Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-25
Scrubs" Has Jazz Band to
Keep Them to Concert Tune

, with birds twcct-tWcctinE rooNtcis
/ growing, babies bawlinE donkcys
| bfaYiug and all that also know
the "lSl2 oScrture", but | never felt
that these mtfical pictures were cS-
actly accurate | cah testify to the
realism Of the Air Raid symphony
Sergeant Harvey says he conceived 4
during the moonlight raids on tho
Scrubs biyoulC There iS only one
thing that he didn't put into II and
that is a little nervous motif indi-
eating the period OF anxiety that al
ways comes when YOU know roid
~ due
AIR Raid symphony"
First there was the throbblng buzz
OF the Hun machines. done most
realistically by corusts getting
louder and louder Thon the
whistles and bells OF alarm Next
YOU could hear the ant. aircraft
guns barking away, the racket and
hum getting eth louder and louder.
You were conscious OF sudden new
note oh such n comforting note
-- the clean steady hum Of English
battle planes hurryinE TO tho rescue
Thsn whang g-g bomb drop done
by a big base drummer. More
whanga The Boschcs we're unload
Ing IN a hurry TO escape the superior
English flyers Then the Night OF
the Huns the British pursuit, away
ln the distance ending with some
sweet languorous music suggesting
rcstfui dreams again That band
would make a fortune with the Air
Raid symphony In America today
The concert was no sooner finished
than the clouds which had rAvon us
intermittent rain during the day,
opened up and discloHed a dazzling
fun moon That meant certain
aerial activity We had II In about
10 minutes tho clash ~ two squad
rons directly over us They must
have been sitting on the clouds wait
ing for little light The sky seemed
fillcd with dozens ~ buzz saws that
cut into nails and knot holes every
second We could not see the ma
chimes because of the great bright
ness OF the moon None Of them fell
down on top Of u.s. what happened
we didu't learn. The cunning and
'HHAIHb h'P' w i"i "NoNN !" HllN
utes
Then the boys marched out and
took the road that would lead them
over the hin and down into the
ftfench system through witch they
would file up ~ tho front line,
Band Valuable Asset.
stepped In the colonels tent for
/ a talk and smoke until early mid.
night He told me OF the great
value ~ his hand. II was OF such
/ importance IN keeping the regiment
| up 10 It's Jazz tempo that he was not
using any Of the players for stretch
or bearer duty AZ the front Many
Z of them were soloists who could not
| be replaced The regiment had
such pride I'm the band. also such
| profitable entertainment, that he
| felt II worth while to do all he
/ could 10 maintain the perfection of
/ the organization They praoticed
every morning and played every
afternoon and evening The band
Is soon to he Increased to fifty pieces.
Sergeant Harvey becoming a second
! Lieutenant
with swarms of British machines
] . 4
| got finally 30 my tent. rather ~
| was the chaplalnH tent hut he was
! away at the front. He doesn't ho-
long 20 my church. 'still I felt It was
! a sanctlfied place. therefore reason
| ably safe climbed down In the
hole that surrounded the cot for
| bomb protection, then decided 10 20
| out for little stroll The DOT was
| not invitlngly soft
I walked over TO the many little
deprcssions, proof against bomb
| fragments, that had been covered
with pup tents until the men had
| packed up after dinner and gone up
[ front The moon lliumlned the 1T
! tie pits. II was hard 10 believe. RE
| the men had insisted 20 me. Nhat
I they were not only comfortable but
''as warm as steam heated fiat
when YOU close the tent flap and get
sandwiched between your overcoat
and three blankets"
"IIomcspun" Tents
7 climbed down into some Of the
I little nests and found that most OF
them had been ingeniously thatchod
at the sides with branches and bits
I of wood and burlnp. Some had littlc
shelves for XII and toilet apparatus.
I on peg IN one hung a curiously
shaped coat hanger made Of scrap
wire. Several had rustic steps lead
/ ing out of them There was no ruiz
I bish anywhere, FOR tho medical Of
/ nccr 60 dlscover on his sanitation
promenade in the morning and sub
scqucnty TO raise fuss over. In a
! certain few days the boys will be
| beck 10 claim those same little nests
all ~ them. let's hope
Then / strollcd among the pup
. tents that were up and doing busi-
J pets. Sounds Of deep breathing
came from them. These boys had
/ been back from tho line FOR several
| days and were soon due 70 return
again. They had had their turn at
/ the dc-lousing pit the shower bath,
/ the day of complete rest. then days
| OF drill and instruction. all done with
I conscientious zeal The record OF
: the Scrubs. you know. even out uf
( the trenches, has heen unparalleled.
| Not a man has been sick Not a
man has been in the guardhouec
which therefore is a superfluity
which the regiment has NOT Not a
man has been reproaChed for show
| ing lack OF discipline They are not
/ Foody goodies. these Scrubs As they
explain their good conduct:
Were doing our best so az 90
got the thing over with I'm a hurry %
did a lot of philosOphzlng over