The Bandman from Wellington, Kansas • 10

lO TH DMHN, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. terday aternoon "Woolley's Band" reorganized, elected new officers and are now 'on the turf," seventeen strong; were equipped with good instruments and on the Fourth will strike the first blow for new uniforms, and the indications are that it will be a strong one, completing one-half the battle. An old adage: "A battle well begun is one-half ended." The new officers of Woolleys Band are as follows: President, J. C. Collin; vice president and H.

J. Cromwell secretary and manager, P. D. Lam-oreux; treasurer, Bob Gilmore; musical director, Professor Ira W. Smith', jr.

The membership is seventeen and we will send you their names and instruments for the next issue of The Bandman. With best wishes for our little journal. St. John, Kansas. The Band Boy.

PLEASANT AND POPULAR. Canton, Ohio, June 9 1893. To the Bandman: Mr. Brad D. Gilliland, for two years solo cornetist with the Grand Army Band of this city, and for the past two years cornetist with the George A.

Baker Opera Company has now thrown up an engagement at the Bowdoin Square Theatre in Boston, on account of the death of his father, U. G. Gilliland, a musician well-known on the road. He will remain at his -home in this place for the summer. The Bandman, the official organ of the Kansas Band Association, the first number of which was received by John J.

Thayer, solo cornetist of the G.A. Band of this place, and which has passed through the hands of some of Canton's most prominent musicians, is pronounced a neat and well-gotten-up paper. The Grand Army Band of this city, donated its services to the Cleveland Grays, for the laying of the corner-stone of their new armory May 30th. Other bands soon followed suit. The Grays gave a reception to the G.

A. Band in the evening. It will be remembered that the Grays lost their entire uniforms, valued at $25,000, soon after returning from the World's Fair. Special Correspondence. -SPLITTING THE WOOD." St.

John has an orchestra. and a pretty good one, under the direction of Dr. Evans, by the way, one of the best viol-insts in this part of the county, and when 'Doc" draws the bow everyone wants to dance. We are sorry to note that Professor W. D.

Woolley, the old leader of our band, and after whom our band was named, has to lay the little horn, which so many of our band boys through the county knew he could blow, to rest for thrqe or four years on account of some throat trouble. That is just what we are doing. Yes The Second Regiment Band has arranged to give an open air concert on Main street every Saturday evening, the first one being given in front of the opera house last Saturday evening. These concerts are very pleasant, add new life to everybody on such an occasion, and remind us of old times when band music was one of the necessities on our streets nearly all the time. The boys rendered an excellent concert Saturday night, and a large crowd of citizens and visitors in the city gathered about them to hear the music and many flattering comments were passed concerning the concert.

Hutchinson Daily News, The Indian Cadet Band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, have just returned home from a month's visit at the World's Fair. The Band has twenty pieces and plays very nicely, are handsomely uniformed and have good instruments. The Milan Band furnished music for Decoration Day services at Argonia..