Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-24
TO DRILL FOR A MEDAL
The Oolored High School Cadets to Compete
This Year.
three Companies to Participate fin the
Contest Which Takes Plnce This
Aftcrnoon-Thc Rosters.

special interest centers in the annual
competitive drill of the Colored High School
Sauets inns year, as IL is the first time
'iiat they nave met in competition where
the program called for the execution of
both the manual and the company move
Hents, and as II is the first time that three
companies Will contend for the gold med
al and the blue ribbons" The drill Will
be held this afternoon at the Ma
tonal Ball Park, end will be complinen-
tary to the pupils and friends of the school
The judges of the contest will be Mai.
Z. II. Ourand, who has officiated so satis-
factorily in the past and Capts. Z. c. Ed
wards and w. E Horton. Capt Arthur
Brooks, the military instructor, has made
out program through which ca IN captain
will take his command according 10 his
own judgment
Each company will be marched upon the
drill ground and formed in line fifteen
yards In front of the Judges and reported
to the senior officer of the board Move
nents will be executed in the order OF ar
rangement given in the program. 1t Is not
10 be understood that the movements In
every case can be executed from the pre-
ceding ones The movements being given
the captain is expected to use his own
Judgment in executing them. Any move
ment passed will be marked as zero and
cannot be taken up. When marching the
great to enable the Judges to determine the
proficiency of each command. In every IN
stance the prescribed movement must be
FULLY executed before passing to the next
on the program. At the conclusion of the
drill the company will be marched to the
grand stand and presented to the judges.
The three companies have been training
hard and conscientiously for thu drill aud
an exciting and interesting competition will
be the result. Company b, under Can't
Ray, is the fevorite with both teachers and
pupils. Capt. Rays boys respond 10 every
suggestion of the leader. and they stand a
fair chance of capturing the medal cant
Burgess of Company A says that his COM
mand is still in the contest, and although
coming along slowly. it hopes to surprise
the friends of ''B'' and &C" AS for
&C" the boys obey the strong tones
of Capt. White with all the snap and go'
that could be desired, and If few Gn-
ishing touches are put on the drill ''C'' viii
be formidable rival
The rosters Of the companies IRE as fol-
lcws: Company A-Captain, Frank H.
Burgess; lieutenants Leon Turner and
Granville Pollard; sergeants, Louis patier-
son, Maurice Fergerson. Charles Dorsey;
corporal, Harry Burgess; privates. Henry
Atwood, William Bowie. Joseph bryant,
Clement Carroll. Herbert Chinn. John w.
Crusoe, Paul cambridge, Morris Green,
William Howard, Hendon Jones. Charles
Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Joseph Milton.
Ferdinand .MGten, Jesse Mccoy. John
Neale, Harry Patterson, William Publes,
aHuESW Idytle, James SklpWlth, 'harleS
Thompson, Daniel Thompson, Roger Watts
and George Whitfield.
Company B-Captain. A. NJ. Ray; lieu
tenants y. Guy and b. Davis; sergeancs.
A. Chew, w. Payne. \. Lucas and y.
Houston; eorporals. c. Shorte, W. Payne
ard ]. Norris; privates. w. Brown. F.
Brown, Clayton, Camhell, Crusoe, CuIley.
Dale, Edwards, Evans Gaskins, Gross,
Jenkins, keitch, Martin, Mckinney, Mitch
ELL Shamwell, Shirley, Shines, Slaughter,
Taylor. Triplett, Rose and Wilkinson.
Company C-Captain, John White: lieu
tenants, j. Montgomery and J. Washing
ten; sergeants, Alonzo Saunders William
Beason and John Wright: corDorals, r.
Carroll V. Fischer, r. Jackson and r. Ter
rell; privates, r. Baltimore, c. Berke, w.
Bowie, r. DAILY. NJ. Dean, 4. Gaskins r.
Grey, Henderson, S Holmes II. Jennings,
c. King, G.. Lee, A. Levy, NJ. MaXwIll. G.
Mckinney, II. Norwood, r. PeyUon, =.
Perry. {. Turley, {. Wilson, F. Wells. ".
Walker, L. Wormley, ID. Davis and c.
Davis.