Evening star., 1898-05-28

Capt. montgomery.
quietly, indeed. Company c clearly out
classed the other two commands of the
battalion, and the voice of the judges and
the spectators alike was unit in its
favor.
The colored cadets drilled this year fol-
a handsome medal, the gift of the colored
teachers of the Washington schools. The
medal was presented to the battalion be-
fore the drill and was taken in charge by
Principal Montgomery. At the conclusion
of the competition. after the judges had
announced the winning company, the medal
was awarded to Captain Montgomery OF
Company C. while each of his men re-
ceived one of the coveted blue ribbons. The
judges of the drill were Major C. H. Our
and. Captain Z. c. Edwards and Lieuten-
and Howard Bell. all of the District Ma
tional Guard.
First on the Field.
Company A was the first to drill. Its
roster is as follows:
Company A-Captain. Leon Turner; lieu
tenants, Louis Patterson and Hamilton
Martin: sergeants Clement Carroll, Will
liam Howard and Allen Levy; corporals,
Ferdinand Moten and Robert Peyton; pri-
Yates. Clayton Barnister, Rutherford Ber-
ryman. William Carroll, Herbert Chinn,
Charles Collins. Radford Davis. John Diggs.
Gray, Morris Green, Samuel Harrison.
Howard Johnson. Charles Lewis, Ralph
Lewis. Ellicott Madden, Joseph owens, Err
nest Payne, Charles Pearson, William
Speaks. Charles Thompson, Daniel Thomp-
son, William Tolson, George Whitfield and
Joseph Milton.
Captain Turner's men went through al
most the same program the white cadets fol-
lowed. The field movements of his company
and the manual tactics of the men were eX-
ceptionally good. marred by only few in
dividual blunders. Company A was warm
ly applauded as the command marched
from the field.
Champions of Last Year.
Company B, last years champions, drill
ed next. The command is as follows:
Company B-Captain, Benjamin o. Davis;
lieutenants, Jesse E. Ellis and Raymond A.
Jackson; sergeants, Andrew Payne, Will
liam Payne and Benjamin Hallstorks; cor
porals, Clarence Davis. Hayward Jennings,
Richard Baltimore and William PEBBLES;
privates, John Gaskins, Garnet Wilkinson,
Walter Ray, Engene PEBBLES. Kiger Sa-
Noy, CorteZ Simms, Ernest Jarvis, Walter
Hayley Charles Harris Robert Culley,
Richard Washington, Lewis Mckinney,
Alfred Peters. Robert Campbell, James Ar
mold, Arthur Turer. Jesse Green, Clarence
Lewis. Quinton Williams, Thomas Rose,
Bernard Shamwell and William Carroll.
The friends of these former prize winners
noticed marked lack of spirit among
them, their movements being slow and un-
sOldierly. They did not seem to take very
much interest in their work. Captain
Davis makes excellent commanding Off
Ger. however, and il was not his fault that
the command made such poor showing.
The Winning Company Last.
Company was the last to drill 1t was
clearly the favOrite, and while marching to
salute the judges the men Were welcomed
with the plaudits of the thousands gathered
in the stands. The excellent showing by
Captain MontgOmery's men was enhanced
by contrast with the work of the preceding
company. Company went through the
various maneuVers without an apparent
break The manual of arms, the field
movements and the firing were all executed
with snap that won the admiration of
every one The prize companys roster is
follows.
Company C-Captain. Joseph o. Mont
gomery; first lieutenant, Arthur F. Chew:
second lieutenant, Edward A. Ridgelcy
first sergeant, J. Edward Norris; second
sergeant. William A. Brown third ser
geant, James E Slaughter; cOrporals, Mil
ton Dean. Verdi Fisher, Roger Watts VIII
liam Gross; privates. William Adams,
Ralph Brent John Brown, Cornelius Burke,
Edward Buchanan. Robert Campbell. Jo-
seph Carroll. John Clark, Edward Clifford,
Richard Daley, James Europe, DOnnelly
HawkswOrth. Sumner Holmes, Jerome Jen-
kins, George Jones, George Lee, Ernest
Lewis. William Maxwell, Guilford McKin-
ney. Clarence Perry. Chester Turley. Wal
ter Walker. Frank Wells. George Richard
son. Harold Norwood and Joseph Murray.
The Parade.
At the conclusion of Company C's drill
the judges retired, and the battalion was
assembled for dress parade Major William
o. Davis taking command. There were
also present Adjutant John F.. Washington
and Sergeant Major Romeo Carroll The
Capital City Band furnished music for the
parade
The judges were not long in making up
their decision. and when Company G was
summoned to the front to receive the prizes
the opinion of all present was that the hon
ors were well merited.