Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1926, Page 15

SERVICE BANDSMEN DEVOTED T0 DUTY Many of Army, Navy and Ma- rine Players Spurn Offers of Higher Pay Outside. An exempiification of love for music above personal advancement and wenlth exists in the National Capital smong the personnel of the Army, Navy and Marine Bands Tear in and vear out these artists hold communion with their beloved orchestral and band instruments, while their colleagues in the musical profession jazz away in cabarets and night clubs to the tune of five times the monetary reward the soldiers, sallors and Marines are paid. Enticing offers have come to solo- ists in these three organizations from time to luring contracts that would enable them to earn in‘one week what they now work nearly six months for. But the same atmosphere roment now revel in g with the bags thut_ when their lips or fingers are “gone,” they will be saved from destitution, as the Government guaranices, never are in cluded in the prot And so. the older Vacancles Soon Filled. and stald musi curs while now and clans turn de voungsters will yield then promisit to the temp their chairs vaca clans, elated they have raquirements The sr efpline injected countg, in a measur the splend performances they e In add to their moral oblizatiens to the ers and their the con- | tors’ musical the mu a honund by military law to their su ezations well oiled bands admired P sse ans are the commands of perfors. Hence these are three smoothrunning trimmed military n over and of the Unifon. nd Youngest. \d under annard and neatly known the n every vill Army B but has not vet he status of the organizations. A Representative however this Woodrum gress to creatc tinet ore the ™ the ba con Numbering 85 musicians at the will of the leader, may he verted into a svmphony orchest concert orches a dance orchestra trios, quartets ex and a double saxophone e. The hand begins practice at 9 o'clock i and continues until « satisfied it least four Jearned Dy every week in mands for music at militars and civic functions. . As the band has no hall its only scheduled public pearances in Winter are easting stations of WCAP once a week. This young or:s tion also hi annual tour bands 1 Summe Navy Band of 67 Men. programs must entire organization 1o meet 1 the order > other two close of each | peating | the | Kleventh | where jand Navy Teas | Robert F. tone of the The effe: er than the competiti with the vibraphone, this to his dismiss ha vibraphone had great- and prestige largest list of veteran musicians. This list is headed by Capt. Santelmann, with more than 35 v The fol lowing have ove and soon will be retired: Samuel Firth, cornet; August Pflezer, saxophone: Edward Mclntire, violin; Robert McKinnon, clarinet; Henry Repetti, tuba; Arthur di Ma French horn, and Harry Sims, drummer. Mr. Branson is in his twenty-eighth ar, and he plays the violin in the orchestra and the clarvinet in the band nk Gilman, piecolo, and Frederic Clarinet, have more than The followir Washing ? > Marine Band Mclntive, Henry Sims, Mr. B ) Tohn D'A Russell Phipps Theodore Sevenh Schaefer, Wiliam | of the leader: Dons ummell, Theodore d Dixon Roth and James Inciuded am ngtonians in the Navy | gar Hart, Louis Meset<k hompson and Charle An illustration o isting among them night at the and L the crack ands joined in a progran the wor These s ciation to shur =W nt lea from the Mavfowe Bands. and holds the ing made the lo ficial erganization of its kind This trip was in connection with the late President Harding's visit to Alaska In addition to furnishing music for the Mavflower and all Navy and civie| tunctions, the band giv weekly orchestra concert every Wednesday night in the Marine Barracks following morning Lient places next Wednesday's pro before his mern they begin p | 73 men, includin . William 11 n the assistant leader, Tay and the drum major Pryog. was organized In oncert in telmann 1ot Anson Hur r i o in the same con military bands and wa k " one of A public nature in Washing up to 1830 1t has plaved for every p’resident from John Adams > vin Coolidge and has furnish: <ic at the New Year receptions since 1501, Capt, swmlmmnm« been the teader stnce March 3, Y89% Twe Programs a Weels band holds two-Hene ve Tuesday, _Wednesday, | Thursdar and Friday of each week and every Monday morning_plave Auring the inspection at the Marine Barracks, Two programs must be prepared cach week and one svm- phony program is worked up every month, All three organizitions prescribe the ictest qu (dimission uix before the The hearsals Sapip Lusively demonstrute | Jeaist Land nstrument instrument “The quired because during suus the bands becowne vroh as such they must be ax pood | they are bands. Au fllustradi | Acability of this requiren | March 3, 1924, at Central High | when the Marine Band served the twenty -fif i ite rearganization with a grand con cort. Tha first half of the p Was glven By the band as & symphony orchestra, anfl the sacond part was secupled by the organization as smit tary band. The same personnel par ticipated n both programs. The band members, with the excel tion of a few privates in the Army Rand, live in their own homes about the ofty and do their practicing away from the music halls. When they as- semble for rehearsal, they always are prepared to play over the numbar and then the leader works for the maxi- mum effect. Sometimes he stops the band 10 or 15 times during a short piece until he is satisfied with the co- ovdination, volume and proper tanal s. He experfments for the de. Sw.cmers away S until that object is firmly {mbedded u the inds of the men The best of order and discipline prevall at these rehearsals. The Jeader does mot have to vell for order or ko into u rage because the large body of men cannot come to a halt at the tap of his baton against the music desk. An illustration is given by an incident ut & rehearsal of the Marine Band. A string ensemble with plano and a vibraphone—a new instrument rese ophone Lt bearing el = ed fans| the pipes delicate littla plece where tone, and not wme, was the desired object. pieca concluded with one or two chords by the vibraphone, and in gohich the strings joined. After hear ng this twice Mr. Branson eliminat wd all but the piano and held up the ensemble until the last wavy, escil the ob. vol The ne Band 3 Colc Hart Joseph Young King piar saxophe the Ar produced by ling officer of station at the nav musicians of the Marine Band - the highest paid of the three or- nder the latest legis provision for their com - lender has the a captain in the M lowances « Corps. the second or assistant and the receives §200 a month r major, sergeant ns receive W to the issistant b cian. $84. and 7 All receive the ext of $1.95 a day. The Army pay of master ¢ 1< $16 pe® pronth, technical sergeant $54 per month, staff serze: month, private, o month, and private, with ng, $27 per month. The ceives the pay and allow captain in the Army. The Government furnishes the in struments pnd the uniforms for the Army and Marine Bands. 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