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<br />Jim, how does a polo saddle differ from an all-purpose saddle? I've never examined one, but from the photos they don't look much ...

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Nice synopsis, Anita. FWIW. RJ Samp sometimes puts into this site, too. I have three signalling trumpets that I bought from a collection known to RJ a few years ago (shown below -- Will post better pix as soon as I can). In the back is a is a brass-fitted copper one from the late '70s. The center ...

Anita, thanks.

The more I look at it, the more I realize there was a lot more to the role of the bugle than I realized.

I wonder when the field use, as opposed to the ceremonial or parade ground use, of the bugle actually ceased?

Pat


Dear Pat:
I know the bugle was used in the field thru WWI ...

I had the opportunity recently to look at some US bugles. As a result, I realised that I don't know a darned thing about them. I thought it might be interesting to explore the use of bugles as a signaling instrument.

The use of the bugle in this fashion seems to have been common in about every ...

Dear Pat:

Thanks for the reference!

Anita

Dear Pat:

Another contemporary exhibit of physical fitness was with Col. Charles Young one of the few black West Pointers of the 19th century who when told he was too old for active duty combat (WWI), rode several hundred or a thousand??? miles to Washington??? to prove he was fit. He succeeded in ...

The first entry here comes during Theodore Roosevelt's second administration. This is significant in that Roosevelt, upon becoming President, set about to emphasize physical fitness in the officer corps. Based on his experiences as a volunteer officer in the Spanish American War, Roosevelt felt ...

Dear Pat:

Is this book still in print? Where is the best place to purchase it. Thanks.

Anita L. Henderson