Evening star., 1925-11-07
GUARDSMEN BAND
CONCERT SUCCESS
Enthusiastically Greeted on
First Appearance to
D. C.. Public.

The ha nd of the 121at Regiment n
Engineers. National Guard ~ tn. m.
trict ~ Columbia was enthusia sti~a IL,
ereAted in its fr@t public concert IN
the Washington Auditorium last
night The Auditorium. which has
seating "a pacitr Of 5000. was more
than half filed.
Al the end of Zach selection the
auditors showed iheir approval ~
hearty applause and hy frequertIv
calling for encores And although
Headqla rters and Service Comnanv ~
the orEa MIA tion. who prepared
hisiory or The hs nd in the souvenir
program Furnished the audience mod
estly stated in hi. outline thai "tre
ha nd never expects to compete viii
The great musical orsa MIA ttons of the
arine Corps, the Army and Nsrr %
the feet rema ins thai = large audience
was satishpd with last nieht's reudi-
tions. which consisted mostly of cl,s
sical nuSic with some popular airs
mixed in The ha nd va led h' Nsys,
y. Goldman
Miss Hood Snioi.f.
In addition - rha hs nd rusic 49,.
eral vocal soIo- were rendered r,
Miss Gr~tchsr Hood soprano
The PURPOSE n the concert in Al
dition 10. presenting the orrAnizs tter
to the public. was 70 ohtain 2 furd
with which to purchase distinctive
uniforms for he organization. ~ Ne
worn = when il i< cal1Ad tn rl3, ~
public.
. The regular program Included The
following numbers
~ h III T>,.tL- h
Overture William TeU" Strsu..
waltz, Blue Danuhe" strs,i=-
Soprano selection. Mi-~ crs'chen
Hnod soloiet
SelAttion. Martha
Fa'et suire PaUst ESvrtiar."
LuItLnrr
SoIection. "Msdemoi.eUe Modirre
Herherr
soprano selection. Mise 6-rAt~her
Hnod soloist
Selection. Southern Melodies" L.an7rc
The Star Spsnsled Banner"
IN addition there we're numerous
oncores. Including "CoueSiate" an~
o,her numbers. Niss Hood sanz Ro.c
Of Nv Heart. Pale Moon out ~
tho Dusk to YptI TIL. ReIlv ~ Z,
Mary's" and other numbers
Corpl. Joseph A. Dodge was general
re
Pvt Walter l.. RedfelG was in charge
" The program. while Corp Iohn Il
Socksti was in charge of fna nces
Sergt. L. A. Sha ckelfcrd in charge ~
publicity. Pvt. .iohn :. Sniegoski. sc-
rstary. and George L. de Mot. as.
sistant Secretary
The officers committee ua- corr
posed ~ Mai George ]. Allen. N@dica
Corps. chairman: ''spt Edward r.
nj
and Capt. Thomas F. Lane. command
ing Company =. 121st Enzineers
Capt. ROY W kssses was in charge
OF ushers. while members of Conpa ~
4 of the Orza nizatinn. successors ef
the old Corcoran Cadets we're the ~
fetal ushsrs They were dressed IN
the uniforms worn hy the parent or
ga niza ti"n before the War Depart
ment pres~rihed. the presenr field uni
form.
Resides 2 history ~ tho hand FUR
niShed in the program hv Capt Nor
9sn-rhere were numerous Illustrations
by Maj. Gen. Anton STEPHAN com.
mandins general ~ ne 2ath Division
which includes all 1T yrre local Sz-
tional Guard: by Col. .Iohn w O~h-
mann. commanding the 121S En-
9insers: Lieut.. Coz. Harry r. Glsd-
man. executive officer NJ rhe En-
9lneeIs. ana "afrS NJ f'tt1TnT 'TNldnfa n.
rhe hs nd leader.
The roster Of the ha nd ie as follows
Wsrran Of'cer Never y Goldns n
director. f1ure and piccolo RAYMOND
J.. Gilbert: Ciarinets. Joseph A. Dodge
Edgar G. f,meigh. Harry e. H. Meinsrs
Walter l.. Redheld lanes r. Russell
and John r. Sneisoski- saxophon.s
MsH W. Esherser and NorVal n. f;usr-
risr cornets. Joseph r ACoet2 George
l.. De Mott Joseph Haina John +
f Rocket. William l.. Saunders I.u-
cious A. shackelfnrd. Claude NJ Wal
lace and Charles s Wooiin. 81. altos
Arthur &. Fisher. William Naecker
Andrew NJ. Smith and Edwin ". Tan
sill: tromhones. Frank '. Rirthrighl.
lanes NJ. .Iett. Joseph W. johnson ard
Glenn W. Logan: bs sritons. Alfred u.
GrosSkuTth: tUbas. Charles =. NCFhSr-
son. Joseph II. NeelN and William I.
yates: drums. Harry i. Hsrth. George
r. Kane and John NaeCker.