Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-03
ANNUAL PIXIE DRILL
0ONzAaA CADETE COMPETE FOR
HoNoRs.
Private Culhane,Reeeives the Coveted
Medal-Concert by the Col
legs Band.

The annual concert and prize drill of the
Gonzaga College Band and Cadet Corps
last night was the occasion for large
gathering of relatives and friends of the
cadets at the college hall. 1 street near
North Capitol street northwest. The bat
talon of cadets consists of three COM
panies. but only the members of Companies
A and participated C company being
made up of extremely small boys. The
companies drilled on the stage for trophy
medal, which will be awarded on presenta-
ton day, June 16.
Companies A and gave bayonet drill,
using Springfield rifles, evidencing much
proficiency in military tactics. Each COM
pany in turn participated in preliminary
drill which terminated when four members
OF each company were left, the others hav-
ing dropped out because of each having
made a mistake. The four members ct
each company were then formed into
squad and put through the drill. When the
eight cadets were lined up for the final it
was found that the four best-drilled in
company A were Privates r. Roach. Thos
Culhane and s. Casassa and Sergt. Norton.
From Company b, Sergts. r. Jones and H.
Kaiser and Privates d. Casassa and M.
Mudd.
This squad was drilled by the two cap
ta1nS until but one remained, the others
having dropped out because each had made
some mistake in the execution of orders.
Norton was the first to be ruled out of the
SQUAD by the judges, and he was followed
ASA followed next, leaving Jones, M. Cas-
ASA and Culhane to fight it out Jones
obeyed an order to right step while the
squad was standing at present, and he
the wrong way. M. Casassa and Culhane
were thus left in the race, the latter tower
ing above the former by number of
inches.
Quarter Of an Hour Of Anxiety.
The young soldiers were put through the
manual Of arms, and it was nearly fifteen
minutes before mistake was made, and
the spectators anxiously awaited the result.
Casassa was the unfortunate one, erring in
the manner of placing his hands on the
gunstock at the command to port arms
Culhane was thereupon adjudged to be the
best-drilled cadet in the battalion, and the
gold medal goes to him.
The judges of the drill were Capt. Robert
F. Wynne and Lieut.. Paul E. Chamberlin,
United States marine corps, and Capt.
Harry Walsh, Company A. 4th Battalion,
District of Columbia National Guard They
were entertained at supper by the profess
sorS OF the college at the conclusion of the
exercises. s1
The band, under the dictatorship of Prof
A. Samuels, rendered the concert numbers
The cadet battalion has as it's military in
structor Sergeant Major Reuben Bradley
U. S. NJ c.
The Battalim Roster.
The roster of the battalion is as follows:
Major, w. D. Lawlor; lieutenant and ad-
jutant. E. r. Hammer; sergeant major, F.
]. Ralph.
Company A-Captain, w. p Mulvey; first
lieutenant, James Nolan; second lieuten-
ant. r. Dwyer; sergeants, Brady, Naugh-
ton and Mulvey; corporals, Heron,
Lawlor and Sudworth: privates, Becker
Cantwell, Casassa, Coderiek Collins Fitz-
gerald, T. Fitzgerald, Harper, v. Heron,
Kuhn, ]. Lawlor. Leaply, Mckinley, Muir
rey, Owens, Roxburgh, Snyder, Culhane,
Costello, Donohue and DAILY.
Company B-Captain, l.. L. Callaghan;
first lieutenant, c. A Joachim; second lieu
tenant, f. "A. Ostermann; sergeants, LIE
Buffe, Kaiser and Jones; privates, J. Bah
bington, W. Darlington 81 Barnes, Beach,
Becker, Berger, Brodie, Burns, Casassa,
Connelley, Connor, Corey, Cunningham,
Donaghue, Finey, Juln, Lawler, Marsden,
Moran, Mccarthy, Mudd Murphy, Richard
son, Schladt, Stanley, StormOunt, Schroth,
Thorn Nolan, Stormon and Heard.