331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . THE BAND — Page 38 3 531!! Field Artilleryrn band was nicked for another man, Swede Tegner. In May occured the Big Hike,marked by a brigade concert on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol at Madison,Lt. Laurier directing the combined bands of the 331st, 332nd and 333rd. Shortly after the brigade arrived at Camp Robinson came the War Departmentorder authorizing the enlargement of army bands to fifty pieces and the awardingof commissions to directors. In addition to daily rehearsals and a whole raft ofmliitary and musical duties beginnin
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . THE BAND — Page 38 3 531!! Field Artilleryrn band was nicked for another man, Swede Tegner. In May occured the Big Hike,marked by a brigade concert on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol at Madison,Lt. Laurier directing the combined bands of the 331st, 332nd and 333rd. Shortly after the brigade arrived at Camp Robinson came the War Departmentorder authorizing the enlargement of army bands to fifty pieces and the awardingof commissions to directors. In addition to daily rehearsals and a whole raft ofmliitary and musical duties beginning with a morning serenade before reveille andending with a post-retreat concert concluding at 7:15 (too late to catch Spartaspecial) in addition to all this, the boys honored numerous requests from neigh-boring towns for Red Cross and W. S. S. days and put on several Sunday concertsat Sparta. These jobs were easy to take, however, for there were gobs of prettvgirls in the towns and you know how it is with pretty girls and uniforms. Thenthere was th
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