Evening star., 1901-05-24
Annual Competition to Occur Mon
day and Tuesday Next.
NAMES OF THE JUDGES ANNOUNCED
Program Of Ninety Numbers Pre-
pared by the Instructor.
THE COMPANY ROSTE E r.

! grounds of the Washington base ball club
| 18th street and Florida avenue northeast,
| A. B. c and d, all of Central school, will
! take the field the first day.
| The drill constitutes one of the most in
! teresting events of the school year. From
| the time of the organization of the regt-
! ment, in September. those connected with
/ the several high schools, and princi-
| pally the boys in uniform, await with
| eagerness this test to determine military
supremacy, The drill will be witnessed by
| thousands, and, as usual, the high school
girl will be very much in evidence. She
will wear the color of her favorite COM
pany and wave flag and shout and yell
as the high school girl is expected to do
| on these two days.
| At the conclusion of the drill next Tues
day the regiment will form, and after an
| exhibition drill and dress parade the Win
ming company will be announced. The
| judges will be First Lieut.. Winfield S.
| Overton, Artillery Corps: First Lieut Jas.
S. Heron. Sth Cavalry, and Second Lieut..
! Walter b. Smith. 9TH Cavalry, all of the
| United States army. After the winning
! company has been given possession Of the
| prize flag and ribbons and the winning cap
| tain has received the Nailor diamond med
| al, the regiment, headed by a band of mu
| sic. Will march from the grounds and after
a short parade through the streets will be
| dismissed for the year.
| Inc IfOSram.
! Lieut. Col. Burton r. Ross 1st Regiment
| D. C. N. G., who is the drill instructor of
! the cadets. has prepared the following in
formation and program of ninety numbers,
TO be followed in connection with the COM
J petitive drill:
| The company will be marched upon the
drill ground and formed in line fifteen
! yards in front of the judges and report to
senior officer of the board.
Movements will be executed in the order
! of arrangement given in the program.
| 1t is not to be understood that each
movement in every case can be executed
from the preceding one. The movements
| will be given and you are expected to
| your own means to execute them.
Any movement passed Will be marked
| CO.. and cannot be taken up.
When marching the distance passed over
must be sufficiently great to enable the
| judges to determine the proficiency Cf each
command. In every instance the prescribed
movement must be fully executed before
passing to the next on the program.
At the conclusion of the drill the COM
pany will be marched to the grand stand
and presented to the judges.
The arms will be stacked, the company
marched few PAGES to the rear and the
following movements without arms ex-
ecuted:
Order of Drill.
Setting up exercises /, =, I, s. II. IA; !,
open ranks; 2, fix bayonet; 8, right shOul-
der arms; f. present arms; g. order arms:
6, port arms. Z, present arms; s, port arms;
Q, right shoulder arms: 10. order arms; II,
charge bayonet. -. order arms, IL, right
shoulder arms; IA, charge bayonet; 10, port
arms: 1G. charge bayonet; II, order arms;
Is close ranks. 10 march company fiftv
paces fa1lick and double time). 90 march
| ing in line, trun and advance; 21 pass OBJ
stacle covering two right fOurs; % reform
line. % align comnany three pafrs to the
roar. .. aIign comna1v Two nacas 70 the
front. o. marching in line ohIInue TO the
right comnarv distance. oG ohlia,Ie to the
left in line company distance and halt; II,
rnarchiug in line unfx and fix hayonet %
execute Change stem mark time right and
left stem without baltiug: 90 marching in
line turn and halt: 30 being in column of
f,nrs form Left front int Iina and halt.
n narchin. in line do1hIe tine eyacnte
riebt nhIinue. 90 obIioma TO tho Ieft in cn1
nmns Of fonrs In doI1hIa tinna mart tive
and continne ohiin,a. - being T., ii,,n &C
cute short sten and hack stan without halt
inc. a n1orchina In coi,,nnn of fnIrs fnrr,
nn iaft irto Iina in doIIhIa tfr1a. o. rar.h
nv. The fanl IN coIumn If foI,S NV raoroh
about hv fo1,rs toward f1a cIosarc. 9e fnr,n
IT, 80 boIt. o. IL tI.' 90 o' . ~. -,
naIna H.. -. o'y fi. 90 .,.a ~ i.i
fru.nr5. 90 So, ~ ~ - - So 81 az ~; mo ,n
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10 49, -; at, 80 "Itli'ul ifal'iiis,
-. rs -. 90 tD.e - 'iitie, I"ii IIle ~ 'he
~ tiIi.' ~ ioiii ,'itiiii VI pid.Ooils 10
column of fours from the right to march
TO the rear; 46. form on right into line Of
~ "tpoiis ION, 'I cGiuii Oh Iours' -, 1orm llne'
fire one voIiev 300 vards. II Frs one yoi o.
ley 400 yards and 60 degrees to the right:
81 marching In line, double time, change
stGp, % Hlarching IN column OF tours, form
- form column Of tiiee. 20 forI,, ooi,,ro 81
fours. 57 form, 1ina. 5s rnarcb 70 tba riott ~
in column of files: 20 march 70 the right IN
line: 60 march to the original front. Gl
marcbine IN coI,,,nn nf fo+ -i'i 10 ,iI ~
rorro Tiro 70 .ba 81. 49,, ] ~ d'n s-I, IN.
g. marching In column of fours. form line
so"aIu the me closers o. form lett front
"a marcb 70 tha 80. ~ Sr,r1 ,, " touIs
left front without haltinp. CO march 70
the rear; 81, marching in line In double
time, execute To the rear march, GS,
liialcn na 70 'ne oTlglaai @ front, o9' present
shoulder arms. 20 riaht sbnI,lanr orn,. -,
rife salute. "a trail ars - stai, ii.S, $50. TO,
"a take arms. ~ kneei. -s firs onn "ama, ani,,.
ar cto Yards: 20 lie dow. s6 se 49, oo,iei my
Iey at same ranea nd nbiact o. o. uiae ~ 'oo co
for,o co1nn,n Of tnC ~ ~ 81, %
ont haIting. 81 march nv tba riabt eanii
81 form Column of fonrs 20 +be ~ 'af. ~, IN
form ON ripbt in+o live. sG go, ..ie ~, CO.
nIatoons tn the 'front.' fro, & iaft e4 ., u