Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1919 — CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM [ARTICLE]

CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM

Pittsburgh, Pa. —In France cently a German regimental baud of 60 pieces, whose members had been taken prisoner, played “The Star-Spangled Banner,” according to a letter from Corporal Ewan W. Allan of the Three Hundred, and Ninetieth infantry, to his dad. The band was taken during a surprise attack which was made without a barrage preliminary. The German musicians played the dir in a very creditable manner, according to Allan,