Where have all the Drum Corps gone?

Newsday Monday, May 29, 2000

Sgt. Sean Reeves plays "Taps" on a government-issue CD at a military funeral last month in Landover Md. With downsizing of the military, there are fewer and fewer bands and fewer buglers. So the Defense Department has called in the reserves. Funeral "kits", including a CD version of "Taps", have been shipped to funeral directors and military bases. A Pentagon spokeswoman said there have been no complaints. "The feedback we have gotten is that folks are pretty happy with it." she said.