Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1919 — CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM [ARTICLE]

CAPTURED HUN BAND PLAYS OUR ANTHEM

Pittsburgh, Pa. —In France re- ★ ■ cently a German regimental band J r of 60 pieces, whose members had ★ I been taken prisoner, played “The * ' Star-Spangled Banner,” accord- ★ i Ing 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 pre- J r liminary. The German must- ♦ ; clans played the air in a very * > creditable manner, according to ♦' ’ Allan. J