Gots to protect the rights of commuters from New Jersey, Long Island, and points up the Hudson who insist on driving into Manhattan. They are incapable of taking the train or bus.
The second squadron of the seventh cavalry had a pipe band that the only tune they knew was Gary Owen. They played it to wake their troopers, and in the summer, when all the barracks windows were open, they also roused the cannoneers of the 39th Artillery (where I slept) in Schweinfurt – 1963-64. I knew the tune well.
At least they didn’t take off their red trump neckties. Modesty prevails.