Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 193
THE DRUMMER-BOY S DREAM. The Emperor himself dearly loved the rataplanof the drum, and is said always to have had thereveille beaten to awaken him each morning.Of all the regular organizations in the United 712 THE LAST OF THE DRUMS. [July, … States service, the Marine Corps, the oldest,last retains the drum; and though it is surelydoomed in the future as a relic of barbarism,still wherever the stars and stripes float over avessel of our navy abroad can yet be heard thedrums inspiriting roll. In the navy as well as in the army the…
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