Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-03-24 | Page 53 | Songs Taught to Camp Kearny Men

SONGS SONGS- TAUGHT TO r I CAMP KEARNY MEN t Regimental Bands and Motion Mo- Mo Motion Mo ti tion on Pictures Fu Furnish Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment En En- to Soldiers By Associated Pr Press u. u CAMP IP KEARNY KEAR San Diego Cal March Regimental 23 23 RE Regimental bands and motion motion motion mo mo- I tion pictures are ar are being being- used to teach I the tho men of or the Fortieth division I here how ho w which hick t Is stationed to sing Mostly the tho lessons are arc given In the tho evening at tho the different Y M M. C. C A. A houses but some of f them arc are given actually on the march In the the field field or 0 In the the Ind Indoor or lessons the tho ban bands dR under the direction of Leroy Allen division Instructor under tho war departments department's commission ston on training camp activities or L L. F Peckham the Y M. M C C. C.'s A.'s As division song director play pl the than air 0 of some 8 two or three times time Then the tho words of or the son song are uc flashed on on the j i screen and tho men slug with the i band l led d 1 by the tho instructor typo Imp Imp- I I I I I pens to be In fu charge nt ot that p n lesson leKson Four Jiom lessons are arc given each l J night t I After Arter that the band la is stopped slopped and the men sing alone Lastly the words I Iare Iare are taken away and t tae tio I men sing Ins as t I they will when the they get to France France- I without accompaniment or written words Tho The Instructors sa say the they I t memorize the music easily but ut arc are a j II little tUe stow slow with the words In the lessons o In the field the hc Instructors instructors in in- t go bO with the troops to their drill ground sro and establish themselves at whatever er field headquarters may mayb maybo mayho b bo ho set up When the days day's drill is over tho ho Instructors are aro given i a fixed period with the tho men which rests them theta before the homeward march is I b begun un Often Orten the men are s s 6 anxious for tor instruction that the le lesson son Is continued continued continued con con- on the tho homeward march tho thomen imen i men singing sins their wa way Into the camp I One regiment the One Hundred Fifty Fifty- I eighth infantry Arizona has requested requested re- re j quested this sort of lessons I IA A pro program ram of popular folk folk j jand and patriotic songs is being taught with one or two given Iven special emphasis em- em j f each week The program tho than i music directors sa say Is s the same samo as I that being taught In every other oth r camp campIn In this thi countr country so that t no matter how organizations ma may be broken up IP or changed about the IMP men of at the thc new I formations all nil will know the same sam and will sin i songs sing together