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The documented story
A reproduced Museum of the Great Plains photograph identifies the First Field Artillery Band at Fort Sill in 1935. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.
People and leadership
The reviewed evidence for First Field Artillery Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.
Community and organization
First Field Artillery Band is treated as a military or veterans ensemble under the unit, post, ship, or veterans affiliation stated in its name and evidence. The packet does not infer a different command relationship or uninterrupted unit lineage.
Reading the evidence
The evidence for First Field Artillery Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats Photographed 1935 as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.
Questions for further research
For First Field Artillery Band: confirm founding and closing dates, directors, membership, sponsorship, performances, and any successor organization from primary sources.
Dated evidence in this record
- 1923-08-02
The First Field Artillery Band was scheduled to furnish music for an American Legion convention at Fort Sill in August 1923.
- 1926-11-12
The First Field Artillery Band from Fort Sill performed a public concert in November 1926.
- 1934-12-15
The Field Artillery School graduation exercises at Fort Sill began with a selection by the First Field Artillery Band on December 15, 1934.