The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-10-30
High School Cadets 0rganiza-
ton New Completed.
GOOD APPOINTMENTS MADE
wa shiDproa-s Military Students
Have Now Begun the Long Con-
test Thai Will End In the Struggle
Tor Supremacy at the Competitive
Drill-The Leading Officers.

| ScbtstsiN last week dnu Tie asSfniitHt ti
sergeahis the Eastern Monday afternoon
and al ihe Central Thursady afternoon 10
distinctive companies, together with the
additional appointments announced at TIA,
drins tins week, the High School Cadei
Corps has now heem completely organized
and the compani have been fairly Launched
TO begin tn-ir struggles for supremacy.
Tn" CHASING of the three lea ding officers
is 81 special interest and significance to all
of Tire cadets. as a company's SUCCESS de
/ pends mostly on them, and the chances of
the dirferea,t companies is judged accUrd-
ing 10 the Respective ability OF the "a plain
and lIeutenants.
/ The appointments arr excellent in every
case. being CONSIDER ed tie best that could
! be made. and each officer Will n"w en-
teavof to attain for his company ohe best
/ Standing possible ar at least TO reacn that
| degree Uf perfection that VIII win the
| competitive drill to he held at tie end Of
the school year, which is the goal for
wlIic.i the cadets dril TWO hours regularly
each Monday aud Thursday afternoon
throughout the school wear. The long ami
exciting contest T. at last now fully
under W.. aud Judging from the abilities
] Of the Commanding officers and the make
| Jp az tn different companies, IL promises
/ to be- as interesting aud close as In any
previous year
At m, CeUtral Charlcs o.. Tonng was
given command of Company A, and is
Therefore the ranking or Sen'or captain Oh
the reriimert. Capt Young A. a thoroughly
experienced officer. 10 wing had four years,
| eNT srience with the cadets, and VIII make
the other captains hustle TO keep tbs pace.
| First Lieut.. j J. Costican and second
! lieutenant L r. Alden will help the ia.
terestN Of this company considerably.
| rhe sergcants assigned TO the company
are ). a Robertson, rnst. 1. c NORWOOD
sccoad' II. Mccormick, third: f. r.
! S5hsver fouI tn: and X. wamwrirht. fifth
! Tn Foster OF the company H. as follows:
c. n Tavlor. ". West, A. L. Miller. NJ
Royce, j. L. Simpson. C. {. Menger, W w.
/ Thorp T.. Hp;ueS, ". Il. McKelcen, w
/ Henry. V d. Holman. II. ID. Black, r. D.
| Adar.s. x. W. Roberts, A Devlin. c. W
! Sertncr. J. A Gries,aner, l.. j Pestross.
Is. Rishsp, II y. Howe, A. l.. PetIigrew,
! c. +. Bosch, J. A Newton, ". Z. Reinohl.
W. L Ford. u. {. Bayley, c. e. Good.
Iich. ). c shelby, n. Il. Cleveland and A
/ l.. Clark
+. h. Esermann takes command of Com
! pany u with amount OF q X perieact equal
TO that OF Capt. Young and VIII lead Him
a merry rae: L. surpasS him. Capt. Ever
mann i probably tie Most popular Officer
ct tie Central. and Las a a,ost excellent
company with which 90 work. His two lieu
tenants are : K. Karpales and NJ. II. Ste W.
aKt eAb gS8ed dge Tes g FIVE s ssfrFsaRts Of
= = Frost. II. Johnson, J. %. Merwin,
G 4. Washington and l.. Hodges.
TIE thirty-i~o other members, who lust
couprise a full company. are: Corporals r.
I. Williams NJ. A Walker, ] p. loiin.
sou and W II wolverton Privates r. stet-
son, I II Spaldine. &. n Barnhar:. W.
T. Watson. " PaSchal. II Kerr Pierce
c. NJ. Bill. 80. Watts. Il. e. Marst .lle-.
W. F ratemaD, X. NJ. Johns, T.. Schwarz.
l.. f. Lanrille. II. Doing. II. Meyers,
Il. : Baker. II. Holland. j. p. Hirth.
J. II. bull, +. T McBurney, o. ID. Cunger,
L. x Chap'n. r. +. Godfrey. c. A Nc
Knew. II. u. Duvall. II. Woog and X. Van
Mater.
Samuel VI. nogan, captain of ConpanyC.
is considered to- become of the most "a pal,le
Officers at the Central. He has a military
bearing about him that Commands the re-
spect o. III his men, and he is acknuw leiee,l
TO be on excellent leader. His two lieu
tenants, j. II. Gunnell and j. Murphy, are
well-drllcd men and make most excelIeu:
Officers 'rhesrreeants tot his command are
G Heylman, II. X. Bradford, II I. Baum
T.. T Slack and W. y. Reinohl.
The roster of the company is as follows
Corpcrais, W. II. Peter, Q. = irIues
III. : Heath, F. Parsons, and s. b. Harri
son; rri' atrs. W. c. Baninger, F. r. Bernard.
b. F. Fernow, Waggene-, n. II. holland S. T.
SEE, " loder, II. u. Meloy, A. A. Haub-
soil, *. Fish. b. NJ. COON, r. H. Van Nest,
l.. II. Richards, c. A. Manning, p Wilson,
r. y. Jones. L. NJ. Enrilier, F A Noulton,
j. y. Ranesklll. X. X. Barrenger. q -
Prindie, +. +. Barber. W S. Orton, G ".
S!afeI, " + Newton. r. Maranry and
=. II. Wagner.
Capt Il r. Wheeler was assigned 10
Company J., and from the minute he took
"hdrPe he began working for all he was
worth. Capt. Wheeler is noted for his as
siduity, and AZ his command does not de-
velop into n prize driI company il VIII
hardly be his fault @ T. Stornont, first
lieutenant. and G. y. Gerry, second lieu
tenant, win give valuable support. as will
also the scrgeants, p Ballinrer. Fl. NJ.
Sinister. {. Paul, F. A. Dennison and j. W.
Binkerhoff first, second. third, fourth,
and fifth, Respectively.
Tie roster OF the company is as fellows.
Corporals G. NJ Adee, II. Fish, T. r..
Heath and Y. ". Jewett Privates-L.
Borland. I. z Buall, T. G. Brian. Churchill.
Z. p. Cox, +. ID. Dimond, ]. Endicott, T.
i>rney, J. @. Hall, Heap, r. Johnston. W.
:. Jcnes. H. T. Jones r. Lowen, H. W.
Ma WARD, ID. T. McBurney, g. Mcpherson,
II. c. Parker, K. W. Roberts, E. Rockwell.
S. Il. Rowe. W. c. Shepard, A. T. Shreve.
II. n. Troup, I. Walker, b. Welsh. W,
Whitmore and w. Young.
The Second Battalion. composed of thu
Western, Business, and Eastern schools.
Ias its usual sci of fine officers and the
'rOSpecis of landing tile prize competitive. |
drill appear as bright as in apy OF the
-hree past wears when first place was |
awarded 70 Tins battalion, the Western |
winning it twice, under Joe Taussig, who
IS now at the Naval A ca denny, and Cant. |
Sm0Ct. and tire Eastern securing IL through \
he success of Capt. Nelson Gapen.
Cald. Thomas j. Tydihgs, of Company E |
at the Business School, has the distinction /
'f having stood highest in scholarship OF |
any captain ever appointed from that |
school, and if he keeps up his good reoor., |
u The orill and has the untiring efforts of |
LeutS John Mahaney, and Joseph F.
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