Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1919 — CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM [ARTICLE]

CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM

Pittsburgh, Pa.—ln France re- • cently a German regimental band i of 60 pieces, whose members had ; been prisoner, played “The j Star-Spangled Banner,” accord- ; Ing to a letter from Corporal . Fwan W. Allan of; the Three J Hundred and Ninetieth infantry, i to his dad. The band was taken ' during a surprise attack which < was made without a barrage pre- ■ llminary. The German musl- - cians played the air in a very ; creditable manner, according to •