Klarinet Archive - Posting 000748.txt from 2002/06

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Navy Band
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:46:57 -0400

Howard,

I thought they (commissioned officers, that is) rode into battle leading the
charge??? ;-)

Or maybe not........

Forest

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From: "howard klug" <hklug@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Navy Band

> Only non-commissioned officers (enlisted ranks...sergeants) play in ANY of
> the military bands...NO commissioned officers play in these groups. I
> suppose you could debate whether the commissioned officers don't play
> because they are TOO VALUABLE or TOO INCOMPETENT...but then that's a whole
> other discussion.
>
> Howard
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