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Antonio de la Mora Hernández (12 March 1884 – 9 May 1926 Kansas City, Missouri) was an acclaimed military band director who served as Chief Musican (aka bandmaster) in elite Army bands of three countries – Mexico, the United States, and Canada:


 * Mexican Army 6th Infantry Band
 * U.S. Army 21st Infantry Band stationed at Fort Logan, Colorado
 * U.S. Army 20th Infantry Band at Fort Douglas, Utah, the Philippines (island of Mindanáo at Ludlow Barracks), Honolulu at Schofield Barracks, and El Paso, Texas at Camp Cotton
 * Canadian Expeditionary Force 97th Battalion Band

He also was a virtuoso cornetist, composer, music educator, and publisher. In his post military career, De la Mora served as an educator and bandmaster of Y.M.C.A.s and Shriners of cities:


 * De a Mora organized the amateur military band at the Salt Lake City YMCA in 1913
 * Kem Shrine and YMCA of Grand Forks, North Dakota
 * Hamasa Temple Shrine Band of Meridian, Mississippi

Career highlights
De la Mora grew up in Tepic. He studied music at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City, completing in five years the regular eight years, graduating with distinction.


 * 1895?: Played solo cornet with a touring Mexican opera company under the direction of Assali.
 * 1900?: Cananea, the great copper camp, where he took charge of a music academy and organized a band.
 * 1900?: San Dimos, Durango, where he organized a band composed of native Mexicans and Indians.

Mexican Army

 * 19??: Enlisted in the 6th Infantry of the Mexican Army and, right-away, was assigned as Bandmaster, a position he held for two years.

United States Army

 * 1907: December 16, 1907, de la Mora enlisted in the 21st U.S. Infantry, initially at Jefferson Barracks Military Post near St. Louis as a musician at the rank of private.

1908, Fort Logan, Colorado
In 1908, De la Mora was with the 21st Infantry Band stationed at Fort Logan – near Denver. The 21st Infantry Band, 4 years earlier based at Fort Snelling, under the direction of Charles W. Graves (born about 1864 Kenton, Ohio), was one of seven military bands selected to perform at the Saint Louis World Fair of 1904.

February 4, 1908, he was promoted to Sergeant. On March 21, 1909, he was appointed Acting Chief Musician. On May 5, 1909, he was appointed Chief Musician and left the service December 16, 1909, at that position. He re-enlisted that same day, December 16, 1909, in the 20th Infantry at Fort Douglas, Utah — just a few miles east of Salt Lake City. He was appointed Principal Musician, pending the discharge of then Bandmaster.

Around 1910, Philippines
Around 1910, while serving as Vice Head Musician, he was with the 21st U.S. Infantry in the Philippines, on the island of Mindanáo at Ludlow Barracks. July 1, 1911, he was appointed Chief Musician.

While in the Philippines, De la Mora was on the "Sick List" of enlisted personnel: Admitted February 10, 1910, Return to duty March 25, 1911, in Manilla. (note: When admitted, De La Mora was listed as being in the 20th Infantry)

Musicians listed on 1910 US Census in the Philippines

 * Edward C. Sturgis (1883–1940), Principal Musician
 * Thomas W. Leary (August 1874 Mississippi), Drum Major
 * Richard C. Ellis (born about 1874 Alabama)
 * Frank J. Holecek (Czech: Holeček; born about 1871 Texas)
 * Alexander Bartell (born about 1880 Pennsylvania)
 * Harry L. Dalton (born about 1886 New York)
 * Max Bernard Glass (1885–1974)
 * Robert A. Kempinski (born about 1888 Russia)
 * Albert Koberna (1881–1922)
 * Edwin L. Muth (1888–1950)
 * Louis Rose (born about 1872 Germany)
 * Myron Quinnery (born about 1883 Wisconsin)
 * Joseph M. Stewart (born about 1874 Georgia)
 * Robert Warner (born about 1876 Pennsylvania)

Musician listed on the U.S. Army Sick list
Other musicians
 * Musician listed on the U.S. Army Sick list, February 21, 1911, Manilla, Philippines, 20th Infantry Band, Private John W. Gaul (born about 1873, Puerto Rico)


 * Private John W. Gaul (born about 1873, Puerto Rico), in 1920, was in the 2nd Band Company, U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Williams, Maine
 * Principal Musician, Frederick S. Neville (born Abt. 1861 England)
 * Drum Major William Howard Smith (1887–1929)
 * Henry H. Eckman (aka Harry A. Eckman; né Hildar Haqvin Hilanius Ekman; 1882–1921), Rudolph's brother, committed suicide at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Virginia, while active duty in the 13th Infantry.
 * Rudolph Myron Eckman (1884–1959), in 1912, composed the "Utah State March." He was a trombonist.  In 1918, he was Bandmaster of the 42nd Infantry Band (in Middle Island, New York?).  In 1922, Sgt. Eckman prevailed in a competitive examination for admission to 1922–1924 bandleader course at U.S. Army Music School in Washington, D.C.  He went on to become a member of the U.S. Army Band, established 1922 by General Pershing.
 * George Bernard Wescott (1887–1971) initially enlisted in the Army in 1901. By 1921, he was a Lieutenant Colonel.  He served in World War I in France.  After 45 years in the Army, he retired, for the second time, as a full Colonel.
 * Floyd Myers (born 1887 N. Carolina)

Honolulu, Hawaii
September 4, 1911, de la Mora arrived in Honolulu from the Philippines aboard the U.S. Army Transport Sherman with his 19-piece military band. As Head Musician of the 20th Infantry Band, they performed in Hawaii as late as October 1911.

He was discharged December 25, 1911.

Salt Lake City

 * De a Mora Organized an amateur military band at the Salt Lake City Y.M.C.A. in 1913.

1914, El Paso, Texas
Beginning towards the end of 1913, and throughout 1914, De la Mora and the 20th Infantry Band, with the 20th Regiment from Fort Douglas, was stationed at Camp Cotton, a sub-post of Fort Bliss in El Paso. The 20th Infantry Band was on patrol duty on the Mexican border.

Other units at Camp Cotton

 * Camp Cotton – named for its locale in the Cotton subdivision in the southeastern part of El Paso – was, in 1913, a newly established military camp that, initially, hosted the 20th Infantry, the 12th Calvary squadron of 4 toops and C troop of the 13th Calvary.


 * Band members in 1914 at Camp Cotton:


 * 1) Chief Musician Antonio de la Mora
 * 2) Drum Major Wescott
 * 3) Principal Musician Nelson
 * 4) Sergeant Rogers
 * 5) Sergeant Marvin Eckman (trombone)
 * 6) Sergeant Jose Lorenzo (born about 1889), born in Manila, Philippines  honorable discharge September 20, 1914
 * 7) Sergeant Wrightson
 * 8) Corporal Neville Nesbit Bise (1879–1951)
 * 9) Corporal James Vivian Ayres (1879–1952), cornet, bugler (born 1874)
 * 10) Corporal Smolko
 * 11) Sergeant Bert Jacobs, cornet
 * 12) Sergeant Smith
 * 13) Sergeant Morrison
 * 14) Sergeant Eckman
 * 15) Sergeant Swick
 * 16) Cook Bell
 * 17) Cook Smith
 * 18) Private Allen
 * 19) Private Joseph Robert Augenblick (1888–1967), Philadelphia-born, honorably discharged October 15, 1914
 * 20) Private Greene
 * 21) Private Mastin
 * 22) Private McMahon
 * 23) Private Mulvihill
 * 24) Private Nicoloff
 * 25) Private Schmaltz
 * 26) Private Stager


 * Anton "Tony" Goetz (1884–1948) was the Bandmaster of the 20th in El Paso in 1916-1917.


 * In July 1912, the 16th Infantry returned from its second tour in the Philippines for duty at the Presidio in San Francisco. Two years later, the regiment was transferred with the 8th Brigade, commanded by General "Black Jack" Pershing, to the Mexican border to help secure it from depredations by Mexican bandits and paramilitary forces commanded by Francisco "Pancho" Villa. Upon arrival in April 1914, the regiment was posted to Camp Cotton. In response to Pancho Villa's attack on Columbus, New Mexico, March 1916 – about 80 miles west of El Paso – President Woodrow Wilson ordered Pershing conduct a punitive expedition into Mexico to hunt, find, and punish Pancho Villa (see Pancho Villa Expedition).

Conservatory of Merida

 * The School of Music of the State of Yucatan was inaugurated November 30, 1911, in Mérida. Shortly thereafter, it was renamed Conservatorio de Mérida. Francisco Quevedo was its first director. Antonio de la Mora, one of the founding music professors, taught counterpoint and instrumentation.

Canadian Expeditionary Force
Before the United States entered World War I, the Canadian Expeditionary Force recruited Americans to fill ranks of the 97th Battalion, one of five American Legion battalions that had greatly deteriorated. The other four battalions were the 212th, the 211th, the 213th, and the 237th.
 * April 10, 1916, de la Mora enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Windsor, and, on the same day received a medical examination.
 * April 26, 1916, de la Mora was promoted to Sergeant in the 97th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, at Toronto, and was appointed Bandmaster.
 * May 12, 1916, de la Mora was transferred to the 212th Battalion at Toronto
 * May 19, 1916, de la Mora was promoted to Band Sergeant 212th and assigned to Winnipeg, where he served as Bandmaster.
 * January 3, 1917, de la Mora received a Medical Discharge.

Grand Forks, North Dakota

 * De la Mora became a member of the Kem Shrine of Grand Forks.
 * 1916–1917: Grand Forks, North Dakota, Professor de la Mora, Bandmaster of:
 * The YMCA Boys Band
 * Kem Temple Shriners Band
 * Elks Saxophone Band
 * East Grand Forks Band

Meridian, Mississippi
De la Mora resided in Meridian, Mississippi, for a few months during 1918. While there, he published his book, Cornetist Alphabet, and organized the Hamasa Temple Shrine Band. He remained in Meridian until about late-November-early-December when he married Susan May Stennis (maiden; 1899–1973) in Meridian and, with her, moved to New Orleans for his work as a musician. When he signed his World War I Draft Registration on September 12, 1818, he provided the name of his wife, Amanda de la Mora, and his address at 817 24th Avenue (between 8th and 9th Streets), Meridian, Mississippi, an address that corresponds to the site upon which the Hamasa Temple was built in 1924. The Meridian Shriners contracted the Saenger organziation to design, build, and operate the auditorium in their building. The Saenger organization was the same organization that designed, built, owned, and operated the Strand in New Orleans, where de la Mora began working in 1918.

Strand Theatre Orchestra, New Orleans
Beginning late-November-early-December 1918, De la Mora worked as a musician in New Orleans in the Concert Orchestra under the direction of Don Philippini (né Salvatore Philippini; 1870–1950) of the recently built Strand Theater. The Strand, no longer in existence, was at the corner of Baronne and Gravier Streets for about 53 years.

On February 9, 1919, de la Mora seemingly tried to commit suicide by leaping eighteen feet to the street from the second-story window of the newspaper editorial room of the New Orleans States building at 619 Canal Street. News accounts attributed de la Mora's distress to a prior nervous breakdown from overwork and marital unhappiness relating to disagreements with in-laws. De la Mora, about two months earlier, had married Susan May Stennis (maiden; 1899–1973) in Meridian, Mississippi. Soon after marrying, they moved to New Orleans and resided at 611 St. Charles Street (at Lafayette Square).

Wichita Kansas
In 1925, Antonio de la Mora was living in Wichita, Kansas, at 1665 North Waco Avenue with his wife, Martha, and two sons, Antonio, Jr., and Adolphus. He was working there as a music teacher. He resided with his family at 2239 North Laurel Street.

Kansas City, Missouri
De la Mora moved to Kansas City, Missouri, around December 1925 to organize the Mexican Band of the Unión Cultural Mexicana (U.C.M.) in Kansas City's Westside at 1017 West 24th Street. He trained a 45-piece band composed mostly of youth from the community. De la Mora, with Martha (1903–1983), Antonio, Jr. (1922–1985), and Adolfo (born 1934) – his wife and two sons – resided at 2322 Monitor Place. The Mexican communities in Wichita and Kansas City were viewed somewhat as colonies for Mexican exiles.

According to the 1920 U.S. Census, U.S. cities with the largest inhabitants with Mexican heritage were:


 * San Antonio: 28,477
 * Los Angeles: 21,653
 * Houston: 3,953
 * Fort Worth: 3,831
 * Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City Missouri: 3,963
 * San Francisco: 3,810
 * New York: 2,572
 * Dallas: 2,295
 * Denver: 1,418
 * New Orleans: 1,306
 * Chicago: 1,224
 * Wichita, Kansas: about 800

Death in Kansas City, Missouri
Antonio de la Mora died May 9, 1926. Dr. Nicolás Jaime (1885–1965) (surname pronounced "high-me" with the accent evenly divided) was the attending physician who signed the death certificate. He and Dr. Othoniel de Rivas y Jaén (1890–1973), a Granada, Nicaragua-born chiropractor, held a funeral vigil for Antonio de la Mora May 22, 1926, at the U.C.M.

Dr. Jaime, a co-founder of the U.C.M., 72 days days earlier had signed a US$ 2,500 bail bond for Jorge Prieto Laurens (1895–1990), who was elected and served as interim governor of San Luis Potosí in 1923 for one year, was indicted in San Antonio and arrested in February 28, 1926, in Kansas City, on a charge by the Mexican government that he had, as part of the Huerta faction, participated in a plot to overthrow (another revolution) the then present Mexican regime, a government for which, diplomatically, the United States was on friendly terms. Dr. Jaime, himself, was a 1915 Mexican exile. But as a community member, in 1958, he was named "Man of the Year" by the Kansas City Academy of General Practice.

Memorial band
In 1927, after the death of Antonio de la Mora, the "Antonio de la Mora Band," directed by Alfredo Antonio González Flores (1904–1983), continued to perform in Kansas City. González, who had arrived early 1904 in Kansas City to assist with teaching music in the Mexican community, went on to become an influential music educator at Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango.

Selected compositions
Carl Fischer  "President Wilson's March," 4to

© 22 April 1913

2nd copy 26 April 1913

Antonio de la Mora, Fort Douglas, Utah

Class E (musical composition) 309389

Note: President Woodrow Wilson became U.S. President March 4, 1913

Antonio de la Mora  "Salt Lake Beauties," waltz

© 21 March 1913

2nd copy 25 March 1913

Antonio de la Mora, Fort Douglas, Utah

Class E (musical composition) 308857



 "Captain Tiffany," march, 4to

© 11 May 1909

A. de la Mora, Fort Logan, Colorado

Class C (musical composition) 207274

Dedicated to (then Captain) George Stanton Tiffany, 21st Infantry (1876–1938)

 "Colonel Williams," march, 4to

© 7 October 1908

Antonio de la Mora, Fort Logan, Colorado

Class C (musical composition) 190912

Dedicated to de la Mora's then commanding officer in the 20th Infantry, Colonel Charles Andrew Williams (1852–1926), 21st Infantry

Fort Logan, Colorado

Other  "The Twentieth United States Infantry," march (1913)  "Carnival of Mérida" ("Carnaval de Mérida") a phantasy  "Gretchen," dance intermezzo <li> "Lolita," mazurka</li> <li> "Ducat March" (1911)

Dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Charles Ducat, Jr. (1856–1913), of the 20th Infantry, son of Civil War Union Officer Arthur Charles Ducat, Sr.</li> <li> "Serenade, 'To a Violet'" (1912) <li> "Remembrance of Mexico," Mexican dance (1912)</li></ol>

Family relationship to policies of Don Adolfo de la Huerta
Someone related to Antonio de la Mora's family was a Minister in Adolfo de la Huerta's cabinet: Possibly Eduardo Carrasco.

When Adolfo de la Huerta formed a provisional government for Mexico from June 1, 1920, to November 30, 1920, he appointed Antonio de la Mora as Secretary of Defense. (search: Gabinete: secretario de Defensa)

Antonio de la Mora had a brother, José Sabás de la Mora (1882–1911), known to be a man of wide culture: teacher, writer, and journalist. He founded in 1903 the newspaper La Voz del Norte in Mocorito and also published the magazine, Arte.


 * In 1911, a revolution in Sinaloa broke out and for 11 days, José Sabás de la Mora defended his district, specifically the Cosalá plaza, against the attack of eight hundred rebels under the command of Colonel Claro G. Molina and Miguel Vizcarra. De la Mora surrendered to Colonel Molina, who spared his life on the condition that he not fight against the Revolution.  But when he attempted to defend it again, and lost again, he was arrested by 18 rebels under the command of Melquíades Meléndez and António M. Franco and was taken to their makeshift headquarters – a brothel named "Passing Cup."  He was tied-up, tortured, and shot dead with 14 bullets – murdered in Mocorito June 1, 1911.  The event was chronicled and has been widely revisited by journalist and historians.


 * En la citada imprenta de don José Sabás de la Mora que murió asesinado en la ciudad de Culiacán el 1 de junio de 1911, durante el ataque de las fuezas revolucionarias, fueron impresas por primera vez las obras poéticas del doctor Gonzales Martínez, Lirismos, Silenter y Los Senderos ocultos.


 * Coronel José Ignacio de la Mora Campos (1870–19??) was (i) elected Governor of Jalisco September 7, 1930, (ii) declared Governor Elect on December 11, 1931, and (iii) took office March 1, 1931, but (iv) was forced to resign, and did so September 11, 1931, under duress of controversy that culminated into the murder in Guadalajara — that same day, September 11 – of Dr. Manuel González Rubio (died 1911). His political opponents demanded his resignation, charging for tolerating a patronage system of governing by strengthening the influence of the Catholic church and maintaining a corrupt administration.  Juan de Dios Robledo assumed the office of Governor of Jalisco September 12, 1931.


 * He might be related to Benjamín de la Mora, who served as interim Governor of Aguascalientes from March 31, 1928, to September 3, 1928.

He also published a newspaper. He also was a member of the National Revolutionary Party.

Published works

 * Cornetist's Alphabet — for Amateurs, Advanced Players, and Professionals, by Antonio A. De La Mora (1984–1926), De La Mora Publishing Company, Meridian, Mississippi (1918), Sherman Clay, agents;
 * Cornetist's Weekly Technical Review, De La Mora Publishing Company, Meridian, Mississippi (1918)

Marriages
<ol type="A" start="1"> <li>Marie Louise Denner (maiden; 1892–1968) and de la Mora married June 5, 1912, Salt Lake City, Utah. Together, they had 3 children: <li> Otto Francis (de la Mora) Welch (1913–1988) went on to enlist three tours in the U.S. Armed Forces, totaling 14 years, 5 months: (a) months in the Army, from, July 1, 1932, to June 30, 1933; (b) 10 years years in the Army, from October 28, 1938, to March 11, 1949; and (c) 3 years years in the Air Force, from March 11, 1949, to June 3, 1952. <li> Marianne Clara (de la Mora) Welch (1914–1978) married on July 18, 1936, Charles Edward Kennamer (1906–1937), an Army enlistee stationed at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu, Hawaii. Marianne was, at the time, living with her mother and stepfather, Warrant Officer Wallace Creighton Welch (1882–1955), who was also stationed there. Kennamer died months later, after a prolonged illness. Marianne then married on October 16, 1937, Francis Regis Herald, Sr. (1912–1977), a 1935 graduate of West Point.</li> <li> Iris Mary (de la Mora) Welch (1915–1996) married on June 14, 1938, William Emmett Ekman (1913–1979), a 1938 graduate of West Point who, in 1965, became a Brigadier General before retiring in 1966. In 1968, Ekman was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal.</ol></li> Marie filed for divorce June 14, 1916, in Salt Lake City, alleging non-support for the prior 5 months. Her divorce petition asked alimony and custody of their three children. The petition gave Antonio's last known address at Huron Street, Toledo, Ohio Divorce was granted September 9, 1916, giving alimony and custody of the 3 children to Marie. Note that no-fault divorce was not an option in the United States until 1969, when it was first introduced in California. No-fault divorce became an option in Utah in 1987. All 3 children eventually changed their surname to that of Denner's 2nd husband, Wallace Creighton Welch (1882–1955).</ol></li>

<ol type="A" start="2"> <li> Amande Elisabeth Hébert (maiden; 1901–1956) and de la Mora married August 5, 1916, Winnipeg, Canada </ol></li>

<ol type="A" start="3"> <li> Susan May Stennis (maiden; 1899–1973) and de la Mora married late November or early December 1918, Meridian, Mississippi. The were divorced before the end of 1919. Her father, Joseph Dudley Stennis (1863–1934) was a farmer and prominent member of the Meridian community. From 1895 to 1915, he served as a Representative for Lauderdale County in the House of Representative of the Mississippi Legislature. In 1915, J.D. Stennis ran for Governor, losing to Theodore G. Bilbo. Susan Stennis, by way of great-grandparents – John Stennis (1785–1845) and Mary Peden (1794–1826) — was a second cousin of U.S. Senator John C. Stennis.</ol></li>

<ol type="A" start="4"> <li> Martha Montaño Bosques (1903–1983), aka María Montaño, and de la Mora married around 1921. She was a school teacher who had studied in Toluca. <li> Antonio de la Mora, Jr. (1922–1985)</li> <li> Adolphus de la Mora (1924–) was born in Mexico after Antonio de la Mora's death.</li> <li> Carlos Jorge de la Mora (1926–)</li></ol></ol>

<ol type="A" start="5"> <li> Adela de la Mora (maiden not known) and Antonio de la Mora were apparently married, but the dates are not known.</ol>

Spanish names
Antonio is sometimes abbreviated at Ant$o$

Original copyrights
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Musical Compositions, New Series, Library of Congress, Copyright Office