The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-07-20
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RehearsaIs To Be Given Under
Direction of Dr.. R. w.
Lowry
From Mondays Daily.

Organization of the Second Mime
sofa regiment band will be effected
in Faribault instead of in Marikato
That is the latest order sent out by
Colonel, w. IT. Mollison of the Second
regiment.
"Mankato is the location of the
Second regiment band and there is
no intention of depriving Mankato OF
that honor" declared Colonel w. T.
Mollison of Faribault in long dis
tanca telephone conversation with
The Free Press today.
''It is true that. the band has been
called to Faribault. This is absolute
ly necessary for the purpose of or
ganization. This band is part of the
headquarters company. The captain
of this company is the adjutant OF
the regiment, and it is absolutely
necessary that he be at the regi-
mental headquarters at Faribault.
1.-The headquarters company con-
sists of fifty-e eight members and OF
these twenty seven are members OF
the band.
"Some of the instruments have
been shipped here for the band
but believe the band will not
have its. full equipment efore
reaching Fort Smelling. We have
orders to mobilize. 1t is prob
able that for fifteen days the band
will have to spend some Of it's time
at Faribault, and then go to Fort
Smelling. However, l intend to lei
the band soon after it gets together
and gets organized, go over to Mankatc
and show the people of that city what
kind of military band they have.
don't want the Mankato people to
forget that it is their band, and that
Mankato is the, band headquarters.
when we return from the service
the band will Dedicated in Mankato.'
Orders Received Saturday.
1t was on Saturday that DR.. r. w
Lowry received telegram from the
colonel to bring the band to Faribault
on Sunday. Some of the band mem
bers, who do not live in Mankato, ar
rived in Faribault Sunday, but those
at Mankato were not able to go Sun
day morning as planned, via the
Great Western, because the track was
blocked by two derailed cars of coal
near Waters. The regular Sunday
morning $50 train did not go out
nor could there be a returning 9:4G
p. m. train, that being the same
equipment. DR.. Lowry and the band
members here agreed to go Monday
morning instead.
Moves According to Code.
Colonel Mollison is moving in the
band matter according to the rules
laid down in the military CODE To
The Free Press he said that it was
his understanding that when the
Second Regiment band proposition was
put forward by delegation of Man
kato gentlemen this city was to fur
nfsh a. fully equipped and organized
band. AS it turned out no such or
ganization was forthcoming and it was
necessary for Mankato to engage DR..
Lowry to get together the members
who were to make up the band. The
Commercial club agreed to pay DR..
Lowry 500 per month for his labor
in that direction.
Not a member of the Commercial
club band committee was familiar with
the provision of the military code
which required the band to organize
in the same city wherein was located
the headquarters company. One of
the members of the committee stated
today that it was not his understand
ing that Mankato was to- furnish an
organized band, but that the band
members were to assemble here for
organization He was much surprised
at the turn the band matter had taken
He confessed his ignorance of the
military code provision, and was in
clined to accept the state Of things
without making any "belch."
viii Come Mankato.
Colonel Mollison assured The Free
Press that the band will certainly
be sent to Mankato when it is or
ganized and he will accompany it.
He stated that the band cannot be
equipped with uniforms or supplied
completely with instruments until Ft
Smelling was reached. He was in
hopes that some of the members OF
the band would bring their own uni
forms. There are only sixteen in
struments for the band at the head
quarters in Faribault. How many days
will be required for organization, Col.
Mollison could not say.
The band is made up of twenty
seven members, seven of whom live
in Mankato.
President F. M. Currier of the
Mankato Commercial club stated today
that he would call meeting of the
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