Historical records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Artillery

—192 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THEThe right man must be selected and the tuition must be carefullywatched. Engagements for the services of the band haveto be made with a due regard to the interests of the corpsand with consideration for the fact that almost every engagementtakes at least a portion of the men from their dailyvocations. All of these things have been well and carefullydone and the corps appreciates the fact that the success isdue to the enthusiasm and untiring energy of the president ofthe band committee. In 1885 there existed what was knownas the City Brass Band. They were unpretentious musiciansbut anxious for improvement, and for a chance to show whatthey could do under favorable conditions. Negotiations werecarried on for some time which resulted in the appearance ofthe band in the uniform of the corps, on October ist, 1885.Three days later the band accompanied the brigade to divineservice. The leader was Michael Madigan, a veteran of theCrimean war. The men:enrolled wereJames Holman, Albert Burgess,Charles H. Smith, John M. Jenkins,Wm. Duncan, Wm. Mitchell,Thos. Duncan, Samuel Patterson,J. A. LiPSETT, Albert Watters,Joseph Matthews, A. J.Charlton,and soon afterwards John Tenfold, Fred. Meneley andFred. W. Amland were added to the roll.At the inspection of 1885 the corps had music, not, perhaps,of a very ambitious character, but the men who madeit were bound that it should be improved. It was then adifficult matter for the infant band to obtain engagements, andMr. A. B. CoLWELL, afterwards an enthusiastic member whocontributed an excellent newspaper sketch of its history, isauthority for the statement that members of other bands would