Musicians on the battlefield were drummers and buglers, with an occasional fifer. Camp fires were kept burning, and buglers and drummers played. Dragoon regiments used drummers, not buglers, to communicate orders on the battlefield. However, buglers were given greater importance than drummers. The latter started with a contest for criers and buglers. Surviving M1913s were issued to buglers in cavalry squadrons beginning on 2 April 1918. Within months, "Taps" was played by buglers in both the Union and Confederate armies. NCOs and buglers carried axes, saws and billhooks. That same year the corps also reported training nine buglers for the Militia. Also attached to each company was a one farrier and blacksmith and two buglers. Again, due to the shortage of buglers in the Marine Corps, his request was denied. A 1902 incident changed the buglers forever. Both categories are fully accomplished as Buglers for Dutch military ceremonial tasks. After the buglers play, the students silently return to their homes. Currently, there are at least four different buglers serving in shifts at the tower.