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Monday, May 29, 2000; 9:37 PM EDT
After Clinton Cutbacks, Dying Vets get 'Taps' on
CD
It's no secret that after seven years of budget
slashing under Commander in Chief Bill Clinton, the armed forces are stretched
pretty thin.
Recruitment continues to decline and readiness
levels are said to be at dangerous new lows. Even military funerals aren't what
they used to be.
Newsday's Memorial Day edition featured this
little tidbit:
"With the downsizing of the military, there are
fewer bands and fewer buglers. So the Defense Department has called in the
reserves. Funeral 'kits,' including a CD version of 'Taps,' have been shipped to
funeral directors and military bases.
"A Pentagon spokeswoman said there have been no
complaints. 'The feedback we have gotten is that folks are pretty happy with
it,' she said."
The accompanying Newsday photo showed an army
sergeant playing "Taps" at a military funeral in Landover, Md., last month. He
was in full dress uniform and standing at full attention. But his hands were
unencumbered by any bugle. He was instead saluting as a CD boombox played at his
feet.
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