usicinns cut under
the market price. They could afford TO do It,
OF course. as It was clear gain to them. Several
years ago. when my regiment was In San An
tonic. Texas. my band used to 60 to tho springH
and play. for money. A German band COM
planned to Gen; Sherman. and no said he
couldn't see any harm In poor musician pick
ing up. an honest penny 30 the thing went on.
1t is all changed now. and post commandnnts
are instructed to discourage bands from play
ing outside. The fact Is tho mon are democrat
lied by IT,"
Who're arc the musicians who apply or
amined as to their proficiency p
In this netghbOrhood. on David's Island.
Inland. the officers pick out . good musician
to do the work."