Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-28

- are fullpowered as regards tenn,
permanent OF the musical kind and, in
consequence, the careful adtutant of
regiment takes due cognizance of
that feature of the makeup of his
command. No one in the United
States army ever saw a regimental
adjutant 60 TO inspection without
gloves in the old days. His people
had to be handled in that way and
that was wholly because of the tenn
permanent of the individuals. The
bandsmen were musicians and they
were good zones, more often than not,
but they did insist that that fact be
recognized at all times. One old story
as to a band and a commanding Off
Ger who had for the moment forgot
ten all about the artistic tempera-
ment of that portion of his regiment
Is the one that the officers of the LIST
Cavalry used to tell. Colonel, after
wards Gen. N. A. NJ. Dudley, was in
command OF the LIST and the station
at the time was at one of the Mon
tana posts.
Winter arriving in it's turn in the
seasons proved that year to be one of
those rarities In Montana weather
known as mild and open. Nearly all
Of the months had passed with the
thermometer still away above the
freezing mark. In consequence the
yearly supply of ice that was to be
provided by the labor of the troops
as was the practise in those early
days of the frontier yet remained un-
harvested. The general was some
what disturbed by the prospect of a
shortage of ice for the next summer,
for the summers in Montana are real
ones and rival In upward tendency of
the thermometer the downward range
Of that instrument in the ordinary
winters. At last a cold snap arrived.
II was so late in the season that the
prophets declared that 1t could last
but a few days and when the general
with anxious eye observed that the
ponds whence the ice supply was to
be garnered had reached even scant
thickness for cutting he ordered that
fall available men and all teams pro-
coed with the work of cutting and
hauling. AS it was his personal Or
der that all troops take part in the
labor the adiutaRt SO ordered, but he.
was not surprised when the drum
major, as the senior of the working
force of non-coms of the band, came
into his Office and, with all respect
pointed out that the bandsmen we're
40 one in. the belief that a mistake
had been made in the order.
The band says, Lieutenant (for
such was the grade of adjutant at the
time), that they are enlisted as mu-.
psiotans. That they didn't enlist to
cut Ice"
e The colonel happened to overhear
that interview from his office. II
Mr.. Adiutant," he said, 'the drum
major is right. The men of the band
ARE right. They are musicians and the
fact escaped me. This ice fatigue
starts at z o'clock tomorrow morning,
doesn't it? Well, just relieve the bana
IRON the fatigue detail and seq that
the whole band is out on the edge of
that ice pond when O'Clock arrives
and that they stay there and perform
their duties as musicians ard bands-
men until the fatigue details cease
work for the day. forgot all about
their being bandsmen. Tha.'s all,
drum major" 3D. .--.r +.
The next morning the prophets of
weather were proven to be wrong, for
the cold increased during the night
and when that band arrived on the
bank of the ice pond as per the
eolonePs order there were lot of
blue lips and stiff fingers and those
members increased in blue aud stiff
ness as the day wore along. The next
day the cold held but not so the atti-
tude of the temperamental persons in
the 1stS Cavalry band and the adjutant
was besought to persuade CO... Dudley.
! tOld North America" as he was called
from the combination of his initials,
to permit the band to get in ON the
ice detail. The permission vas grant.
ed by the commanding officer and
like lot Of those wise ones of those
days, he said nothing in comment on
the episode. The band was entirely
silent, too, but the lads over in tie
troops had something 70 laugh over
for many night to come.
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As is welLknown visitors are al
ways welcome at army posts and the
residents leave no means unemployed
whereby the visitors may find enter.
Ftainment. The target range is fruit
[.tul field for diversion and many a civil
lian male has taken his first lesson in
what was formerly the requirement of
all citizens Of this country at an army
garrison. But one story runs that a
visitor possessed rather an unusual
amount of skill with the rife although
that fact was not known to his host.
Target practise being in full swing the
visitor was taken out to the range and
upon being asked ii he would like
TO try his hand at the targets, express
ed keen desire to do so. "I'll shoot
with you," said the officer, and forth
with had rifles and ammunition
brought to the firing point. Down the
ftwo lay, for the range was one ne
'cessitating the prone position. Say
| ing, This wind and light are rather
tricky so suppose we fire score just
to get on and then we'll shoot a little
friendly match" the captain, who was
only fair shot sfarfod off The first