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The [[Hamilton Town Band]] became a military band in late-1912, as an adjunct to the ''16th (Waikato) Regiment''. The Regiment helped with funding throughout their association, including a salary for a bandmaster and uniforms immediately following the merger. | The [[Hamilton Town Band]] became a military band in late-1912, as an adjunct to the ''16th (Waikato) Regiment''. The Regiment helped with funding throughout their association, including a salary for a bandmaster and uniforms immediately following the merger. | ||
| − | In 1914, the band acquired a set of silver instruments due to a grant from the Regiment, rather than the brass instruments they would have bought otherwise | + | In 1914, the band acquired a set of silver instruments due to a grant from the Regiment, rather than the brass instruments they would have bought otherwise. In May that year they received their colours in a ceremony at Hautapu, a silken banner bearing the motto of the 16th (Waikato) Regiment, "Ka whawhai tonu ake ake". This is a quote from a speech by Rewi Maniapoto, who fought British forces at Orakau in the Waikato in 1864; when invited to surrender, he replied that he and his people would ‘fight for ever and ever’. In September 1914, the band headed the funeral procession for the victims of the Huntly Ralph Mine Disaster. That year they also played at the Ngaruawahia Regatta. |
A large number of bandsmen went to fight in WWI. In February 1916, a call was made for instrumentalists to join the Regiment Band, as 21 members had by this time volunteered for the war, and with so many having gone to the front it was becoming increasingly difficult to supply a band at required functions. Only five members remained from the original band. In July 1916, discord was reported to have arisen between the bandmaster, Arthur Salter, and many members of the band, with 13 instrumentalists resigning. Only ten remained in the band. It was suggested that the members had lost confidence in Salter. The alleged "ringleader in the disaffection", Charles E. Scott, joined the [[Frankton Municipal Band]], along with many of the others who had resigned. Scott was transferred from the Hamilton Post Office to Auckland, on the advice of the Regiment to the Postmaster, apparently in retribution. Questions were immediately raised regarding the ownership of the instruments. For a time, official ceremonies were undertaken by the remnants of the Regiment band, combined with members of the Te Awamutu Regimental Band. In late 1916, the band began to play at the newly constructed [[Band Rotunda]]. | A large number of bandsmen went to fight in WWI. In February 1916, a call was made for instrumentalists to join the Regiment Band, as 21 members had by this time volunteered for the war, and with so many having gone to the front it was becoming increasingly difficult to supply a band at required functions. Only five members remained from the original band. In July 1916, discord was reported to have arisen between the bandmaster, Arthur Salter, and many members of the band, with 13 instrumentalists resigning. Only ten remained in the band. It was suggested that the members had lost confidence in Salter. The alleged "ringleader in the disaffection", Charles E. Scott, joined the [[Frankton Municipal Band]], along with many of the others who had resigned. Scott was transferred from the Hamilton Post Office to Auckland, on the advice of the Regiment to the Postmaster, apparently in retribution. Questions were immediately raised regarding the ownership of the instruments. For a time, official ceremonies were undertaken by the remnants of the Regiment band, combined with members of the Te Awamutu Regimental Band. In late 1916, the band began to play at the newly constructed [[Band Rotunda]]. | ||
