The Washington times., 1895-05-24
BEAUTY saw THE BOYS
Best Girls Arrayed in BeWitGhing
Costumes Encouraged Cadets.
HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL DRILL
Immense and Enthusiastic Crowds
Witnessed the Contest at the Ma
tional Baseball Park-"Rooters"
Covered with Ribbons and Red with
Roaring and Teachers.

Covered with Ribbons and Red with
Roaring Principals and Teachers.
Young citizen soldiers seldom perform
before such an immense and enthusiastic
crowd as that which attended the opening
of the competitive drills OF the II Ugh
School Cadets yesterday afternoon at the
National Baseball Park Every cadet
must have at least half dozen best girls,
for the young beauties OF the Capital made
up about half Of the bright and gay throng
that filled the grand stand. the bleachers
aud the press gallery.
The scene was one, therefore, distinctly
of color, animation and enthusiasm. 1t
was a bright afternoon, and shades of blue,
pink, red and green marked the costumes.
All the womens' portable goods and adorn-
meuts, hats, parasols and umbrellas, bore
favors and ribbons in the colors of their re-
spective favorite companies.
One intense enthusiast bore a new broom
which was decorated in an outre style with
red ana white streamers. Company BIS
''rooters" bore aloft a banner with the
humorous device: We don't sting, We
Butts" plain allusion To the name OF
their captain.
MADE THINGS LIVELY.
Company a had perhaps six or seven
hundred of the claque. They were massed
al the center of the left section of he seats.
Their standard was black and white with a
pink square forthe company letter. OPP
pOsite this demonstrative crowd was the
Georgetown contingent with green favors
and they made things lively, with the flaunt
ingor the flags OF Company II, ofthe Western
High School. They Were equipped with a
forest Of nag poles, fancy umbrellas, and
nondescrptnusicaI inst struments, with which
they gave their friends Il half dozen or
more ovations.
The companies in the contest were ID,
under Capt. English: c, under Capt SOM
mer; A, Capt. Auer; b, Capt. Butts, and
II, Capt. TauSsig. The companies, eX-
cept the last, were from the Central High
School
tine Chase and Capt. John I. French, of
the Fourth Artillery, Z. S A, and Lieut..
Henry II. Whitney, Z. s. A.
Company Il was the smallest in point OF
numbers, having twenty-fOur in line, ex-
elusive or officers.
Tie people in attendance Were largely
those Interested directly in the contest
ants. For this reason great many of the
teachers il the graded schools were pres
ent, and espec tally the lady teachers.
There were besides these quite large con-
tiBgent OF the past masters in drills, the
officers of the local militia.
THOSE on THE STAND.
Among those noted on the grandstand
were Chief Justice Fuller, Prof. william
3. Powell, superintendent of the public
schools: Dr. Wilmer and Dr Hazen. of the
trustees: Prof Lane, Miss Westcoat, Prof
Allen Davis, Mai. Barton, Maj Burton r.
Ross, military instructor in The Cadets;
Capt. Oyster, Of the National Rifles, and
Col Allison, donor of the handsome medal
being contended for.
There were ten grand events OF the day,
the coming on and going off the field of the
five companies. They were cheered as they
came on and again as they retired.
The tests were very eXacting and kept
the audience Interested for more than two
hours and a half
Company came on first. They made
little break in the stacking of arms. and
their alignment before the grand stand
was not good In the manual they did
finely, Us also in the eleventh order or the
fourth part OF the programme, which in
II.
The yolley firing was in unison. This COM
pany was regarded as standing a good
chance fnrthe prize.
The captain Of Company c was out of
step with his company coming on the field.
The loud cheering that greeted these hand
some fellows Derved them TO their work
In the seti-g up exercise they presented
a Symmetrical picture. These exercises
were fayorite with the grand stand.
GRACEFUL FEATURE.
1t was the most picturesque and graceful
feature of the drill The marching of
Company c was very good all through
passing the obstacle, oblique into line and
halt, the formation of column of files
Their first fire was irregular, the rest
good. Their oblique to the left aud right
TO form line on left was vociS Serously cbeered.
Company AS execution of the manual Of
arms was cheered time aud time again
Their movements in double time were ad-
mirably executed. Their firing in volley
aud the firing with objective changes were
up to the standard. These soldiers re-
ceived an ovation when they marched off
the grounds.
Co. B marched on the ground with con-
fidence and precision. They increased the
esthetic effect Of the setting up exercises
by throwing wide open their jacket fronts
and giving the white linen a fair show
Proceeding from this exercise to the right
and left hand salutes three OF the men had
not redreSsed in time and the alignment
was therefore awkwardly made. One of
the men in the manual dropped his bayonet,
and saluted in rank. The firing in yolley
by this company was done very near the
grand stand anG it was like one gun. They
had the misfortune when the order to fire
lying down was given to be right in the
fine Dust near the second base, but they
went into it Inanfully and came out flow
cred from head TO foot.
BEST DURING THE DAY.
The last movements in the drill-form
line to the left to form line on left-were
not exceeded in accuracy and cadence
during the drill. One of the men fell
very near the grand stand in executing
an order of fours left about. 1t was
fan from collision with one of the
officers
Company came on in the midst of
a most enthusiastic demonstration One
of the military men on the grand stand
remarked that Capt. Taussi@ was the
first OF the captains who made the cor
rect officers right about. This company
rushed things from the start. Their set
ting up exercises were excellent tbrir
fixing and unfixing OF bayonets was done
quickly and together and 10 q man, as
was the stacking and taking arms, and
the whole manual or arms.
In the right and left turns into lire in
double time the company was brought into
almost faultlegs alignment. Their vol
ley firing was bad-at least the first and
second volley.