The Washington herald., 1907-06-09

Great was the JOY and exultauon cf the
members Of Company \, OF the Industrial
Home School Cadets. as Walter c. Gle
phane. at the third annual competitive
drill which was held on the bail field II
the Home, yesterday. I'm the presence Of
the friends Of the children. awarded them
the prize. consisting Of a beautiful silkea
flag. Karl Kritch. captain Of the win
ming team. received the trophy al the
hards Of Mr.. Clephane. who made brief
address, admonlshing the cadets TO take
the fullest advantages offered them at the
Home.
The disappointment Of the members Of
Company z, Leonard Chichester COM
manding, over their defeat. was keen. and
some of the little fellows took il deeply
20 heart. bursting into tears as the an
npuucemeut Of the winners was made.
The judges OF the contest were Lieut..
Col Z. II. LASER. Capt Raymond Hart.
and Capt r. Howell. High School Ca
diets.
Military Discipline Feature.
Ia justice % both competing companies
1t must be said that they went through
the drill manual in a surprisingly eff
eient manner Military discipline was a
feature Of the movements. as was plainly
% be seen, in the fact that some of the
boys never stopped 20 pick up their
rough rider hats. which insisted on fall
inr of their heads during the exercises.
They continued marching and counter
marching, sans nat, at times marching
bodily over them
The cadets We're attired I'm their natty
. uniforms of gray. gaIio0ueJ with black
braid. and wore the regulation army felt
hats. Knee breeChes and black stockings
and mabe-boiieye guns completed their
accouremeuts. while the captains. in
stead of "a gun. braudished swords The
bali field is located at a convenient dis
tauea from The Home building. surround
ed br green fields clumps Of trees. and
ncueEsuckie bushes. and cannot fail 10
have a most saIUtary influence on the
boys and girls
GO Through EvOIutions.
Each company consisted Of twenty-one
members. and the time allowance for the
drill was thirty minutes As they
marched upon the drill grounds they
formed tn line fifteen yards in front Of
the judges and reported TO the senior
officer of the board.
The competing companies went through
the following evOlutlons- Marching in
column Of squads form left front into
lines The same form Cn right into line:
marching in line turn and advance. align
company two PAGES 60 the rear from the
right. oblque 90 the right in lire. march
ing fu line fr-u and half avrart-a Haff-
step and back step. form column OF
squads and advance. execute change step.
mark time. right and left step. o6liQue 10
the right in column of squads, mark time
and continue obliG1e, being ia column OF
squads. form column ~ Jwos. form coll
Uwu Of squads form line 90 the left. pre-
sent arms. order arms. port arms. right
shoulder arms. left shoulder arms. order
arms; form column Of squads 20 the
right. ohH0ue I'm column Of squads 20 the
left and halt. being tn column of squads,
advance and tern 90 the left and form in
line 90 the left
ont Of four annual drills Company A
yesterday won the trophy the third time.
Boys Band Gives Conccrt.
After the contest the cadets and their
friends proceeded 10 the Home. where the
brass band. every instrument being ably
handled By a boy, entertained the visitors
with few concert numbers. Theodore
Burke one Of the cadets. leading.
The officers Of the Home are J. Ormond
Wilson. president, Mrs. Emily /. Nourse,
secretary, and g. ". Skinner. superin-
teudent Col Claude NJ TheHe is the
military instructor at the Home