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Show Orders ts Orders bat the DarJ Didn't Play During one White House reception in President Uunields time, John Philip Sousu. clad lu his goigeuus red uniform, crlss-eroased with gold braid, gut ou one end of the musicians' piui-forni piui-forni and his bass drummer. In full tres uniform, sat on the other. They were the United States Murine bund that night Eut there wus no mufc. 2. The bund had been ordered to participate par-ticipate in a Uedicutlon that day und did uot get back to barracks until 6:30 that evening when It was dismissed dis-missed und sent home. At seven o'clock Sousa received an order to report re-port with the baud lu full dress at the White House at eight o'clock. Sousa protested. His commanding of-flcer of-flcer tald: "Those were my Instructions Instruc-tions and those are your orders." Messengers Mes-sengers scoured Washington for the bandsmen, returning with Just one man, the bass drummer. When the long evening and the reception at last drew to an end, the drummer and Sousa stood up, suluted each other In a proper military manner and the "band" filed out and went home. Orders Or-ders is nrders. i |