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Show NAVY BANDS WILL SPUR PATRIOTISM , IN VICTQRYDRIYE Mare Island Commandant Offers Of-fers Marines and Jackie to Aid Fifth Loan Captain Edward' L. Beach, commandant comman-dant of Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare .Island, Cal., who was In command, of the' United States dreadnaught New York In the North Sea at the tlmo the German navy was turned, .over under the terms of the unrilstlce, has, offered thrco of the crack service bands stationed sta-tioned at Mare .Island for use during tho Victory-drive. ' . 'One of the", bands will travel on the-trophy the-trophy train which will tour 'all of the seven, states. Jn the. JJJwelfth, pistrlct and the other (wo'bands will bo used In cities within a day's journey of Mare island. One of these bands Is the famous sixty-piece Marine Band and' the other Is 'the forty-'phco Jacklo Band. Paymaster Ralph Phelps, U. 8. N has been placed In charge of the Itinerary Itin-erary to bo mapped out for tho two bands which will not travel on the train and any local committee desiring desir-ing to make use of elthor of those two bands during tho drive should communicate com-municate with him. |