Sergeant Kid Layland
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 4 February 1904,
page 5
"Kid" Layland, the retired Color Sergeant of the Second Infantry since 1901 is packing up for a long visit to his brother in New Jersey. The Kid still clings to his famous souvenir, the trumpet, in its battered condition, as it was shot from his mouth while he was sounding the charge at Santiago.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 16 February 1904, page 6
"Kid" Layland, retired Color Sergeant of the Second Infantry, who has been paying a long visit to his brother at Newark NJ, returned Sunday and will remain several months.