The times., 1901-06-04
BEHAVED LIKE SOLDIERS
Annual Competitive Drill of the
High School Cadets Begun.
CentrnPs Four Companies Display
Their Martial skill Before an I'm
mense Audience of Enthusiastic
Friends Final Trials Today.

Blue uniforms have seldom generated
more enthusiasm than was manifested at
American League Park yesterday after
noon. The First Battalion of the High
School Cadet Corps went through the evo-
lutions Of the annual competitive COM
pany drill Grandstand and bleachers,
packed to the limit, shrieked and yelled
when the favorite companies executed
some difficult maneuvre with unusual pre-
cision This afternoon the remaining COM
panies of the regiment will take the field.
Then at the conclusion Of the drill. and
after dress parade, the announcement of
the winning company will be the signal
for the breaking loose of bedlam.
1t was essentially a Central occasion
yesterday afternoon. The four companies
which drilled were all from that school
and of course the students and friends of
the Blue and White were in the majority.
! The enthusiasm, the yells, the mega
| phones. and the yards of colors which
were all ready for use last Monday were
brought out In all their intensity and
gayety. The big grandstand. which la
bors under a pretty severe load of vo-
cal stunts when the Senators are rubbing
it into an opposing American League
/ team, was packed from one end to the
other. Across the big wire netting, which
tips when the field is used for sport in
stead of a parade ground, were stretched
! large streamers of school colors Sec
I tions We're reserved for each school and
| the rival yel's were freely shot back and
! forth during the afternoon, giving an in
! dication of the keen rivalry which exists
Down in front the boxes were filled
with the mothers and fathers of the
young soldiers who were to measure the
| eXactness of their military training Con-
/ spieuous among the throng were Commits
! sioner Macfarland, Allison NaiIor who
presented to the Cadet Corps the medal
which is :nnually bestowed upon the cap
tain Of the winning team; Gen. II. v.
| Boynton, President of the Board of Edu-
4 cation; A. 4. Stuart Superintendent of
/ Schools; Dr. Lane, Director of High
! Schools, and members of the Korean Le-
! cation.
Altogether the appearance Of the cadets
/ was highly satisfactory. The drill yes
/ terday was the result OF hard preliminary
| drills and the sOldierly bearing of the
! boys, the product of hard practice for
! and the Naiior medal are the ambition of
/ every high school cadet captain. Col
! Burton Ross, the instructor OF the cadets,
/ expressed himself as gratified with the
The board OF judges consisted of army
! officers First Lieut.. Winfield S. Overton,
! Artillery Corps; First Lieut.. James s.
! Heron, Eighth Cavalry, ana Second
! Lieut.. Walter b. Smith, Sixth Cavalry.
/ They seemed much impressed with the
! proficiency displayed by the cadets in the
/ drill. 1t Is difficult to say which company
/ made the best showing. The favorites
! OF the four which appeared yesterday
| afternoon were G and a. Their superior
! ity over Companies d and B, was clearly
! year.
Company d was the first 20 come upon
| the held, and they were heartily received
when Capt r. F. Shreve reported to the
! senior othcer of the board of judges. Per-
| haps 1t was nervousness that made a
| rather bad start for this company but
| they soon rallied, and did creditabe work,
| their alignment being especially excel
| lent. The most popular OF the numbers
| on the programme appeared TO he the fir
| ing. The rifles We're loaded with blanks
and aimed directly at the grand stand.
! There would be moment of comparative
! silence and then the roar of the muskeUS.
! Then the flags in hands of spectators, the
! boys who did not drill, and the pretty
| ribbon be-decked girls, who wished they
/ could would be violently waved aIoft and
| shouts and yels and shrieks would echo
! across the held after the report OF the
| VOlley.
Company c, commanded by Capt. w.
! G. Shepard, Iieutenants +. r. Godfrey
| and H. I. Dulin, was a prime favorite
! and deservedly so. Nearly every part of
| their eNOiutionS was nFst class with the
| possible exception that the cadence was
| a trife ragged As each company march
! ed from the field the captain and first
| lieutenant were presented with huBe
! bouquets Of roses, which were afterward
| distributed among the cadets C's roses
! were tied in blue and red ribbons. consid-
| cred lucky hUes. The winning companies
! OF the past two years have each borne
| red and blue as their coiors
/ il was the prize Company 3 which
| next marched upon the field. In the rear
! rank above rife barrel waved the prize
| When the company was reported to the
! judges by Capt. r. II. Van Nest the
I coiors were delivered to Colonel Ross by
| the bearer. The banner viii be awarded
| again this afternoon, The Volley firing
4 of Company +, a tritie ragged, was the
worst feature of their appearance.
| Those who predicted that Company A
viii win the drill were highly elated at
! the showing of that organization under
| Capt W. ;. Orton. The alignment was
| excellent the appearance of the men
! neat and soldierly and the cadence well
| nigh perfect, while the volley firing was
| the best of any company which took the
| field yesterday.
| The programme which each company
must follow out is tiresome one of
! ninety numbers, each of which must be
| executed frGm the preceding one. The
! drill is fatiguing, and the perspiration on
the faces of the young soldiers was evil
| dent from the grandstand. Not one
/ faltered, however.
Companies r. of Business High School;
I % i
| win drill today. Western High School
| students are pinning their hopes to Com
/ PaHy II. Eastern High School is fairly
! confident of victory. Business High
| Schools company labors under a dis
| advantage inasmuch as the course there
| is but two years in length and the cadets
do not gain the proficiency attainable in
| the other schools.
| WHEN the last company has marched
| from TIE field the judges will confer and
| compare the figures while dress parade
! of the regiment is I'm progress The regi-
mental field and staff roster is this year
| as follows:
| Colonel. c. f. Boesch; Lieutenant Colo
| mel. h. V Phelps; Adiutant. W. A. HiHe-
| brand: Quartermaster. 5. h. Dickerson; (;
! First Lieutenant, f. 5. Tyler; Quarter
master Sergeant. J. r. Nicolson; Bugle
| Sergeant W. 5. Wagner
| First Battalion-Ma ajor, r. Wilson; Ad-
iutant, S. G. r. Scze.
| Second BattalOn-AIaior, II. c. Robb;
| Adjutant, w. ]. l.. Sis.
| After the announcement of the winning
| company the captain of that organiZa-
! tiuu will he given the Eailor medal, the
| banner will be presented and the cadets
| given the coveted red ribbons. With a
! band = the head of the column the regi-
! ment will march to the city and then be
! dismissed for the year
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