Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-17
: MEN FIGHT BETTER
TO STRAINS OF MUSC .

From, the Neu, york IJcr.ld.

From the New York Hcrld.
Men are going to their ds.ths dallS
because the measured praies OF tnen
respective Netherlands have sunk lhtc
soldiery march irresistoly 10 victory
to strains that were 'ot porn 10 ac,
company defeat. Las
with the harshness oFlife go to distant
dangers and discomorts 20 the ll!e o'
a song that became popular over nlghI
In h interludes the oatties
while leaving water soaked trenches
for such 700 cover as may be found
or adyarcing to a position of greater
d%angerand opportunity. men of all de-
grees ante their hearts in the cam
aradArie of the song of their common
LAM
IS far as history and tradition take
" into the early ages when man first
began to strive with man in blood COM
bat we find mention of music as its
accompaniment. In the fourth book OF
Moses it is written:
And God spake to Moses. Make
thee two trumpets OF silver: of a whole
piece shalt thou make them. And thou
shalt use them for the calling of the
congregation and for the j%ourneyine
of the camps And the sons of Aaron,
the priests shall blow with the
trumpets. And when We go to war i'm
Your Ian against the enemy that op-
PRESSES NOu. lIlcII Sildl We DlOW dI1
alarm with the trumpets.''
In the long wars ct the Ptolemies,
too, the trunpets We're utilized to make
the marches easier for the men and to
rouse their enthusiasm for attacks up
on the enemy. From the days of the
primitive trumpet to the brass bands
Of today there has been an interval
when some form of instrumental music
has not been called upon to rouse the
martial spirit and to put heart into the
discouraged. The savage beating his
tom-tom relies upon it's vibrations to
stir men to illimitable deeds of cour-
age. and the civilized commander, see
ing the wearied bodies and faded spir-
it's of his men. calls upon the band "a
clear tho air of the miasma of lowering
horror and depression.
Napoleon | was a firm believer in the
inspiring effects produced by music on
armies and utilized it with telling re-
suits. During the %peninsular campaign
the British bands had a conspicuous
part. At Busaco. when the English.
weakened and starving, We're hard
pressed by the French. the duke of
Wellington e n forward the bands to
play the national anthem. Instantly the
men fought with renewed vigOr and the
battle was won.
of 1S4S Prince Frederick Charles. the
father of the duchess of Connaught.
ordered his regimental bands to play
q religious chorale praying for victory
and victory came. During the Franco
Prussian war a general wrote to head
quarters. Send me 1000 men and the
music of the Marseillaise and I will
guarantee YOU a victory" Before Plev-
ma, in the Turco-Prussian war, Skobe-
left. a Russian general. was about to
order a retreat when he caught sight
OF the Imperial Yards band standing
i'm the rear. He at nee ordered it to
play the Russian national anthem, and
the disheartened soldiers. with a great
access of courage. swept over the Tur-
cos. utterly routing them.
Everyone is familiar with the story
OF the drummer boy who. when ordered
to beat a retreat. replied. "Sire. / know
not how to beat a retreat" and furi-
ously raped out an advance. turning
the tide and saving the day.
Thousands have wept over Lew and
Jakin. the drummer boys who died that
the fleeing English might come back
and rout the formidable Afghans. as
described by Kipling i'm 1.-The Drums
of the Fore and Aft" The boys were
"a brace of the most finished little
fiends that ever banged a drum or
footed fife i'm the band of a British regi-
ment.