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I believe this to be the 16th Infantry, 1st Division band in, or near, the port of St. Nazarie, France, shortly after the vanguard of that division landed there in the summer of 1917. The onlooker is a German POW taken by the French previous to the arrival of the Yanks.

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Snapshot of some of the boys clowning around outside the barracks circa 1917 - 1918. Two of whom are brandishing musical instruments.

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Close up of the bugler and the ukuleleist.

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1st US Field Artillery on parade, Schofield Barracks, T.H. Hawaiian Department, 1914

Mounted Band led by the Kettle Drummer

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....and the horns

 

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Let there be Clarinets & Bugles

 

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1st US Field Artillery on parade, Schofield Barracks, T.H. Hawaiian Department, 1914

Mounted Band leading the Regiment

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Iowa National Guard bandsmen on the Mexican border, 1916.

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Close up of the 2nd Infantry, Iowa National Guard drum-head, which appears to have hailed from Mason City, Iowa.

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64th (AA) Coast Artillery Regimental Band on Parade, Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, T.H. 1940

Muffled Drummers

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Horn Section & Bass Drum

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Bugles

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64th (AA) Coast Artillery Regimental Band on Parade, Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, T.H. 1940

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The Kings Post - Marching Song of the 15th Coast Artillery at Fort Kamehameha, T.H.

Written by Warrant Officer Frank Frank, Bandmaster, 10th Band Coast Artillery Corps in 1936

Dedicated to the Officers and Men of Ft. Kamehameha

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Some notes on US Army Band Leaders. They were not commissioned officers but were relegated by law to being Warrant Officers. During the Great War General Pershing expanded the army bands and allowed for the commissioning of leaders as 2nd and 1st Lieutenants. Upon the conclusion of the war they were again relegated to Warrant Officer status and the two army band schools were closed. In 1930 the War Department sought an appropriation to establish an Army band corps patterned after the Army Nurses Corps which had commissioned officers. They proposed having a Major as Band Master, elevating band leaders with 10 years service to Captain, and making 1st and 2nd Lieutenants of those with 5 and 2 years service respectively. (Army band school was approximately two years duration).

 

Unfortunately, this was three months into the Great Depression and although it passed with a positive recommendation in committee, it was not passed at the end of the session due to military budget cuts. At that time, Warrant Officer Frank Frank, a highly respected musician, composer and band leader, would have gained his Captaincy. From 1928 to 1941, bandsmen had no school. When he wrote The Kings Post March for the 15th CAC at Fort Kamehameha, he already had over 16 years of service and he would eventually retire as a career Warrant Officer after World War II.

 

Congressional Hearings 1930 - Commissions for Army Band Leaders

 

 

A History of Army Bands - Excellent Overview by the Army School of Music 2005

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Unidentified AEF band boarding an unnamed troop ship sailing from France to the United States, as a French military band plays on the dock. Probably taken in 1919.

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Close up of some of the musicians. Sadly, there is no visible shoulder patches to identify the AEF organization to which this band belonged.

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The regimental band of the 322nd Infantry, 81st Division, with some French fans of the "Wildcat" Division in the background.

 

Wow check out the Japanese Flags there, we tend to forget that Japan was Allies in the Great War.

 

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Wow check out the Japanese Flags there, we tend to forget that Japan was Allies in the Great War.

 

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.....as were the Italians. The tri-colors would be Belgian, French and Italian flags (interesting that there are no union jacks). The 322nd initally fought with the French Seventh Army which may be the time period for this photograph.

 

In 1918 the Wildcat Division sailed for Europe where, after additional combat instruction, it was sent on 19 September to the St. Dié sector of France's Vosges Mountain region. There, as part of the French Seventh Army, the division held what was considered a quiet front, although it fought off German trench raids and endured artillery bombardments. On 19 October the Eighty-first was relieved and ordered to the rear to await transfer to the American 1st Army, which was fighting in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. While serving in the St. Dié sector, the division suffered 116 casualties.

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.....as were the Italians. The tri-colors would be Belgian, French and Italian flags (interesting that there are no union jacks). The 322nd initally fought with the French Seventh Army which may be the time period for this photograph.

 

In 1918 the Wildcat Division sailed for Europe where, after additional combat instruction, it was sent on 19 September to the St. Dié sector of France's Vosges Mountain region. There, as part of the French Seventh Army, the division held what was considered a quiet front, although it fought off German trench raids and endured artillery bombardments. On 19 October the Eighty-first was relieved and ordered to the rear to await transfer to the American 1st Army, which was fighting in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. While serving in the St. Dié sector, the division suffered 116 casualties.

Yeah that is odd, no British flags right, one of them might even be a Russian flag or is a Serbian one, don't know why a russian one since they weee out of the camp since the fall of 1917. Also one or more might be a Romanian one too.

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Army, or National Guard, drum major and what looks to be a Lt. Colonel holding a trumpet. The image is dated on the reverse August 14, 1905.

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A closer look at the colonel and drum major.

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Army Infantry Regimental Band in winter garb, circa 1912 or 1913.

 

The band is wearing one of three patterns of early Army overcoats with turnback cuffs. That would make them either the 1907, or the 1909 or the 1912 specification. Prior to 1907 Army overcoats had plain cuffs and from 1913 to 1918 Army overcoats had cuff tabs with buttons. Also of interest is the fact that the musicians are wearing a mixture of 1911 Service Caps and an early pattern of the Winter Field Cap, and 1907 (spiral strap) and 1910 (front lacing) pattern Canvas Leggings, as well as 1910 Garrison Belts with Rifle Magazine Pouches.

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A better look at the military musician's caps, belts and cuffed overcoat sleeves.

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Army band circa 1911-1912. Note that some of the band members are wearing 1909 pattern Service Coats with a fold down collar, while others are wearing the new 1911 Service Coat with the stand collar.

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Comparison of the 1909 Service Coat (left) with the 1911 Service Coat (right).

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