Word: drummer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...drummer drum and let the trumpet sound...
...hope that the projected formation of a Drum Corps to assist the drill squads in their work, will commend itself to enough men to insure its success. An individual drummer or two can be of use now, to lead the different squads at each hour of drill, and accustom the men to keeping regular time in going through the manoeuvres. When the companies are permanently organized and battalion drill begun on Soldiers Field, not only will an efficient drum corps be an absolute necessity, but the College Band will be expected to proffer its services...
...Fifer, drummer, army and attendants, Messrs. Hunt, Lyman, Storey, Hurley, Hoppin and Grew...
...November number of the Cosmopolitan magazine opens with the first of a series of three articles by Sir Edward Arnold on "Japan Revisited." The description is illustrated from photographs and sketches, one of which is signed by the author. A story entitled "The Drummer of Company E" follows soon after and the next thing of importance one comes across is an article on "A Cosmopolitan Language," illustrated with portraits of Max Muller. Sir John Lubbock, John Bright, Earl Roseberry, Charles Bradlaugh and others...