Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
Georgia Military College.


McClelland lieutenant.
Georgia Military College.
Next came the Georgia Military College
Cadets. Col. ]. c. Woodward commanding.
These were followed by the Maryland Ag-
ricultural College of College Park, Md, which
was represented by cadet battalion com
posed of 80 men and band, commanded by
Cadet Major Wellstood White. These boys
made quite a hit at the worlds fair, At 81
Louis. with a result that the military en-
thusiasm at the school has increased ma
terialIy While in Washington they are
under the direction of Prof. Blanford, act
ing commandment of cadets. The officers CT
the battalion are W. White cadet mdj)T;
G. Sturgis. first sergeant and adjutant; &.
ID. DiEgs first sergeant and quIrtcrmaste.;
J. T Graham serge1n; major: r l. Ds-
valid color sergeant. W. y. Harris, quar-
termaster sergeant; G. S Rdgeway, drum
major, Z. 5. Dickey, chief trumpeter
The partial company rosters are:
Company pa. y. Parker. captain: b.
T. Hayn1n. second lieutenant; NJ. bucket,
seCond lieutenant. sergc1nts. Ieskel. va
tiers. GoodeIl and Thomas; corporals, Hal
loway. Harper. Bttman, Mackau and Will
Jams
Company "C''-J \ Krentzlin. captain;
E. II. Suaveley. first lieutenant: J. W. SOM
erville, second Lieutenant; sergeants, Meier.
Williar and Lippencojt: corporais Null,
FIuharty Firor. Owings and Thr2sher.
Company Al. &. Cockey, captain; W.
H. Byrm first lieutenant; =. ID. Nichpis
sc cond lieutenant: scrgeants. Caul. Bias
set, Dixon and wood. corporals. Cockey,
Merryman. Bowlaud Linnell and Zouck.
ST. Johns Cadets.
The S. Johns College Cadet Corps of
Annapolis. Md. participated in the process
sion under the command of Cadet Major y.
W. Smith.
St Johns is the third oldest college in the
nit rI and William and
Mary of Virginia only being founded before
1G9i, the year of the founding of King Will
liam's school which was in 1854 merged into
st. Johns College In these historic halls
were educated some of the most diStln-
guished sons of Maryland whose learning
and elouUeucc have a national fame, among
whom may he mentioned William Pinkney,
Francis Scott Key. Eeverdy Johnson, two of
Washington's ue?hcwS and many others.
The military feature has existed IN the col
lege since the earliest times but not made a
special feature until 1854, when the War
Department detailed Lieut.. c. w. Foster of
the artillery cOmmandant of the cadets.
Following Lieutenant Foster were Lieu
tenants lamar, Noble and Evans, the last
being ordered into active service at the be-
ginning OF the SpdniSil-AncriCan war The
next appointment was made for period of
eight years and fell to the lot of Major w.
A. Thompson. L. S. A, retired, whose term
will expire II 1907. Since Major Thompsons
advent the military department has under
gone q thorough ONeFniuNnS anu the udlIS
routine at the college now is the same as at
a regular army post, with the exception of
the continuous guard duty st. John
boasts OF a larger percentage of her alumni
In the army. navy. marine corps and state
militia than any other college in the cOun-
try At the maneuvers at Manassas last
fall there were twenty-one st. Johns men in
the Brown army alone. The uniform is ca
det gray. gray caps and blue overcoats.
Color guard carry United States. Maryland
and college (orange and blacB0 flags.
The officers of the corps are: Cadet ma
tor. A. W. Smith; cadet captain and adju-
tant. Is d. Chambers; lieutenant and quar-
termaster, J. II. Fox; lieutenant and COM
mander. J. r. Pennell; lieutenant. signal
corps. H v. Willing; captain of Company
A, NJ. X. Neville; leutenants of Company
a, J. V. Jamison. \. b. Cecil and d. c.
Walton; captain of company b, j NJ. Green;
Heutenants of Company b, r. S. Hopkins.
John TarBert and II. l.. Rutland; captain of
band c. \. Mcbride.
New York Cadets.
ST Johns Military Cadets of New York
were also in lire. First Lieut. NJ. c. Rich
ards, L. S. A. commanded them.
Shepherd College Cadets.
They were followed by the Shepherd Col
lege Cadet Corps Of West Virginia. In
the fall of 1872 there was organized in
connection with Shepherd College, Shep-
herdstown. w Va, a cadet corps composed
entirely of volunteers from among the boys
in the school Much interest was taken in
the Organization from the start nearly
four-fifths Of the boys having belonged to
it throughout the year. \ set of rules and
regulations for the government of the corps
was drawn up and adopted and its provi-
sions have been in the main faithfully OBJ
served bv the cadets. and the best discI-
pine has prevailed.
The corps Is equipped with the Spring
field rifle. L 5 y. pattern; belt. cartridge
box and uayonet, the officers being provided