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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
Local band may have access to a trumpet, I checked with a Civil War re-enactor buddy and he states that bugle calls could be heard 2-3 miles in still air.
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Drums were used to the same effect in a similar time frame.
Something else that comes to mind are firecrackers (particularly to initiate ambushes), smoke bombs (both can be whipped up by many high school students), or even things that cause a certain smell (again, to initiate ambushes, particularly if its a bad smell). Or with things that cause a smell, things that imitate the smell of chemical agents (apple blossom smell and almond smell come to mind).
It would be rare in most places to have one, but conch shells, if properly worked, can also be heard for miles.
Another thing that can be heard for many miles, if done properly, is yodeling.