Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-14

prizes had left the parade ground and the
immense crowd was waiting for the most
youthful organization in the whole drill to
make an appearance. AS at the dedication
OF the Washington monument the boys had
no overcoats. and quite a delay was caused
| in trying to persuade them not to go in
! the drill with no protection from the rain,
| but the boys had made up their minds to
| enter that drill In spite of the weather. and
on the parade ground they went. After a
| long time of watching and waiting, the
| immense crowd suddenly gave vent to
loud cheer. as one company after another
| filed In from the left of the parking. They
marched across the field to the center with
| heavy, measured step, and when they
| wheeled into battalion front and marched
| up to the judges stand, they were greeted
with another tremendous round Of applause
| Every movement that could be done by pla-
| toon, company and battalion was executed
| and In a manner that had not been eoualed
during the week of the encampment. The
grace. the regularity and precision with
which the manual of arms was executed
won high commentator for the boys, blu:
the firings by file, by company and batal-
| lion fairly took the house." and it was
fully five minutes after the sound of the
last firing had died out before the cheer
ing ceased. The corps was the only organi-
cation on the field that drilled in double
rank.
No organization that was not regularly
encamped could compete for the numerous
| prizes offered. Thus the cadets were de-
| barred from winning prizes, as they surely
! were: Major, Andrew Stewart. Company A
captain. A. NJ Davis: first lieutenant, e. A.
Davis; second lieutenant, ]. NJ. Henderson.
| Company B-captain, H. NJ Reeve; first
| lieutenant, c. ID. Decker; second lieutenant,
| X. r. Stretton. Company C-captain, M
| d. Sohon; first lieutenant, s. H. Knight;
second Lieutenant L. F. Randolph. Com.
| lieutenant. F. A. Barton; seond lieutenant,
| Charles Dietrich. In this year the grad
yates of the High School formed
Captain, Frederick Sohon; first lieutenant.
William Shoales: second lieutenant. @. E.
Flem' ng; first sergeant, L. L. Apple; sec
ond sergeant. E. Shoemaker.
| The officers for 1888 were: Major F. D.
Fairchild; captains. William N. Fisher,
Edward w. Williams. James T. Newcomb
| and X. b. Upton; first iieutenants, w. NJ
Cruikshank. L. J. Willige. J. N. Wright
and F. w. Uber; second lieutenants c. S.
Champion, c. X. Finckel. c. A. Sherman
and ]. H. Stoutenburgh. At the close OF
this year all of the companies met in a
competitive drill, the prize being won by
company A. this being the first Of the com
petitive drills which occur annually for the
| notorious red ribbons"
| For 1889 the commissioned roster was
| as follows: Major. w. F. Barden. Company
A-Captan, II. B. Ramey; first lieutenant,
F. p. Smith; second lieutenant A. L. How
ard: Company B-Captain, j. w. Ender;e:
first Lieutenant J; v. A; Shields; second
tain. c. G. Lawtelle; first lieutenant, G. s.
! Garrett; second lieutenant, ]. c. Lewis.
Company D-Captain, s. Ferree; first lieut.
enant. M. l.. Cough; second lieutenant, B.
F. Myers. Capt. Ferree's command COM
| pany d. won the competitive prize drill. j..
Pnn-American Parade.
The following year the cadets made an
| excellent showing in the Pan-American pa
rade. under the command Of Maj. Fred. c.
Lawyer, the companies being Differed by
the following: Company A-Captain, T. e.
4 rGt mt
second lieutenant, ]. D. Black. Company
B-Captain, s. C. Ford; first lieutenant, A.
| M. Ashley; second lieutenant, F. c. Klein
schmidt. Company C-Captain, E. s. Du-
vail; first lieutenant, ]. Uike: second lieut.
enant, j. NJ. Chamberlain. Company D.
Captain, J. H. Ford first lieutenant. p.
Finckel; second lieutenant. F. NJ. Began.
Company was the winner of the prize
drill for this year. In connection with the
battalion the most popular organization in
4 the High School was what was known as
| the "Hongry Duzzen" The squad was or
first exhibition drill in February, that year.
The original members were Capt Ferree
Leader; First Sergts. Miller. Grafton and
- c: Ford. Vale. Kleinschmidt Black, Ross,
]. H. Ford and Chamberlain. The SQUAD
OF 1880 was far ahead Of the original one
and had taken parts in about twenty en-
bers OF that year were: Capt. 8. c. Ford.
leader; Capts. Grafton, Duvall j. H. Ford,
First Lieuts Ross and Ulke. Lieuts. Black,
kleinSchmidt. Chamberlain, Sergts. Ed
wards and Leech, Corps. McRoberts and
Cook and Private Miller
On the 10th of May, at an entertainment
given In the exhibition hall Of the school,
a gold medal was competed for %. a large
squad of officers in an individual drill After
a stubborn contest the prize was finally
awarded to Capt. Duvall. With this class
the "Hongry Duzzen" will pass out of ex-
istene, but the name 1t has left will always
4 be cherished by the High School
i The next year the Jolly Corporals" sue
ceeded the ''Hongries." The squad was
composed Of Corps Abbott. Barber, E. H.
Cooke. Eastman, Houchen, Keyser, Martini
Merrick, Rose. Smith. Swan and Thompson.
Larger Organization.
With the advent of the school and the
branch departments. a larger organization
than ever before was necessary, so that
the Eastern and Business High Schools
| might be represented in the battalion Ac-
| cordingly the battalion was enlarged to six
companies, under the command of a lieuten-
ant colonel. New guns and accouterments
' were procured in sufficiently large numbers
10 accommodate all applicants. The roster
OF omcers for 1881 was: Lieutenant colonel,
! Gales P. Moore; Company A-Captain, +.
Cockrell; first lieutenant, r. ID. Moran; Sec
ond lieutenant, w. r. Eastman. Company
BCaptain, c: G. McRoberts: first lieuten-
Able. Company C-Captain. H. Dec. Slater
! first lieutenant, c. c. Archibald second
lieutenant. NJ. A. Martin. Company D.
Captain, F. McC. Smith; first lieutenant,
III. L. Karpeles: second lieutenant j. r.
Whelpley. Company E-Captain H. A.
Dunn; first lieutenant, L. c. Kellogg; Sec
ond lieutenant, Thomas Stetson. Company
F-Captain, c. V. Edwards; first lieutenant,
Z. F. Cook: second lieutenant, l.. g. Abbott.
The last two companies were organized at
the Business and Eastern schools respec-
lively. The cadets at the Eastern being in
thelr nrst year and none of them having
had any previous military experience, the
officers were appointed from the Central.
In the early part Of 1891 the National Fenci-
bles of this city made arrangements for a
company or squad competitive drill to be
given in one of the large parks and open to
all military organizations OF the city. Capt.
Edwards organized squad at the Eastern
High School for the purpose of entering
this contest. and although the project failed
to materialize, this squad rapidly acquired
proficiency that was equal to that of any
similar squad in the city. and under the ex-
cellent instruction of Capt. Edwards and
Lieutenants Cook and Abbott, the squad, in
the course of a few weeks became known
throughout the whole city. The following
young men composed the squad: Sergeants
Edwards, Hughes and Kirby; Corporals
Buckler, Cook, Grant and Parker: Privates
/ buckingham, Cromwell, Jueneman, Nickel
din, Nichols. Shilling, Street. Trales and
Harvey. Capt. Dunn organized a fancy
squad from company f, composed Of Ser
geants Lewis, Pringle, Williams. Young and