The Dolores star., 1916-08-18
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n August ID, Is years ago
ago. the American army Of
invasion moved forward
from its base on the sandy
beach before Manila and, a

beach before Manila and, q
few hours later the flag of
Spain had floated for the last time
over The Philippines. An Incident of
that day which still dwells in the
memories of those who witnessed it
though 1t may have no place in the
pages of history-occurred when
volunteer regiment charging the enc
my trenches, came suddenly under a
heavy hre from Spanish force con-
cealed on Its flank. For moment.
the regiment wavered. Quickly, how
ever, 1t recovered, changed its front
slightly and went on.
Brief though that period of hesitu.
ton was, there was time enough for
the regimental band, still carrying its
Instruments, to detach itself, by whose
ORDER no one .emed to know, from
part OF the line to the rear, swing
sharply out into the open, halt and
begin to play. A fair target for the
enemy's flanking fire, the musicians
stood unsheltered and, calmly, at the
word from their leader, broke into
the familiar strains OF the song of
songs Of that campaign-"ThereIl Be
Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight"
Above the crack of the rifles and the
deeper note of the artillery, the band
made Itself heard for quarter of n
mile along the American line. And
the soldiers, pushing forward, an
swered with a cheer. caught up the re-
1rain and, singing 1t as they charged.
forced the Spanish line backward and
captured the intrenchments.
1t seems, In a way, to be a charoc
teristic of the Anglo-Saxon FIGHTING
man to prefer trivial. tripping meas
ures and a brisk, almost fiippant live
illness In their battle songs to ANYTHING
suggestive of stateliness, u marching
rythm, but. aside from that, whether
II possesses any other virtue, the An
go-SaXon soldier neither injuries nor
cares. More than 100000 American
soldiers have assembled along the Rio
Grande. No doubt, by common con.
sent, on common impulse, coming. no
one knows whence this army will
adopt a Song Of songs" of the cam.
paign. 1t would be decidedly unusual
If 1t did not
yankee Doodle" is our heritage In
the way Of song from the war of the
revolution. From the war of 1872, we
have the "Star-Spangled Banner"
From the Civil war our heritage is
greater. and, unquestionably, richer
From the Spanish war, we must make
the most we can of "A Hot Time
Slngularly enough. though, there is yer,
little recorded about the song SUM
most commonly in the Mexican war.
The soldiers Of 40 marched and
camped and fought to the words and
tune of "Green Grow the Rushes." And
for the adoption Of that song, they
had no more reason-sensibly speak
ing-than their fathers had when. In
Revolutionary day, they lifted thell
voices in the lightsome measures Of
yankee Doodle" AS a song, it an
swered their purpose, filled their need
came trippingly to their tongues ant
that sufficed.
The civil war was more productive
Of genuine war songs than any othe,
war In our history and, possibly, more
productive in that respect than any
other war in the history of the world
From 1t we have at least one real wal
song that measures up to the highest
standards of campaign and war songs