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Friday, 18 November 2005 |
Bugle Calls
Here you will find general bugle calls, as documented by Philip St. George Cooke, Brig. Gen. U.S. Army. These calls are provided courtesy of Chris Hurley.
All of these files are in .WAV format -- they can be played with almost any Windows sound utility.
Please note that .WAV files can be large; file size is indicated in parenthesis. Or if you prefer, download files compressed with the shareware utility PKZIP.EXE.
Listed alphabetically by name:
(Back to the top of the list, please...) - Dinner Call (143,876) This signal is sounded for the main meal of the day (lunch). (zipped version)
- Distributions (251,410) If anything needed to be distributed, at this signal, the men would fall in to receive it. (zipped version)
- Drill Call (340,376) Troopers fall in on the drill field for drill instruction. (zipped version)
- Fatigue Call (385,576) This call was the signal for policing of quarters, grounds and stables by fatigue parties. (zipped version)
- The General (664,010) This call was used to strike camp and prepare to move out. (zipped version)
- The March (460,508) The order to move out. (zipped version)
- Officer's Call (275,615) Calls officers to headquarters. (zipped version)
- Orders for Orderly Sergeants (202,444) This call was used to signal all those on duty to stand by for the issue of orders. (zipped version)
(Back to the top of the list, please...) - The Rally (243,673) Sounded when regrouping of the forces was in order, this signal summoned all to gather and re-execute a previous command. (zipped version)
- The Recall (242,081) Used for a variety of reasons: to call back details, skirmishers, etc. to the main body. (zipped version)
- Retreat (1,053,157) This call is used to signal the afternoon roll call. The call is sounded when the men are formed on the color line, and signals the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention for afternoon roll call. The first eight notes are also sounded in the field to signal the falling back of a cavalry action. (zipped version)
- The Reveille (2,633,312) Sounded to mark morning roll call. This was not used to wake up the troops. The call is sounded when the men are formed on the color line, and signals the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention. (zipped version)
- Sick Call (430,961) This call was sounded to assemble the sick so they could report to the hospital tent for treatment. (zipped version)
- Stable Call (469,824) Those who tended the stable were called to their duty with this call. (zipped version)
(Back to the top of the list, please...) - Taps (410,249) Late in the war, this call was used to signal lights out. (zipped version)
- Tattoo / To Extinguish Lights (730,214) This call was used to signal the evening roll call. The call was sounded when the men were formed on the color line, and signaled the 1st Sergeants to call the men to attention. This call is also sounded later to signal lights out. (zipped version)
- To Arms (721,224) Troopers to take up their weapons and prepare for a fight. (zipped version)
- To Horse (244,004) The troopers will mount their horses. (zipped version)
- To the Standard (1,309,506) A call to form at the colors, hardly ever used in the field. (zipped version)
- Watering Call (110,220) Details would be sent out for water with this call to replenish the camps' water supply. (zipped version)
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The information presented above was gleened from "The Florida Star"
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