Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-08 | Page 12 | Sousa and Bandsmen to Play in Ogden December 1

M.J I.HI ij S00SA Al BUSH TO PLAY in IHJ! DECEMBER 1 4p Now that John Philip Sousa. the un- 101 gotten band leader and composer has .,.kj M hnquished his title of lieutenant in Lh navy and has been placed upon the In ," active list, prior to preparing for a tran- T i continental tour. It Is good and grale-lul grale-lul to tell of what he did for the country coun-try while in its blue Lieut Sousa spjut Sl'i nearly two years in the service of tho government. He wa commissioned in ,)W May, 1D17, shortly after tho declaration jpy' of war and was assigned to the Qn 'mt Lakes naval training station near Ch1.- ,u, ago, where he was placed In charge 01 i I I the work of organ izing- the bonds for H)l the grand fleet. t No less than 1 f'00 musicians were al- 1 m Ways under constant training under bis III direction. These wore divided into groups V of 30 and Lieut. Sousa devoted a por- I H tlon of each day to the drilling of these 111 bands. On spe ial occasions he brought J i the entire l.oon bandsmen together ii a 1 Ifl' single gTOup and rersonally conducted I C, what was the largest band which evei , jKr played together in the recorded history h'l of the navy. He paraded on several oz- I ffij caslon. with units of ,150 men. MjOP Ejt than I.OfO bandsmen were trained und-' K his personal supervision during the - i fSj iod of the war. tfi Mr. Sousa. with a band of fifty plec 9 !lrJ and four soloists, will play at the Ogdon ( Tabernacle on Monday, December ". Hall ya orders for this concert may now be sent to Miss SCary ' Tone?, care of Jonea Shoe Store Mi ashincton avenue. Og Tgl den. and seats will be reserved In the I ifjr order in which reservations arc to j l! J eeived.