Edmund Gruber graduated from West Point in 1904.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - June 02, 1941
GRUBER'S TROOPS TO VIEW BODY AS IT LIES IN STATE
Rites Today for Author of Artillery Song.
Fort Leavenworth, Kas., June 1 [Special]. -- More than 1,600 soldiers stationed at Fort Leavenworth will pay tribute to Brig. Gen. E. L. Gruber at a military funeral in the post chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Gen. Gruber, commanding general of the fort and commandant of the army's Command and General Staff school, died unexpectedly Friday night while playing bridge at the home of friends. He was the author of the famed field artillery battle song, "The Caissons Go Rolling Along," which he wrote when a lieutenant on services in the Philippines in 1908.
Burial at Arlington .
The body will lie in state at the chapel from 1:30 p.m. tomorrow until the funeral. After military services, the body will be placed on a caisson and escorted the full length of the army post. At the post limits the body will be transferred to a hearse and taken to Kansas City, Mo., for cremation. Burial will be made in Arlington National cemetery at Washington, D. C.
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along" was written for Gruber's regiment one hot night while the officers gathered for a party.
"We were sitting around talking and some one suggested we needed a regimental song," General Gruber told friends. "I was the only one who knew very much about music, so I went back to my tent and got my guitar. I finished it that night."
Song Published in 1926.
From the Philippines, the song spread quickly to other artillery posts as members of the regiment were, transferred. For years "The Caissons" rolled along in folk song style by oral communication.
It was first published in the Field Artillery Journal for July and August, 1926, and was adopted officially a short time later.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - June 02, 1941
GRUBER'S TROOPS TO VIEW BODY AS IT LIES IN STATE
Rites Today for Author of Artillery Song.
Fort Leavenworth, Kas., June 1 [Special]. -- More than 1,600 soldiers stationed at Fort Leavenworth will pay tribute to Brig. Gen. E. L. Gruber at a military funeral in the post chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Gen. Gruber, commanding general of the fort and commandant of the army's Command and General Staff school, died unexpectedly Friday night while playing bridge at the home of friends. He was the author of the famed field artillery battle song, "The Caissons Go Rolling Along," which he wrote when a lieutenant on services in the Philippines in 1908.
Burial at Arlington .
The body will lie in state at the chapel from 1:30 p.m. tomorrow until the funeral. After military services, the body will be placed on a caisson and escorted the full length of the army post. At the post limits the body will be transferred to a hearse and taken to Kansas City, Mo., for cremation. Burial will be made in Arlington National cemetery at Washington, D. C.
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along" was written for Gruber's regiment one hot night while the officers gathered for a party.
"We were sitting around talking and some one suggested we needed a regimental song," General Gruber told friends. "I was the only one who knew very much about music, so I went back to my tent and got my guitar. I finished it that night."
Song Published in 1926.
From the Philippines, the song spread quickly to other artillery posts as members of the regiment were, transferred. For years "The Caissons" rolled along in folk song style by oral communication.
It was first published in the Field Artillery Journal for July and August, 1926, and was adopted officially a short time later.
Edmund Gruber graduated from West Point in 1904.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - June 02, 1941
GRUBER'S TROOPS TO VIEW BODY AS IT LIES IN STATE
Rites Today for Author of Artillery Song.
Fort Leavenworth, Kas., June 1 [Special]. -- More than 1,600 soldiers stationed at Fort Leavenworth will pay tribute to Brig. Gen. E. L. Gruber at a military funeral in the post chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Gen. Gruber, commanding general of the fort and commandant of the army's Command and General Staff school, died unexpectedly Friday night while playing bridge at the home of friends. He was the author of the famed field artillery battle song, "The Caissons Go Rolling Along," which he wrote when a lieutenant on services in the Philippines in 1908.
Burial at Arlington .
The body will lie in state at the chapel from 1:30 p.m. tomorrow until the funeral. After military services, the body will be placed on a caisson and escorted the full length of the army post. At the post limits the body will be transferred to a hearse and taken to Kansas City, Mo., for cremation. Burial will be made in Arlington National cemetery at Washington, D. C.
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along" was written for Gruber's regiment one hot night while the officers gathered for a party.
"We were sitting around talking and some one suggested we needed a regimental song," General Gruber told friends. "I was the only one who knew very much about music, so I went back to my tent and got my guitar. I finished it that night."
Song Published in 1926.
From the Philippines, the song spread quickly to other artillery posts as members of the regiment were, transferred. For years "The Caissons" rolled along in folk song style by oral communication.
It was first published in the Field Artillery Journal for July and August, 1926, and was adopted officially a short time later.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - June 02, 1941
GRUBER'S TROOPS TO VIEW BODY AS IT LIES IN STATE
Rites Today for Author of Artillery Song.
Fort Leavenworth, Kas., June 1 [Special]. -- More than 1,600 soldiers stationed at Fort Leavenworth will pay tribute to Brig. Gen. E. L. Gruber at a military funeral in the post chapel at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Gen. Gruber, commanding general of the fort and commandant of the army's Command and General Staff school, died unexpectedly Friday night while playing bridge at the home of friends. He was the author of the famed field artillery battle song, "The Caissons Go Rolling Along," which he wrote when a lieutenant on services in the Philippines in 1908.
Burial at Arlington .
The body will lie in state at the chapel from 1:30 p.m. tomorrow until the funeral. After military services, the body will be placed on a caisson and escorted the full length of the army post. At the post limits the body will be transferred to a hearse and taken to Kansas City, Mo., for cremation. Burial will be made in Arlington National cemetery at Washington, D. C.
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along" was written for Gruber's regiment one hot night while the officers gathered for a party.
"We were sitting around talking and some one suggested we needed a regimental song," General Gruber told friends. "I was the only one who knew very much about music, so I went back to my tent and got my guitar. I finished it that night."
Song Published in 1926.
From the Philippines, the song spread quickly to other artillery posts as members of the regiment were, transferred. For years "The Caissons" rolled along in folk song style by oral communication.
It was first published in the Field Artillery Journal for July and August, 1926, and was adopted officially a short time later.
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