from a ground reading in 1970, Trumpeter, 7th Cav
Page 207 in Bob Lee's Book Ft Meade and the Black Hills John Burri is mentioned In "December the Fourth Calvery provided a chaplin, the band and the bugler, a color guard and a firing squad for the funeral of a civilian at Whitewood. It was not usual for regular army troops to extend military honors for off post funerals, but in this case the deceased was John Burri, the former chief trumpeter with the seventh Calvery.Burri had taken discharge at FT Meade in 1885 and had been a member of the fort's orginal garrison, so an exception was made for him" Bob is quoting from the Sturgis Tribune 15 and 22 Dec 1927
Page 207 in Bob Lee's Book Ft Meade and the Black Hills John Burri is mentioned In "December the Fourth Calvery provided a chaplin, the band and the bugler, a color guard and a firing squad for the funeral of a civilian at Whitewood. It was not usual for regular army troops to extend military honors for off post funerals, but in this case the deceased was John Burri, the former chief trumpeter with the seventh Calvery.Burri had taken discharge at FT Meade in 1885 and had been a member of the fort's orginal garrison, so an exception was made for him" Bob is quoting from the Sturgis Tribune 15 and 22 Dec 1927
from a ground reading in 1970, Trumpeter, 7th Cav
Page 207 in Bob Lee's Book Ft Meade and the Black Hills John Burri is mentioned In "December the Fourth Calvery provided a chaplin, the band and the bugler, a color guard and a firing squad for the funeral of a civilian at Whitewood. It was not usual for regular army troops to extend military honors for off post funerals, but in this case the deceased was John Burri, the former chief trumpeter with the seventh Calvery.Burri had taken discharge at FT Meade in 1885 and had been a member of the fort's orginal garrison, so an exception was made for him" Bob is quoting from the Sturgis Tribune 15 and 22 Dec 1927
Page 207 in Bob Lee's Book Ft Meade and the Black Hills John Burri is mentioned In "December the Fourth Calvery provided a chaplin, the band and the bugler, a color guard and a firing squad for the funeral of a civilian at Whitewood. It was not usual for regular army troops to extend military honors for off post funerals, but in this case the deceased was John Burri, the former chief trumpeter with the seventh Calvery.Burri had taken discharge at FT Meade in 1885 and had been a member of the fort's orginal garrison, so an exception was made for him" Bob is quoting from the Sturgis Tribune 15 and 22 Dec 1927
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