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military judges. Capt. Smith warned the
cadet commander, as he did all the 9TH
ers. that he should keep as nearly 70
1zj-to-the-miuute cadence as possible.
This is no zouave drill" the captani
said. You will gain nothing by sacrifC-
ing regulations for fast cadence and
sluTred cvoluu1ns. Remember that the
company that puts mp the best drill az 10
cadence VIII get the ribbons"
Taking Capt Smith az his word, Capt
Hart swung his men about the diamond
with the precision of clock beating l-o
strokes 10 the minute. His six squads
held beautiful aiEnmeuts, and each evo-
luton was a finished piece of work. II
was attention TO detail that showed in
every movement Of Company D. and
though there was little of snowy char
acter about its performance, even the
most critical among the spectators could
find no flaws perceptibIc from the stands
except in the voIley-fring one Of the
voIleys was extremely ragged. and the
uuiuitiated gave IL. as usual too much
consideration net knowing that the rag
more than a poorly executed squads
right movement
Co. c Goes Through Programme.
Capt. Hart finished his programme, pre-
sented arms. and stepped or the field.
laden with the customary flowers, con-
scious that he had done his best and
that his men had drilled as we'll as. II
not better than ever al practice but
figuring himself 90 have only am outside
chance for the honors. Tech gave him "a
royal send-off. bat the universal senti-
ment among the Maroon and Gray rOOteTs
was "Wait until Company X gets
through"
Company G. followed Company D. and
gave q wonderfully creditable perform
ance. LabOri0g under the handicap of
having but half dozen men I'm his ranks
who had been iu the cadets before the
opening of this season, capt. James r.
Redman and his lieutenants. Harold a.
Mo0ers and MiIlard b. Hodgs0n, first and
second lieutenants. respectively. went
through the programme with "a dash and
spirit that brought them mp with the
contenders He left the field with arms
filed with flowers. as Capt Auerb3Ch and
his company Of fayorites swept into the
open.
Company Is Had Done Better.
Company X received. perhaps, tha big
gest ovation, and from the way they
stepped down the field and wheeled up
TO the pitchers box. they were deserving
OF admiration. But capt. Auerbaoh listen
ed to Capt Smiths warning about
cadence. and, i'm a measure failed to heed
IT, Instead Of 10 % the minute, h5
snapped his men around the field nearer
30. It was great; It was snappy, and il
looked pretty, but speed will cover up q
multitude Of technical sins in drilling
and the kecn-eyed West Pointers sery-
ing as judges We're ON the lookout for
Just such sins of commission and omis-
sion. Sad to relate they found them.
The fast cadence caused one unlucky
private to slip on AN "Oblque' movement
and fan down. He recovered himself, but
lost his cap. one of the judges returned
IL 90 Capt AuerDaeh, who gave IL % rs
owner II is rum0red that be did not
say. Here is your hat but something
slightly more peevish. OF course. this
mishap looked bigger 10 the spectator.
than 20 the judges 20 whom IL reflected
merely I'm a general way upon the bear
/ ing of the company. and did not affect Tn.
marking of the "oblique" movement But
| there were several little slips of this sort
/ though not so conspicuous. and on tn,
/ whole ks showing was a disappointment
/ They have done so much better in prac
/ tiCc." was the general comment Of thei
/ admirers.
Capitol Hill and Georgetown.
/ Company T, Of Eastern High, bis
company Of seven fours. in command q
Capt. John F. Handy, First Lieut.. Charles
/ r. Hauke, and Second Lieut.. John G
/ Lerch. followed Company * and gave an
exhibition, Of which the light blue an,
white rooters had reason to feel jUstll
proud. The bigger the company the NOR,
/ difficult 10 keep straight alignments ant
/ execute platoon movements, and the wa
/ Capt. Handy swung his men around a
| the regulation 100 cadence was extremell
/ pretty. But the judges saw things tha
! escaped the casual eyes of the spectators
and there was lack of snap and preci
sion that combined to defeat the Capito
/ Killers hopes
/ Georgetown turned itself loose and emit
/ ted one continuous volume of noise whei
/ Company II, Of Western, swung int
view, is first sergeant carrying the oil,
/ prize pcnnant with its nineteen ribbons
/ emblems Of the nineteen winning Compa
MES since the organization of the regi
ment-futtering in the breeze Capt
/ Charles S. Baker saluted the judges ant
handed over the colors TO Capt. Smith
who in turn gave them into the custod
/ of Col. Burton c. Ross. the veteran mill
tary instructor Of the organization.
RcGimental Drill and Review.
/ Company H gave fairly pretty exhibi
tion. but was plainly out Of the runnine
1t was a bitter disappointment to tn
Westerners, who hoped to break the hoo
doc that has so far prevented any on
company from winning two years in sue
cession. They We're loyal, however an
+ cheered their heroes 10 the end.
/ AS each company ended its drill It wa
/ marched 10 the eastern end of the field
1 where it stacked arms in its proper DO
sition for the regimental line of masse
formation. When Company II had close
its programme, the regiment formed /
this position and Col Claude NJ. Thiel,
of Tech, with Regimental Adjt Ralp
w. Howell, also of Tech, stepped TO IN
front with his bugler and reviewed tn
cadets. After a short manual of armi
the companies stepped forward one afte
another in columns of squads and wheele
squads left across the field ard pa.