Where does the name of the tune 1919 comes from?

The clue is in the book by Gary Ginell:

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For the fourth tune Ory decided om a traditional rag that he had known for years but could not recall the title. For the purpose of the session, he named it after the year Marili Morden was born, 1919.

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Here is some info about "1919" that just came out on the DJML list :

"Friends,

We've been looking for the source of 1919 (aka 1919 Rag, 1919 March) for decades. Most folks agree that it's too complex to be by Trad. or Anon., but what's the source? Karl L. King's "Rifle Rangers" has been suggested, but everybody who's looked at it has rejected it as a predecessor of 1919 -- John Gill did that in this group in 2003.

Well, Marty Eggers, pianist/bassist from Oakland found the

answer: It's "Rough Riders," written by H. A. Fischler in 1914. You

can see it at http://www.bandmusicpdf.org/bmpdf/R/RoughRiders.pdf

The way Marty tells it, he was searching www.bandmusicpdf.org for

another piece (which he didn't find!), he was aware of the many false

suggestions of Rifle Rangers as the source of 1919 and "couldn't help wondering if the real title might be something similar, that is,

another two-word title with the alliteration of the 'R.'"

And here it is!

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Dick Baker

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