Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Clarinet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.793393 Composed by By F.W. Meacham. Arranged by by Hadley Hazen. Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. 24 pages. Hadley Hazen #3594107. Published by Hadley Hazen (A0.793393). American Patrol is a popular march written by Frank White (F.W.) Meacham in 1885. It incorporates both original musical themes by Meacham and melodies from American patriotic songs of the era such as Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean and Dixie. Composed for piano, it was then arranged for wind band and published by Carl Fischer in 1891. Copyright was assigned to Meacham's widow, Cora, in 1912 and renewed in 1919.