It had been President Thomas Jefferson who in 1803 suggested to then-Commandant of the Marine Corps William Ward Burrows that Italian musicians be enlisted in the Marine Corps and added to the current Marine Band.
William Ward Burrows I (Marine Lieutenant Colonel) (1768–1805), second Commandant of the Marine Corps
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