Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1918 — GREAT LAKES NAVAL BAND [ARTICLE]

GREAT LAKES NAVAL BAND

To Be Reduced From 1,700 to 150 Pieces. The great Naval Training Station band, consisting of 1,700 pieces, will be disbanded on orders from the bureau of navigation. The band, under direction of Lieut. John Philip Sousa, has appeared in whole or in part in all parts of the country during Liberty loan campaigns and to aid naval recruiting. Its disbandment caused many expressions of disappointment amonj* officers at the Great Lakes. Under the order a new band of 150 pieces will replace the present organization.