Evening star., 1895-10-14
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
The Regimental and Company Officers An
nosaoea This Afternoon.
Some surpsibes Y the Selections Made
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Foimations.

FOAmatt0ns.
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As predletsa bys The Star. the appoint
ments of most OF the cadet officers were
announced today,1 three weeks after the
opening of school, The anxiety Of the Ca
| diets was put to rest at The beginning Of
drill. p.ms today, by the announce
ment Of the successful ones. who have re-
ceived commissions and minor appoint
| ments. AS was expected, the military COM
| mittees at the Central and Business did
not have time to consider the merits of
the respective Candidates before the drill
of Thursday was over, so when their Sc
| lections were completed they had to lay
them on the table until this afternoon be-
fore they could be read.
AS the principals appeared in the drill
halls of their respective schools, having in
hand the longwaited for appointments,
sudden silence reigned among the cadets,
and when the words, 1.-The following ap-
pointments are hereby ordered" were read,
the hearts Of the prospective officers were,
figuratively speaking, In their mouths, and
prevented them from breathing until their
names were read The officers. as appoint
ed, ara:
At the Central.
Regimental oficers-Colonel. Julius G.
| Sommer; lieutenant colonel, Harry A. Auer;
regimental adjutant, with rank of captain,
Joseph w. Butts; regimental quarterrnaster,
with rank Of captain, James F. Hottell;
regimental sergeant major. Wade L. Jolly:
regimental ordnance sergeant, c. l.. Billiard;
and regimental color sergeant, E. r. Steph-
enSon.
Battalion and company officers-Major. C.
]. Fox: quartermaster. with rank of nrst
lieutenant, John B. Kelly: adjutant, with
| rank of first lieutenant John H. Ray; ser
geant major, Harry e. olcott; captains,
Frank C. Daniel, w. H. Won Bayer, ]. N.
Hoover and H. C. Hoge; first neutenants
F. A. Kummell, H. S. Wood, H. H. Platt
and M. c. Maxwell; second lieutenants. A.
Howe, H. b. Farrow. E. NJ. Talbot and P.
Hansen; first sergeants, H. E. Mccullough,
C. Mayer, S. J. Norris and s. H. Cady; sec
ond sergeants r. C. Mexican. J. B. Began,
r. P. Tisdell and w. 8. Tisdeil: third ser
geants. J.. 9. Gheen, J. T. Kelly. c. D.
H. H Hazen, E. K Allen. w. A. Heilprin
and L. B. Craig; fifth sergeants, S. A. See,
B. s. Edmonds, H. Poole and r. e. Mueden;
and corporals. G. Sacks, A. J. Halford. r.
r. Fernow. E. T. Weisal, H. K. Parsons,
G. H. Chase. L. W. Heron, II. w. Wild, c.
e. Whit, b. w. Brockett, P. F. Balinger,
B. H. Herbet, J. ]. Costigan, j. c. Norwood
and 0. p. Hatton.
At the Business.
Adjutant, with rank of first lieutenant,
Thomas Reed Gift; captain. Newton Har-
vey FeIree; first lieutenant, William st.
John Blanchard; second lieutenant. Bernard
Raphiel Kelly; first sergeant, Edgar More
land Kitchin: second sergeant. Willard
Aaron Simonds; third sergeant, William
Houston Ltttlepage, and fourth sergeant,
Herman Middleton Grimes. The fifth ser
geant and four corporals are yet to be Sc
lected.
At the Eastern and Western.
The appointments at the Eastern were not
ready by 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, as the
military committee had just met half an
hour before, and were yet in session trying
to finish their work SO as to have the ap-
pointments prepared by the close of drill.
which was probably accomplished If they
were not ready this afternoon they will be
read out ON Thursday.
The military committee Of the Western
met at the Central at o'clock to decide
upon their officers. who will be made known
next drill day.
Two Charges Fav0rably Received.
There are two changes that concern the
Central which Were received favorably by
all of the boys. The one which strikes the
cadets as, being the more important is the
appointment of lieutenant colonel. This
position was held by H. Leonard of the
Eastern last year, but. probably because
of the poor showing OF the latter school
this year, the position reverted to the Cen
trial. where 1t has always been except the
one year. The other change is the result
of there being only one company at the
Business. which allows the Central to form
battalion by itself, as was the case pre-
vious to last year, when company H of the
Western was added to the first battalion
Unexpectedly the appointment of leuten-
ant colonel was placed at the Central this
year. One of the surprises is that third
year boy, Charles J. Fox, is the major of
the first battalion.
Cause of Delay.
The probable cause for the delay at the
Eastern IS that there were only seventy
enlistments up to last Thursday, and 1t
was thought that unless the boys who want
shoulder straps could recruit enough men
for two full companies they may have only
ore, which would allow for the commits
sic ming of four officers, when otherwise
there would be seven.
Only One Company.
Unlike the last couple Of years, the busi-
ness school has only one company, because
there was no hope of being able to raise
more than sixty men. Moreover, Maj. Bur-
ton R. Ross is determined not to have any
more three-four companies If possible,
because they do not make as good an ap-
pearance and have more chances for sue
cess than the companies which have to
take. four fours in the competitive drill to-
ward the end of each year, and have the
liability of making more b1 eaks than the
others.
The turn of affairs deprives the Busin ess
sci ool of three commissioned officers, as
they had seven heretofore. there being only
three company officers and an adjutant
this year. These four officers are all mem
bers of the first year class of last year, it
being decided to be the best policy, because
the second year boys who returned had
their chances last year.
Makeup of the Second Battalion.
Having only one company at the Business