Salt Lake Herald | 1898-10-01 | Page 8 | French Bugles for Spain

FRENCH BUGL1S FOR SPAIN Same Pattern as Those Used By the United States New York Sept 30Spain bIlls apparently ap-parently become convinced that there Is something magnetic in the bugle used by the American army for orders have been issued to discard the antiquated instruments used by the Dons ftlices in tile war and to replace them with trumpets of the regulation pattern adopted by the tlnited States A firm In Pillis which has just delivered de-livered 20000 trumpets contracted or by Quarterthaster General Ludington has received an order to futnisii 25000 trumpets of the same size style and key for tilu use of the Spanish army The bbw Yprk agent of the firm received re-ceived notice that the order had been placed in France The trumpet used here Is of a pattern pat-tern adopted May 2 1892 and is do scribed as fellows Each trumpet to be built in the key of G the slide to be F and marked and stamped with the letter F The bugle calls of Shafter agrny are said to have baen plainly heard by the Spanish trOOP5VIn theit eutrenehments at Santiago long before tile American troops were visible It is said that the use of trumpets of the same key by opposing armies might lead to confusion In the early days of the Cuban conilict with Spain captured trumrets were used by the Cuban guerillas to lead the Spanish into ambush am-bush and one time a bugler concealed in the bushes succeeded in causing two Spanish columns to fire upon each ether No objection was offered by the officers at the army building here when they were informed of Spains order the only comment being a remark that Spain had apparently hagun the equipment equip-ment of her army