Boots and Saddles (bugle call)
American military bugle call
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"Boots and Saddles" is a bugle call sounded for mounted troops to mount and take their place in line.[1] In the British Army it is used as a parade call.[2] Its name drives from the French phrase boute-selle, "put on saddle".[3]
The call has been used by the United States Army during the American Civil War[4] as well as World War II.[5] While the call was originally meant to apply exclusively to cavalry,[6] it was used later as an inspiring call for other military units as well.[5]
The tune was recorded in 1919 for the Victor Talking Machine Company's "Bugle Calls of the U.S. Army: Part 1".[7]
In literature
"Boots and Saddles" is blown several times in Mark Twain's 1907 novel A Horse's Tale.[8]
Elizabeth Bacon Custer's 1885 biography of her husband, General George Armstrong Custer, was titled Boots and Saddles: Or, Life in Dakota with General Custer.[9]
