In the whole history of the sea, there is little to equal the wonderful behavior of these humble players. - Steve Turner

[Bandleader Hartley] apparently believed that music could be more powerful that physical force in bringing order to chaos.

Not only had they behaved dutifully and without apparent concern for their own safety, but they also offered the hope that not all of the younger male generation were venial, lazy, proud, irreligious, inconsiderate, self-indulgent, weak-willed, and timorous.

There is not in history a more splendid and inspiring example of self-control, of self-sacrifice, of courage and of manliness.