Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-18
THE HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
The Organization, With Exception of the
Western School, Fully Organized.
Appointments to Company Positions
Announced Today Business and
Central Already Offered.

With the exception of the company at
the Western High School the High School
Cadets will be fully organized BY the time
the drill hour closes this afternoon. The
appointments for company positions were
read at the Business school this morning;
the appointments at the Central we're read
at the beginning Of drill this afternoon,
while those at the Eastern will be read to
the cadets at the close of the drill hour
about o'clock.
The reading of appointments is always
one of the most interesting events in the
soldier life at the high schools. 1t means
a year Of elation and pride in the joy of
wearing the comforting shoulder straps.
1t is a cold day, indeed, that newiy-ap-
pointed officer must wear his overeoat, Tor
overcoats hide these glowing badges of
rank. OF course, there are disappointments
over rank obtained and some declarations
of the rank bestowed. Aand sometimes stu
dents have even gone SO lar as TO leave
school because of this disappointment, but
on the whole the great majority OF the
cadets are generally well pleased with
their appointments individually. and know
that if they have not obtained coveted
shoulder strap or sergeants cnevrohs, II
is because they have been aniss in some
little school duty that has been slipped
over.
Business Roster.
The appointments at the Business School
read this morning were received with
every mark of satisfaction by the boys.
They were as follows: Captain, Company
H Cuisines company, Thomas j. Tyd-
ings; first lieutenant, John Mahaney; sec
end lieutenant, Joseph F. Hodgson: first
sergeant, John R. Weyrich: second SER
geant, Ford E. Young: third sergeant,
Clarence c. Weideman: fourth sergeant,
Frank v. Atlee, and fifth sergeant, Fred
erick H. Heidenrefch. Herman c. Gauss
was appointed adjutant for the I'd Bat
TALON. with the rank of first lieutenant.
The company was formed this afternoon
with the newly appointed officers in their
places. and the exercises We're a noticeable
improvement on those of other days.
The committee In charge of military
affairs at the Eastern school met this
afternoon at o'clock, but by the time
made sufficient progress TO read the ap-
pointmerts to the cadets. The work was
finished shortly after drill began, how
ever, and the list will be made public at
4 o'clock.
The Central.
The work of the military committee at
the Central School was finished last week,
but some new questions came up this
morning SO that the appointments could
not be read until this afternoon at 2
o'clock. These appointments embraced
SohiPfihy poSitiOiS anu were lOllOWS.
Captains, Companies A, b. C, ID, c. D.
Young, S. w. Began, H. +. Wheeler and
T. B. Everman.
First lieutenants, S. r. Karpeles, 1. ].
Costigan, G. J. Stormont, ]. H. GUnnell.
Second lieutenants, l.. r. Alden. NJ. B.
Stewart. G. N. Gerry, J. A. Murphy.
Adjutant, 1st Battalion, with rank of first
lieutenant. d. A. Tracy.
Sergeant major, LIST Battalion, L. G. Nor
wood.
Sergeants-P. Ballenger c. G. Heylmun.
y. ID. Reed, p. d. Frost, j. b. Robertson,
H. NJ. Shuster, H. X. Bradford Il. V. Dick
son, H. r. Johnson, j. o. Merwin, J. W.
Brinkerhoff c. Paul, b. j. Mccormick, IL.
E. Baum. F.. A. Denison, L. L. Slack, q. A.
Washington, E. r. Schayer, l.. Hodges, X.
Wainwright.
Corporals: w. P. Rcinohl ]. B. Johnson.
T. r. Heath, H. NJ. Jewett, A. L. Clark. NJ.
A. Walker, S. p. Harrison, r. Fish, w. II.
Woolverton. F. Parsons r. S. Williams,
J. K. Bishop, o. Arnles, W. H. Peter, g.
NJ. Adee r. d. Black.
The uniform of the cadets will undergo
a change this year in the matter of caps.
The vote taken a short time ago showed
that by majority of the cadets they wish
ed the Old-style, or cadet cap, as against
The regulation" such as the regular army
wears. The vote disclosed but one cadet
at the Eastern in favor of the "regula-
tion,' and but fourteen at the Central.
The vote at the other two schools in favor
Of the regulation" was also extremely
Small and the change will be made in ac-
cordance with this expressed desire of the
boys.