Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-29
AGAIN 1T is COMPANY B
WINNING COMMAND IN BATTALION
OF COLORED CADETS.
high school Boys In Annual Compete
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tive DrilI-Great ThrOng in
Attendance.

Yesterday was day for eclipses. The
hun and the moon figured in little aftalr
of the kind in the morning, and IN the
afternoon Company l.. in annual compeu-
tive. drill eclipsed the efforts of the Two
other companies of the Colored High schooi
Cadets This seems to be a prosperous
wear for cadet companies bearing the letter
designation b anyhow. 1t will be re-
rnc:nbered that last week Company Il car
ried off first honors in the annual c"mpe-
ti1ion of the cadets representing the white
schools.
1t was great day not alone for the col
ored cadets but for the colored population
of the city as we'll. Everybody, it appear
ed was at the National Base BAH Park.
and each individual in the vast throng was
particularly interested in either company
A. Company Il or Company {. Although
the regiment of white cadets consists OF
eight companies. the attendance at the
drills last week was not as large as that Oh
Yesterday before which the three COM
panics of colored soldiers maneuvered
Everybody was armed with flag or col
pred device of some sort; everybody hau
thoroughly rehearsed the yells of the COM
panies, and everybody was unQuestlonapy
In good voice. The crowd yelled and shout
ed and in some instances reared Every
movement of the cadets was closely watcn-
ed Every one that was even ordinarily
we'll executed was loudly applauded- When
any one company made the semblance of
an error the rooters for the other compa-
MES were most derisive in their express
Compnny First to Drill.
Company A was the first to face the
Judges who We're Maj. Charles Fl. Ourand'
INSPECTOR general District of Columbia
militia: Capt f. c. Edwards, Company A;
% battalion District of Columbia National
Guard and Capt. William S. Hodges. Com
pany d. 4th battalion. District of Columbia
,-,l Erar
wide field and including platoon move
ments, the company gave way to company
G.. the officers being loaded down with HOW
ers, however. they marched OF Inc
demonstration that greeted Company { was
fully as great that which marked the
appearance of the preceding company. and
the best oval of flowers was likewise IN or
der That Company Il was immensely pop
ular was evidenced by the welcome accord
ed it. When it had completed its exhibition
flowers in large quantities were awaiting 1t.
The judges retired TO go over their mark
ings and the interim well occupied by
the battalion of cadets which went through
the ceremony of dress parade. Maj. Leon
Turner was in command and music was
supplied hy Hoffman Cornet Band
The judges were not long in consultation
When they appeared from beneath the
grandstand the battalion was brought to
attention Major Ourand gave a whis-
pered direction to the battalion commander,
who repeated 1t to First Lieut., NJ T. Dean;
The latter proceeded in direct line toward
the center of the battalion and when near
the line of captains paused for moment
and then faced to the right. The throng
then knew that Company b had won. and
acted accordingly 1t seemed as though
ten thousand demons had broken loose.
The Medals Presented.
Company was marched to the front and
center and after a few congratulatory
words had been spoken Major Ourand
pinned the diamond-studded teachers
medal" and in addition n costly and
tistic gold medal-the latter to become his
personal property-to the blouse of Captain
Howard. Captain Edwards and Captain
Hodges attached the blue ribbons of victory
to the tlouses Of each member of the win
ming company. Headed by the band, the
battalion Of cadets marched from the base
ball grounds and proceeded 10 the Coored
High School building on street, where.
amid mUeh shouting and joyousness, the
command was dismissed.
Major Arthur Brooks. Is, Separat Bat
talon. Dis rict Of Columbia National
Guard. VIII" is the military Instructor of
The cadets. received warm praise for the
results of MS efforts. Mr.. Il. L. Terrell
principal Of the Colored High School was
in charge Of affairs at the paAt and re-
Ceired the Invited guests. including Mr. II.
y. r. Mtctarland, the president OF The board
Of Commissioners OF the District of Column
hia; Gen. George II. Harries, commanding
th- District Of Columbia militia who is also
a member Of the board Of school trustees;
Superintendent Cook Of the colored schools
Mr. J. W Lyons register Of the treasury;
H"h. ga: Walter H. johnson, assistant
District attorney of Georgia; VIM 4
fiedG,r. Thos. H. Wright. 5. y. Brown.
Ge.t H. Richardson and Mrs. b. G. Fran
els Of the board Of school trustees ana DR.
9 N Curtis, surseon-in-chief OF Freed
mans Hospital.
The Company Rosters.
The roster of the winning company fol-
lows:
Captain, William J. Howard. jr.; first
1iErr
ant. X. Peyton; sergeants. D. l. Hawks
worth, c. b. Bennister. W Grimshaw, r.
johnson, j. Campbell: corporals William
Maxwell Roscoe Wormley, s Lewis W
Dixon; privates. A. p Brent, r C. Brown.
Lewis Brown, Oliver Burris, Whit Bruce
Eugene Clarke. j. Cogbill. w. Carter, r
II trier, Norris Dodson, w. Fair William
Grant. Maxwell Hayson, ]. Henderson
Thomas Johnson, Clarence Jackson, E
Liverpool W. Male A Storum, W. smith
X, Vaughn. S. Washington, A Williams
and L. Pinn.
The rosters Of the other companies of
the battalion are:
Company A-Captain. Allen \ Levy. first
lieutenant, Chester Turlsy; second Iicuten-
ant, hiser Savoy; sergeants Robert H
Brown. William Tolson. Arthur Turner. "
T. Montgomery. Russell Locke; corporals
Joseph johnson, b Boyd, c. Thompson,
Edward Green; privates. p. Beaman H.
Brown W. Burrell. +. Bush. NJ. Bush a
Lee, f. Morton, f, Morton, F. Meyers III
Newman, j. Powell, ]. Taylor, H. Tignor,
". Wilkerson. r. Orme. j. Ashton. tr., w
. S Bassard. r. Mundy. w Tinney, n Muir
ray, j. Thomas, j W. Spriggs. Z. L. Pinn,
~ Holmes, = Green and +. Tyson.
COMPANY C-Captain, James +. Slaugh-
ter first lieutenant. Walter p Rav; second
lieutenant. William Carroll: first sergeant
Robert Mattingly: second sergeant, Clar-
ence Lewis; third sergeant. Chester Jarvis :
fourth sergeant. Luther Sadgwar; fifth ser
geant, p. Beaman: corporals Jessie 3D.
Green. Ernest Lewis. James Lee; privates
III. Beverly. l.. Beverly, w Brown. F.
Clarke, c. Dorsey. w. c. Early. NJ Fran
els, Joseph Gordon, J. Green. c. Hin G.
johnson. w. Lewis, j. II. johnson, s. Sig
gour. 2. Mobray, r. II. Nugent. W. Park
er, II. Phillips, G. Simmons, c. Smith, D.
Washington, ]. Washington and F. Wells