The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17
CADETS BALL.
High School Battalion
On Parade.
We're Reviewed by the Mayor and
Adjutant General.
Drill Exhibition a Great
Success.
An Event Which Was Much En-
joyed by Many People.

There 10 one organization In Portland
which never falls to attract crowd
whom its annual drill and ball takes
place and that IL the Portland High
School Cadets. The ninth annual lall
occurred last evening at City hall and the
attendance was ~ lsrgs a. usual.
The hall was suitably dsoerated for the
occasion. The reception booth was placed
At one end Of the hall beneath the gallery
and here we're assembled the special
guests Of tbs Cadet battalion. Theyiin-
oluded Mayor Frank W. Robinson. who
was accompanied BY Miss Robinson; Ad-
jutant General John L. Richards Of
Maine and Colonel John d. Printable
and Colonel W. @. Eaton Of the Cover
nor's stan, Major Charles Collins and
other officers Of the First Infantry, N. g.
s. M; members Of the school board
Principal Albro L. Chase and members
Of the city government
After q concert Of appropriate seleo.
tions by the American Cadet band the
| Cadet companies marched upon the
noov and formed battalion. 1t was
handled very skilifully BY Major Harry
L. Saunders and formed for review In
column OF companies. Mayor Robinson
and Adjutant General Richards then re.
viewed the battalion. Then the battalion
marched IN review and As the companies
swung past the reviewing stand they
were as steady rs veterans and presented
a magnificent appearance. Following
the review came . battalion drill with
again showed his ability to manosuvsr
tho battalion IN the narrow space Afford
de by the hall and the drill passed on
very smoothly.
The next feature ON the programme
was setting up exercise by the pony
company &C." Capt. Wallace II. Powers
| commanding. These exercises with the
rifles were executed without command
and there was not . break made In them
from beginning to end. II was one Of
the bsst features of the entire exhib ition.
b company was then drilled by Capt.
CHARLES J. Chapman and were given .
handsome reception by the large audience
and their manoeuvers were libsrally ap
plauded throughout Company A, under
the command of Captain George ". Carls.
then gave an exhibition Of the bay onet
dril which was first performed by COM
| mands and then without them. This ex-
hibition seemed to please the spectators
very much.
The evenings entertainment was
bro ught to a close by dress parade
which passed of smoothly and with few
breaks being made. Taking all In all the
exhibition was a most creditable one and
showed that Major I. E. Haftnett has
accomplished a great deal with the Ca
dsts during the short time he has been
acting as their drill master and they have
made remarkable progress under his tu-
ition. When In the National Guard Ma
jor Hart nett was considered one Of the
best drill masters In the service and the
appearance of the Cadet battalion last
u light shows that he has lost none OF his
ability in this direction.
The officers OF the Cadet battalion this
year are as follows: Major, Harry e.
Saunders; adjutsnt. Vernon W. Hall.
| quartermastsr, J. Louis Jordan; sargsaut-
major, Edward G. Thomes; quartermas-
ter-ssr xsant, Samuel L. Worcester; prin-
cipal musician, Carol j. Chaplin; color
sergeant. Haroli ID. Jones.
Company A-Captain, George W. Carle;
first lieut. snant, Charles &. Hall; second
lieutenant, Charles s. Briggs,
Company B-Chaptain, Charles j. Chap
man; first lieutenant, George s. Baker;
second lieutenant, Louis j. Gulliver.
Company C-Captain, Wallace h. Pow
ers; first lieutenant, Philip A. Houston /;
second lieutenant, Lester N. White.
Following the drill came the ball.
which was greatly enjoyed by the host Of
young people present. Those who con-
tributsd to the success Of the ball were:
Committee of Major
Harry G. Saunders, advertising; Capt.
George W. Carle, programme; Capt,
Wallace NJ. Powers. dance orders; Capt
Charles ]. Chapman, music; Lieut..
Vernon W. Hall, clerk and tickets; Lieut..
j. Louis Jordan, decorations.
Reception Committes-Msyo Frank
W. Robinson. Major Charles Collins.
Sergeant Harry W. Way, Orlando II.
Lord, superintendent Of schools; Albert
B. Hall, chairman High School commit
tee; Albro K. Chase. principal Portland
High School; William N. Marvin, prin-
clpal Deerlng High School; Harry II.
NicKerson, Harold w. Loker. Charles o.
Caswell, ex.Major Charles d. Boyd. ex-
Major Galen II. Harris.