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Show MSdrs Crack Bsnd Opens Utah Toiir Tuesday . d iC vi5 JS g tf Money Made on Trip Goes to Regimental Fund HP HE 'ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIFTH FIELD ARTILLERY (FIRST UTAH) BAND,: j 11 direction of Clarence J. Hawkins, which will make a tour of Utah for the benefit of the;! regimental fund. ; .!;;: J'-kkwW P ss " ( ' s . ! i ' , "y i Si S;S;: Orgariization Will Visit Home State After Ten Months' Training. AFTER an absence of more than ten months members of the 145th (First Utah) field artillery artil-lery band will be received into tho welcoming arms of Utah next month when, the regimental baud will tour the state, beginning its itinerary at Alilford, July 2, and concluding at Beaver, July 25. This is to be no vacation va-cation or pleasure trip for the boys who have played the reveille concert at Camp Kearny for nearly a year. They are coining back to secure money for the regimental fund and to give the people of the state still further opportunity oppor-tunity to demonstrate they are back of the young fellows who are fightin" their battles for them on the fields of France and Italy. Lieutenant ' Brigham H. Roberts, chaplain of the Utah regiment, arrived in tiait Lake yesterday and with the co-operation of the state council of defense de-fense has practically completed the arrangements ar-rangements for the visit of the band. The first part of the itinerary ha been definitely arranged and will include a concert in Salt Lake, Monday, July S. The remainder of the schedule will be completed immediately and will include in-clude a" return visit to Salt Lake probably prob-ably Pioneer day, July 24. During the stay in Utah, the soldier musicians will have a four-da' period of liberty .extending from July 12 to July 15. There will be no concerts given on the Sundays during the tour. Special Recognition for Band. ; The regimental band is known far and wide in southern California and is constantly in demand outside of military mili-tary circles. It has been specially designated des-ignated by General F. S. Strong, division divi-sion commander, for all special occasions and he invariably orders it to division divi-sion headquarters whenever notable visitors visi-tors are present at the camp. It has frequently been a conspicuous attraction attrac-tion at the Hotel del Coronado at Coro-nado Coro-nado beach and has earned a fine reputation repu-tation in San Diego, Los Angeles and many smaller California towns. The band has become known in the Fortieth division at Camp Kearny as "that Utah band." The Red Cross, the Liberty loan committees, the war saving stamp committees, the food conservation con-servation committees and other patriotic organizations in southern California have constantly sought the aid of the band and it has done its share in winning win-ning success for these various endeavors endeav-ors on the coast. During the winter Lieutenant Roberts was asked to make a tour of many of the towns. near Camp Kearny in the interest in-terest of food conservation. Lieutenant Roberts secured the aid of the band and wherever he gave an address a concert was also given by the band. "The band is not a mere ornament of the regiment and the caterer to the pleasures of the inhabitants of the nearby near-by towns and cities," said Lieutenant Roberts yesterday. "It gives a reveille concert each day, and plays music for the retreat parade. In addition, it gives at least two concerts a week in camp. Boon to Dull Days in Camp. "We do not know what he would have done without the band during the long wait for orders to depart for the battle line.' After the period of training came a lull, in which the band was a boon to us in the hours when time hung heavy." But the only purposes of the band are not those already enumerated, as evidenced evi-denced by the tour of Utah, which begins be-gins July 2. There are many expenses which the regiment has, which are not provided for by the United States government, govern-ment, and the money for these incidentals inciden-tals must come from the regimental fund. The band consequently is undertaking to be the means by which the regiment will have a generous supply of money for all emergencies. The fund is administered bv the regimental commander and is expended ex-pended wisely. Further proof of the active part which the band will play in the big war game is contained in information given yesterday yester-day by Lieutenant Roberts as to the training which the members of the organization or-ganization have received. There are no malingerers in the organization. All of the men have received a thorough training in infantry drill as well as in medical and sanitary work. When the regiment is under fire, the members of the band will act as stretcher bearers. There is to be no lingering behind the firing line when the rest of the boys are in the fight. A similar training , is being given members mem-bers of the bands in all the other camps of the country. Also Concert Organization. The Utah band is not alone a military band, but is a concert organization. On its roster of players are some of Utah's most talented players. Bandmaster Clarence Clar-ence Hawkins, who has passed all his examinations for commission, has been painstaking in selecting the members of his band. Miliary compositions, selections from popular and classic opera, late musical mu-sical hits, instrumental sextet and quartet quar-tet numbers and vocal interpolations are included in the concert programs of the band. The tentative schedule of the concerts Is as follows: July 2, Milford, July 3, Provo; July 4, Ogdcn ; July 5, Brigham City; July 6, Logan; July 8, Salt Lake City; July 9, Bingham; July 10, Lehi; July 11, Park City; July 12 to 15, inclusive, inclu-sive, rest period or vacation; July 1G, Lagoon; July 17, Mt. Pleasant, July 18, Fphraim; July 19, Richfield; July 20, Ncphi; July 22, Eureka; July 23, Price; July 24, Salt Lake City; July 25, Beaver. The following is the entire personnel of the band and the homes of the members: Band map teiClaroncC J. Hawkins, Salt Lake and Nephi. Assistant bandmaster John i Vlfscr, Ogilfn. Sfirgcant bugler acting drum mnjor-August Puis. Comet John Vi riser, Vivian Snow, Salt Lak; G-orge Atlcin, Milford; H. L. Clerion, Knysvlllo; Leonard R. Nebckor, Salt LaJce ; Kay Yoeman, Ogd?n. Clarinet Os-nr E. Clirislenson (solo!, Provo; Ear! D. FarnlnndV Ogden ; Eujfeoe F. Smith. Salt Lake; Elmer Kjclstrom, Pric-e; I!nnM Robbins, Salt Lake; Ezra Day, Sail Lake; William Jones, Hnry H. Ellrnon (E-fluI). Mona, Saxophone Lcslcr Hinchcllff, Oden; Rudolph A. Peterson, Provo ; George T. Ekerf ley, Loa.. Flute Vaughn Clayton, SaJt Lake. Trombo'ie Elbert H. Garr. Ogden; Hyram Lam-mars, Lam-mars, Ogtlen ; Lloyd E. Pcrlgo, Salt Lake; John F. Johiifon. Idaho. Horn Carl Frisny, Provo; Ralph E. Ilooth, Nephi; Robert W. Forrest, Briyham; T. F. Freeman, Free-man, California. Baritone Lester W. Rlgby. Salt Lake; J. R. Barnes, Nephi. Baas Lester Srnuln, Lehi; William Foiley, Kaysville; Myron K. Bird, Manti. Drums, timpani and percuss ion Robin Selllck, OKoVn; Robert M. Brown, California; D. ! Barnfs, Kaysville; Alfred Bateman, Idaho; Harvey Pierce, Salt Lake; .lark WrU'ht, Brigham. Band quartet Lester Ttigby, Jack Wright, Lloyd E. Perlo, Harvey Pelrce. |