Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1919 — CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM [ARTICLE]

CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM

Pittsburgh, Pa.—ln France re-. i cently a German regimental band ’ of 60 pieces, whose members had i been taken prisoner, played'“The ’ Star-Spangled Banner,” aceord- i ing to a letter from Corporal , Ewan W. Allan of the Three i Hundred and Ninetieth infantry, 1 to his dad. The band was-taken i during a surprise attack which , was made without a barrage pre- ? 1 liininary. ■ The German must- < clans played the air in a very ’ creditable manner, according to i Allan. -v - . J