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

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

Guitarist and his Buddies with their Mascot in front of their Quad

35th 'Cacti' Infantry Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1930

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Corporal, Third Engineer Regiment Musician

Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1922-1925

[Salvage Sailor]

Easter Service Kole Kole Pass, 1928

Schofield Barracks, T.H.

Brass Band

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

US Marine Band, Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor, T.H. 1923

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

  Air Transport Command USAAF  

Cpl. Albert Teoli and Cpl. Aaron Sklut packing the drums and instruments of the 692nd AAF band

[easterneagle87]

Interesting Sgt Maj. Musician uniform listing on ebay right now. Love the hat. Same photos and others will be listed on other sections as well; crests being worn & glider badges being worn. 

[easterneagle87]

Interesting snap. Back of the photos says; Everett, This is a new way we catch fish here. See if you can figure it out. 

[Salvage Sailor]

Guitarist

11th Signal Company, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1937

Truck converted to serve as motorized pigeon loft

[Salvage Sailor]

Kagnew Station (Radio Marina)

Asmara, Eritrea

 

Note the swabbies on parade in the background

[Ranger-1972]

Great images of Army bands from the Civil War through modern times.

 

Any suggestions for where to look for antebellum Army bands on the frontier (Texas, NM, AZ, CA, etc.)?

 

"And the Drums Would Roll" is a great resource, but begins in 1866.

 

Every regiment stationed in Texas from the end of the Mexican War to the start of the Civil War had a band, but details are pretty scarce. There are some Ogden drawings of the uniform of Army musicians -- but after the 1851 uniform changes (which were not widespread on the frontier until after 1853).

[easterneagle87]

Copied this picture from forum member, "patches" and re-posting it here from the posting: Patches In Action, Part 2: Images Of SSI Used Other Than On Uniforms. Nice vintage shot. 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

US Marine Barracks Band at USMC vs. Navy Baseball Game, Pearl Harbor Naval Station, 1925

Sitting in the bleachers at Marine Barracks Hawaii, 1925

 

Clarinets

 

Saxophone

 

Saxophones & Tubas

 

Marine Barracks Bass Drum

 

Squared away trumpeter sitting above USMC Lieutenant smoking pipe

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[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Pearl Harbor Marine Post Band (Leatherneck - May, 1928)

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Fourth Regiment Band, Shanghai, China (From Leatherneck - December, 1930)

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Field Music School: Class of 1904, Marine Barracks 8th&I, Washington, DC (From Leatherneck - December, 1935)

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Marine Trumpeter with rank of Drum Corporal.
(From Leatherneck - September, 1935)

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

11 year old Victor Jensen, the mascot of B Co, 13th Battalion FMCR (From Leatherneck - September, 1937)

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Close up of trumpeter and drummer at Brooklyn Navy Yard.  From LOC website.

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Marine Band about 1920 on the Capitol steps with Band Leader William H Santelmann (From Library of Congress webpage - Call number LC-B2- 5471-7 [P&P])

 

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Marine Band in 1905 conducted by William H Santelmann. The young boy sitting just to the left of the platform should be William F Santelmann who himself would later lead the band from 1940-1955. (From Library of Congress webpage - Call number: LC-DIG-hec-14776)

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

U.S.S. Massachusetts Buglers and Drummer about 1896. (From Library of Congress webpage - call number:LC-D4-20609 [P&P])

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

Marine Corps Band at Hampton Roads, VA about 1890. (From Library of Congress webpage - Call number: LC-D4-21281 [P&P])

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

United States Marine Corps Band in Decatur, Illinois, about 1920. Band leader William H. Santelmann. (Defense Department Photo, USMC 514897)

[SgtMaddoxUSMC]

United States Marine Band in Albany, NY with band leader John Philip Sousa, 1888. (Defense Department Photo, USMC 514692)