New-York tribune., 1905-07-09

the names Of many heroic drumners r, -,
nondet D 1r v aSd sT ssnDes OF gallant
On that honorable morning OF June H. I75 -vlna. Vn
farmers were still working upon the S,lied'
redoubt OF Breeds Hill. under heavy fire f NED
the batterty on Copps HILL Robert sfes and ~ rom
ham, drummer, and Parks. OF Cambridge al Al
enemy. and played Yankee Doodle" AZ s'e~ Sf the
Most OF the readers Of Civil War Iteratnrs. .e,ls lie
Drummer Boy Of Chickamauga.' VINO CvS5a' E5a The
on the SHOULDERS OF a soldier In the terrific storm
tired dishearteped troops by his rata-tattoo "a, n
Drums In this country have also served sor nk ssck
able purposes. Our Puritan forefathers wer. s
most appropriately. for they came forth % 49, and
bun coat or curass and steel cap. bearing ts.sa IN
trusty hintocks. ever the alert for the I,r<,ar ar
Indians. who many times attacked them In .ss .sss
rude log cabins. Das
History wherein the drum played a prominent oar1
When Sir Edmund Andres the British GOysrnor
Chamber at Hartford. Conn. IN October fsSS -Si a
companied by armed guard and several , Srn. &C
mers and ffers demand the surrender eg dS1n- an
charter OF the colony, he drowned the protests ~
the members of the council by ordering the 9rswt'
too much for the irascibls royal govsrnor'
fresh candles brought the charter had disasa
peared II had been hastily removed and hidden
Oak The late Colonel Morrow. OF Niles MIch
possessed a curiosity In the shape OF a couple :;
drumsticks which have 4 remarkable history. They
found by the side OF a dead British drum
Nrra
handed over to a drummer in the Continental arryS
by whom they were used throughout the -emaind.r
owner was a drummer in the War OF 1872 ana wa
with General Jackson on the memorable Sth day m
sustained such terrible defeat at New-OrlsAzs
and a Ereat-grandson carried them throughout tSs
Civil War, ratting away al the heaO OF the lamogs
Michigan Iron Brigade In the grand review At
washington at the close OF the war One famous
commander must certainly have held the drum IN
high honor for he is said 10 nave directed az bis
death that his skin should be made into a drum.
and that Instrument beaten az Ine hedd Or MS
army. The author of this queer eoncelt was Jonn
Ziska the military leader OF the ttussites. OF
Taborites. in the early part & OF ts & Ss1n o b cen
engagements and won thirteen pitched battles
tnn st Perrick can claim the distinction All WITH
remember the greatest OF 81. PairlcAs miracles
Of ireland and rendering the Irish soil forever after
obnoxious to the serpent race SoIsah relates mat
drum. which he struck with such feryor that he
Knocked hole in it, thereby eneangeIlns the sue
ed the drum and the patched instrument was long
Tbo frst NapoIe0n who cared but little for music
of anv kind held the drum in high favor, and the
drum corps of the French army never attained
Gliding the fate of some of the greatest battles IN
history have been written on the drum @nlcn' m
deed is frequently made to serve as a desk IN ne
1ieid. and drumhead courts marital nave or0ugnt %
speedy sentence and c0ndign ponlsnIller 20 Z qhsay
an offender JunOt. Duke Of AbranIes ana coone,
army had mis- first Introduction to Napoleon across
n drumhead It was at the siege OF IOuIOil NHeIe
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and Napoleon merely newly hedged oreaeler
general that the latter. visiting one or the Oaler
Called for a soldier who could write ana % .s JelD
he wrote an order on a drumhead- Just as ne m
Tshed :. shot from the enemy struck Ine srOaaa
almost at his feet and dashed a shower q
said JunOt sayy, spring1ng TO ms IeeI W. snsn
not want for sand to dry IL slnGe 1s +S1 ~
1or1snt I1nOt's rise was rapid. until under the
empire one of his victories in FortugaI gave NM
the title of duke
IL would be unfair TO conclude this reference 70
tbe deeds OF heroic drummers without mentioning
the tambours OF the "Old Guard" of Napoleon. who
perished a man. or rather Doy; on me laIal .s
ieId of waterloo. Among them all, perhaps the
most famous Is the chtld-hero Joseph haTd 20
u-hOno q statue has been erected IN the church
father was a woodranger on the Pala1Seau estate
of the Condes and his mother was 4 doEnestlc IN
the age OF twelve. enrolled himself as volunteer
His head had taken fire at a patflCJ-c Hleelihs
hefore him The boy learned to play the drum and
fife and furnished the arms and cleaned the horse
of major of Spahs who 93a ] IotSlt ti m n 1lIs az
the track this major often sent his htte drummer
running through the bOcase TO beat here ana tlere
the drum or sound the FIFE. Beng surprised one
day bv a band of Vendean peasants. who told nm
that n he cried ''Nve le ROi! they would ieJ aim
off he answered bv beating his drum. and crying, y
oII, lo cpoD,bIfcarr, twenty uuslIetS were dis
charged at him and he fell dead The Convenuol
decreed pension TO the BOYS InoIner ~ ane % orGsf1
he made and hung uD in every primary school. 70
show what child can do when inspired hv noble
90 pierra Tournfe known as "The drummer who
won the battle Of Kehl" who. in the face q the
deadly fire of the AustrianS 1errled 3Inse.I & ans
drum across the stream Wnere. on the enemy :
right flank he ratified the ''Das De charge wnicn
caused the enemy TO think they Were oItnankee'
AND they broke in cNafuSfon For thIS. t,erre re-
caf,-ed the cross. There many incidents in
history where drummers have played a most de-
cisive part In battles