THE BUGLE NUiSANCE. TO THE EDITOR.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1911, Page 3

THE BUGLE NUiSANCE. TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,— Oiv behalf of myself and other residents in the vicinity of the Alexandra Barracks, I would like to ask if any schsmo can be d3vised that will stop tho almost nightly nuisance of tlie young men who are trying to learn the true method of sounding the bugle. They make the night hideoua for nearly two hours, and undiei- those tconditioiiß it is impossible to road or write, as your mind is distracted by these military cranks endeavouring to master the rudiments of this difficult instrument. Another phase of the question is the fact that all the young children in the neighbourhood are awakenad, with, the result that what little time the unfortunate mothers have to themselves they are robbed of, as when a child is awakened from its first sleep it is the greatest trouble possible to get it to sleep again. Lastly, let me make an appeal on behalf of the sick. It is absolutely nerveracking to havo to bo tortured by this screeching nearly every night. If there was any music in it, I would be the last to find' fault, as I think music worthy tha name is very soothing to the mind, but such rubbish aa I complain of is a nui&ance of th& .very vrona. Finally, 1 am of opinion that military matters are best conductod a few miles from populated ccntre3. We are not all military mad. — I am, etc., JOHN R. INGRAM. 16th February.