world war I nerd Posted June 2, 2019 Share #51 Posted June 2, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Hate Moths Posted June 9, 2019 Share #52 Posted June 9, 2019 10th Infantry NGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookemhorns88 Posted June 30, 2019 Share #53 Posted June 30, 2019 128th FA Band, June 1941 at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted June 30, 2019 Share #54 Posted June 30, 2019 Army or National Guard bandsman, i.e. saxophonist and trumpeter, circa 1910. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted June 30, 2019 Share #55 Posted June 30, 2019 Snapshot of some of the boys clowning around outside the barracks circa 1917 - 1918. Two of whom are brandishing musical instruments. Close up of the bugler and the ukuleleist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted June 30, 2019 Share #56 Posted June 30, 2019 Company bugler doing his thing circa 1914 - 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share #57 Posted August 12, 2019 1st US Field Artillery on parade, Schofield Barracks, T.H. Hawaiian Department, 1914 Mounted Band led by the Kettle Drummer ....and the horns Let there be Clarinets & Bugles 1st US Field Artillery on parade, Schofield Barracks, T.H. Hawaiian Department, 1914 Mounted Band leading the Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted August 18, 2019 Share #58 Posted August 18, 2019 Iowa National Guard bandsmen on the Mexican border, 1916. Close up of the 2nd Infantry, Iowa National Guard drum-head, which appears to have hailed from Mason City, Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted August 18, 2019 Share #59 Posted August 18, 2019 Early military band circa 1908. Close up of several of the musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 8, 2019 Share #60 Posted September 8, 2019 WW I PA system for the camp bugler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted September 8, 2019 Share #61 Posted September 8, 2019 Army trumpeter and clarinetist, both with a 1904 Musicians Pouch slung from their shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share #62 Posted September 16, 2019 64th (AA) Coast Artillery Regimental Band on Parade, Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, T.H. 1940 Muffled Drummers Horn Section & Bass Drum Bugles 64th (AA) Coast Artillery Regimental Band on Parade, Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, T.H. 1940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share #63 Posted October 5, 2019 5th US Cavalry mounted band, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1912 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share #64 Posted October 5, 2019 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 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted October 6, 2019 Share #65 Posted October 6, 2019 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. Close up of some of the musicians. Sadly, there is no visible shoulder patches to identify the AEF organization to which this band belonged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas Raider Posted October 7, 2019 Share #66 Posted October 7, 2019 here is a photo postcard of the band of the 110th Engineers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kansas Raider Posted October 7, 2019 Share #67 Posted October 7, 2019 photo was taken in Manhattan Kansas. He has KAN on the collar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 8, 2019 Share #68 Posted October 8, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share #69 Posted October 8, 2019 Wow check out the Japanese Flags there, we tend to forget that Japan was Allies in the Great War. .....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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 8, 2019 Share #70 Posted October 8, 2019 .....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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted October 11, 2019 Share #71 Posted October 11, 2019 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. A closer look at the colonel and drum major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted October 19, 2019 Share #72 Posted October 19, 2019 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. A better look at the military musician's caps, belts and cuffed overcoat sleeves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted October 19, 2019 Share #73 Posted October 19, 2019 WW2 AAF musician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted October 26, 2019 Share #74 Posted October 26, 2019 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. Comparison of the 1909 Service Coat (left) with the 1911 Service Coat (right). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mconrad Posted November 5, 2019 Share #75 Posted November 5, 2019 Wow check out the Japanese Flags there, we tend to forget that Japan was Allies in the Great War. That's a French soldier standing at far left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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