Military Musicians - Bands, Buglers, Drummers - Post them here

[Salvage Sailor]

Aloha Everyone,

 

Scattered throughout the forum we have many items posted which relate to military musicians from all service branches. Each service has always fielded and maintained marching bands, fleet bands, ensembles, quartets and choruses staffed with professional military musicians. If you have any photographs depicting military musicians from harmonicas to ukeleles, drums to bugles, guitars to clarinets, lets see them. Should you also have any of the actual instruments or musicians uniforms, insignia and other items in your collections, please show them here to round out the topic.

 

Photo from the US National Archives - The President's Own

United States Marines Band 1891

[Salvage Sailor]

US Army Buglers in Blues, I Troop, 4th Cavalry

1915 Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii

[Salvage Sailor]

Bugle Corps - 1st US Infantry Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H. around 1911

They were posted to Hawaii after the Philippine Insurrection.

 

[Salvage Sailor]

1939 27th Infantry Regiment 'Wolfhounds' Band, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

 

Drummers and Clarinets

 

Brass Section

 

Rest Formation

 

1939 27th Infantry Regiment 'Wolfhounds' Band, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

Summer Uniforms with Pith Helmets at a Hawaiian Division football game

Note the Musicians wreath on the soldiers hat at center

 

 

Original Sheet Music - The Wolfhound Pack - Marching Song of the 27th U.S. Infantry, Hawaiian Division Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

 

 

 

[world war I nerd]

I'm guessing this is the woodwind section of an unidentified Army or National Guard regimental band circa 1904-ish.

[world war I nerd]

Cabinet photo of an Army musician circa 1902 or 1903 as identified by his hat badge.

 

Close up of the musician's cap badge and 1902 pattern Campaign Hat with its folded and stitched brim.

[world war I nerd]

1st New York Infantry drummer. The photo dates probably between 1907 and 1910.

 

The stenciled marking on the tent in the background reads "1N.Y.A6" ... I'm guessing that the "A6" part is Company A, 6th Squad?

 

 

Close up of the campaign hat badges and the unusual "N.Y." insignia stitched on to the shoulders of the flannel shirts.

[world war I nerd]

Company M, 5th Ohio Infantry bugler circa 1910.

[world war I nerd]

Regular Army Cavalry regiment band wearing a mixture of woolen and cotton service dress, circa 1910. There's a regimental number on the officer's cavalry collar insignia, but it's illegible.

 

Close up of the enlisted men's musician cap badges on the woolen and cotton versions of the 1907 Garrison Cap.

[world war I nerd]

A unidentified Army recruit tunes up his air guitar, which very much resembles a broom, before launching into an impromtu rendition of a popular 1917 tune.

[world war I nerd]

This photo is proof that no WW I era Army training camp party is ever complete unless it has at least one guitar, ukulele and improvised mess-kit fiddle present.

[world war I nerd]

A pair of unidentified buglers from an unknown company circa 1917 or 1918. Note the pair of musician's chevrons on the left hand bugler and the improvised cord slings from which their bugles are slung.

[world war I nerd]

Members of the 840th Aero Squadron's band.

 

Close up of the squadron's drums.

[world war I nerd]

Members of the 109th Infantry, 28th Division, posing with a drum bearing the division's insignia.

 

Close up of the 109th's drum.

[world war I nerd]

An unidentified 90th Division bugler ready for the trip back to America.

[world war I nerd]

American Doughboys from an unknown unit enjoy a concert on the deck of an unidentified homeward bound troop ship in 1919.

[world war I nerd]

Banjo strumming seems to be the preferred form of musical entertainment below decks on this homeward bound troop ship circa 1919.

[BEAST]

Great idea for a thread! Here is my contribution, a pre-1895 image of the 2nd Indiana Infantry Regimental Band.

 

[stratasfan]

Photograph taken by Fred J Feldman in El Paso, Texas, ca. 1914-1918. Photograph remastered by Yearbook Digital.

 

 

Bugler with Co A, 141st Infantry, 36th Division, WWI.

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/934213/alfonso-g-luna

 

[stratasfan]

Cool topic! My Uncle's Step-GGrandfather was the Band Master for the 147th NYNG for over 20 years! No picture, but they still have his gold 20 year service badge.

[kfields]

This is a WW1 era yardlong for the HQ Company 324th FA taken at Camp Sherman Ohio. The yardlong is in rather poor condition. It looked like all the musicians are all on the left so I keyed in on that area:

 

[kfields]

Another yardlong for the 83rd Division Troop.

 

Neither are in frames and I think I need to get them flattened out and framed or move them to someone else who will.

Nonetheless, they are neat photos!

 

[Salvage Sailor]

 

21st Infantry Regiment soldier with guitar, Schofield Barracks mid 1930's.

He's also weaing a Sembler Gemsco 21st Inf. athletic patch on his sweater.

 

 

 

21st infantry bandsman in barracks with Banjo

[Salvage Sailor]

Bugle Corps - 1st US Infantry Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H. around 1911. They were posted to Hawaii after the Philippine Insurrection.

 

 

US 1st Infantry marching band, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1914

[carthage light guard]

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