Charge (Man overboard) $\header {tagline = ##f} \score { \new Staff \with{ \magnifyStaff #3/4 }{ \transposition ais % \override Score.MetronomeMark.font-size = #-2 \tempo "QUICK" \tempo 8. = 132 \time 3/8 %\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"trumpet" \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'common-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 4) \new Voice { \relative c'' {c16. c32 c16. c32 c16. c32 c16. c32 c16. c32 c16. c32 g'16. e32 g16. e32 g16. e32 c16. c32 c16. c32 c16. c32 g'16. e32 g16._"REPEAT AT WILL." e32 g16. e32 c4.\bar "\|." } } } \layout {indent = 0\mm line-width = 78\mm} \midi {} }$
Charge (US Navy, 1940)^[1]

"Charge" is a bugle call that signals the command to execute a cavalry or infantry charge. It is especially associated with the United States Cavalry as a result of its frequent use in Western films.^[2] A simple unmistakable call, it was even recognizable by experienced horses.^{[citation needed]}

References

Rabbai, George. Infantry Bugle Calls of the American Civil War. Pacific, MO: Melbay Publications, 1998.

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