Evening star., 1897-03-12
THE HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
Program Arranged for the Competitive
Drill.
Movements to BE Executed-Order in
Which the Companies VIII
Appear.

The captains of the eight companies Of
the High School Regiment met at the Gen.
trail School yesterday and drew for places
in the competitive drill to be held about
the 21st of May On the first day the COM
pan.es will drill in the following order
Company B, Captain Hausen; Company c,
Captain Howe; Company A, Captain Ray;
Company D, Captain Platt. The second
day: Company G. Captain Bryan; Company
H, Captain Smoot; Company E, Captain
White. and Company F, Captain French.
The captains will observe the following
rules:
1. The company will be marched upon the
drill ground and formed in line fifteen
yards in front of judges and reported to
senior officer Of the board.
= Movements will be executed in the or
der of arrangement given in the program
). 1t is not to be understood that each
from the preceding one. The movements
will be given, and you are expected to use
your own means to execute them.
T. Any movement passed will be marked
O' and cannot be taken up.
D. When marching the distance passed
over must be sufficiently great to enable
the judges 10 determine the proficiency of
each command. In every instance the pre-
scribed movement must be fully executed
before passing to the next on the program
u. At the conclusion OF the drill the COM
pany will be marched to the grand stand
and presented to the judges.
The Program.
l. The arms will be stacked, the COM
pany marched a few PAGES to the rear and
the following movements. without arms
executed: Setting-up exercises, 1 to II, in
elusive; =, open ranks; 3, present arms; l.
order arms; 5, port arms; G. order arms: Z
rlgnt shouider arms; 8, port arms; o. pre-
senl arms; ~. port arms; II, right shoulder
arms; II, order arms; 13, fix bayonet; H.
charge bayonet; Is, order arms; 1t right
shoulder arms; H. charge bayonet; 49, port
arms; al ~, charge bayonet; 20, order arms
-, present arms; "a. right shoulder arms
3D. ieft shoulder arms; 2G, right shoulder
arms; u, rifle salute; 2S trail arms; ~
ora order arms; 30, close ranks; 81, stack arms;
81, take arms; 33, load; "a, fire one yoIley
at an object three hundred yards distant;
30, fire another voIley at the same
OBJECT with four hundred wards elevation.
90. ilre another volley at an object 500 yards
cease firing; 81. kneel; 49, load and fire ona
Volley at an object 600 yards distant and
cease firing; 30, lie down; 40. load and fire
one Volley at same range and object; II,
cease hiring; A. rise; 43, align company two
PAGES to the rear: A, march by the flank
IN column of fours and then march about
by fours toward the file closers 10 form
lne execute change step, mark time right
snort step and back step without hating;
~, oblique to the right in column of fours
IN double time mark time and continue
oDlque; ~, marching in line, turn and ad-
vance; ~, marching in line, turn and halt;
%, pass obstacle covering right four; 81
reform line: 81, being in column of fours
execute right oblique in double time and
matt; 53. being in column of fours form
ie1t front into lire without hating; 81,
marching in column of fours, fix and unfix
bayonet; 10, marching in column of fours
form on right into line in double time; sc,
marching in lire, double time, change step;
81, form column of files from column of
fours; -, marching in column of flies form
column of fours; 80 marching in column of
fours, form column of twos; 90 form col
Imn of fcurs; 81, form line; 81, march to
march to the right in line; Ga,
march to the original front;
S. marching in line in double time exc
cute ITO the rear, march," 66, marching
In line In double time, march to original
front; 81, marching in column of fouTs in
quick time, form line to the front and
halt; 6s. marching in column of fours
form line toward the file closers 50, march
TO lhe original front. wheeling fours: 10.
form column of fcurs: II, form column of
platcons, to the left front without halting
u, form line to the left front without halt
ing; 13, form column of fours from the left
to march to the rear: "a, form on left into
line of platoons in column of fours; IS,
form column of platoons to the
right and move forward: 76. form on
right into line: Il, form column of
platoons to the right and halt
49, Form column of fours to the front from
the right. 10. Form left front into line of
platoons il column of fours. so. March to
the rear 81. Form line to the left front
without ~halting. 50. March to the rear
81 Form columns Of platoons to the right
without halting. 81 March by the right
flank. So. Form column of fours to the
left. Sc. Form on right into line 81. Form
column Of platoon to the front from the
left. SS. Form line to the right without
halting. 80. March company in line around
the diamond once in quick time, and once
In double time, halting at place Of begin
ming; while marching quick time, execute
right shoulder. left shoulder, port and Sc
cure arms and halt while at secure. 90
Fire at will at an object to the front, 500
yards distant. 81. Open chamber. 92 Close
chamber.
There will be no time limit this year. Each
captain as soon he finishes the program
will report to the judge and leave the
field
The boys have nearly two months and a
half in which to perfect themselves in the
program, and an Interesting and exciting
contest will be the result, as all of the COM
panies are hard at work and every one
has a good show for the flag.
EARCICAI. PEACE MEETING.