"Music and Morale”

Transit Tramp, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2 November 1943, Page 1

"Music and Morale”

IT a high level of morale is to be maintained in an I Army, it is absolutely essential that all branches of ■ j the service and all ranks receive the credit due to jthem. Quite early in the war 'there appeared a song in- I voicing a benediction on various- 1 non-commissioned ranks. ; This song achieved and has maintained gree t popularity. 1 It ha , however been felt by many that our officers were not receiving their full share of the credit. . V.-e are pleased to see from a recent issue of the KIWI that this is nov: a thing of the pst and we hail with delight the hews that one of the Brigades of our Middle East forces has honoured its former Brigadier witha j march bearing his name. Obviously this opens up an al- I most unlimited field for artistic enterprise, be can of course quite safely leave the senior officers of our Force to the mercy of their respective commands, but no doubt we shall soon find our local musicians produe- [ ing such compositions as ‘The Tarleton Tango’* '“The John i -sun Jitterbug*’ and 'The Rose Rhumba, Although it is quite apparent that the dedication of • musical compositions cannot be lavish as a Brigadier has received a mere march perhaps even our Berg', ants and WOs' may be recognised. They will not require much. After all, most of them just want a bar. | < ' t f