In September 1871 August Reckling took over the baton of the Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Rifle Battalion No. 14. He was awarded the title of a Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Music Director in 1883 and retired from active service in 1890 when the battalion deployed to the city of Colmar located in Alsace. Reckling remained in Mecklenburg. He was active in many fields, and above all as a composer. We owe two of the most beautiful army marches to him. However, they became army marches only in the 1920s, namely in 1925 respectively in 1926. The marches in question are the “Revue-Marsch” (“Revue March”) and “Waidmannsheil” (“Good Hunting”). Both also have in common that Reckling composed them already in 1886. The march “Waidmannsheil” has survived as one of the most popular marches composed on hunting songs. Reckling used the Transylvanian hunting song “I shoot the hart in the wild forest”. This tune is followed by a musical citation of “Lützows wilde, verwegene Jagd” (“Lutzow’s wild, bold chase”). This song stems from the times of the Wars of Liberation. Its lyrics were written by Theodor Körner while the sweeping music was composed by Carl Maria von Weber. In the trio Reckling relied on the traditional folk song “Im Wald und auf der Heide” (“In the forest and on the heathland”)