Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-10 | Page 8 | Band Music Great Reliever of Monotony in War, Says Sousa

Band Music Great Reliever of Monotony In War, Says Sousa Lieut. John Philip Sousa who re-, cently retired from the L'nlted States naval service after having served! throughout the war as chief bandmas-! te: at the Great Lakes training station, I has gathered his old and seasoned: bandsmen about him once more and is making a comprehensive tour of the country for the first time in four years. I leut Sousa had full charge during i the war of the training of all the bandsmen who were enlisted for Ben ICfi III Ihe DS.V1 (In several mimilmu Jas nianv as one thousand musicians were under his direct control at the i naval station. These were divided Into In-to groups of 250 each under the di-rectlon di-rectlon of assistant bandmasters. Lieul SOUSO took turns in directing them and. on several occasions, 'brought the entire thousand together In ono enormous band, probably the largest single group of instrumentalists instrumental-ists ever heard together at one time in the recorded history or the world It Is Lieut Sousa's firm opinion that nothing did more to keep up the morale of the American nay during the war than band music " it relieved re-lieved the dull monotony of life aboard! ship and ga e the sailonhen the op- portunlty to forget the routine of I duty He feels a justifiable pride in J his accomplishments during the period of stress"and strife. Ho and his band will be heard at the Ogden tabernacle on December lsi v hen he w ill accompany the choir in the Inflamatus." from "Stabal Mfller." hv RosLsiiru.