Military and Veterans Bands

5th Field Artillery Band

Also documented as: Fifth Field Artillery Band

Fort Sill1911–1913 documentedU.S. Army field-artillery band

Documented history with gaps

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Image status

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Documented overview

An archival photograph documents the band at a 1911 review, and Fort Sill history describes related 1913 activity. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph of the 5th Field Artillery Band during General Review, Fort Sill, OK.

Documented history with gaps. The record supports a public history, with important limitations stated on the page.

History

Identity and chronology

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for 5th Field Artillery Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

5th 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.

Military personnel.

Activity

An archival photograph documents the band at a 1911 review, and Fort Sill history describes related 1913 activity. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Distinct early Fort Sill artillery-band organization with item-level evidence.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

1911–1913 documented
Documented evidence
An archival photograph documents the band at a 1911 review, and Fort Sill history describes related 1913 activity. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph of the 5th Field Artillery Band during General Review, Fort Sill, OK.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for 5th Field Artillery Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats 1911–1913 documented as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For 5th Field Artillery Band: establish exact founding, reorganization, hiatus and ending dates; director succession; membership model; major activities; aliases or successors; and image provenance where not already documented.

Evidence

Sources

1 of 1 listed live source link resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit. Gateway metadata checked: Primary: “5th Field Artillery Band” — Photograph of the 5th Field Artillery Band during General Review, Fort Sill, OK.

The Gateway to Oklahoma History itemhttps://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1591372/

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