The Washington herald., 1907-05-23
Tech D Wins DRILL
Capt. Hart's Company Puts
Up Successful Exhibition.
TEN THOUSAND CHEER CADETS
Wise Ones Pick Capt. Auerhach's
Company Il, but Popular OrgsDi-
zation Fails TO snow Up ns Strong
as Expected-How the Officers Put
Men Through the Programme.

Bully for old Tech and COmpanv y.
Sound the hewgaws and beat the tom
toms. Tor the competitive drill honors and
red ribbons. the crowniHg glory. the
laurel Of Wa singtOn high school laurels.
are floating under the Maroon and Gray.
Like some good colt, whose unknown
powers are benttled by the wise ones"
and overlooked in the betting. and yet
VINO waltzes 10 the front al a long price.
with big stable favorites hanging on
either flank, Capt. Raymond s. Hart
swung his snappy Company D cadets
through a maze Of intricate military
maneuvers at the baseball grounds yes
terday afternoon. and in a few hours
went home TO his proud parents with two
diamond medals pinned over his double
time heart.
Two lieutenants, five sergeants. six cor
porals. and fOrty-six privates pinned the
coveted red ribbons 70 their blue blouses.
where they viii be worn in pride for the
rest Of the school year, unless some fair
Tech maid wants one.
Ten Thousand Root Loudly.
Somewhere near lo.0o9 enthusiastic spec
tators. divided into five big factions rep
resenting that number Of local high
schools. with three of the factions split
into factional units roofing for some par
ucular company. packed every stand and
overflowed upon the field. Eastern and
Western rooters, with their light blue and
white and green and red pennants tempo
rarily ruined their singing voices for the
sake Of Companies + and II. respectively
Central High howled their brekys for the
blue and white, and pulled" individually
for Company a or B or l. Techs loyal
legions ''razooded" for the maroon and
gray and prayed for the success Of Com
pany x or e or y.
But when the regimentaI adiutant made
his soul-racking march-so filled with
breathless sUspense-straight towards the
regiment drawn up i'm line of masses.
halted at the center To make the agony
last little longer and then wheeled
smartly to the right, where stood the
three Tech ompanies-company factions
vanished TO the four winds and the ma
room and gray rO0ters tore the atmos-
phere to shreds They knew that old
Tech had the drill-what matter whether
il was Company K or d or c.
Pins the Rose on Tech n.
TO be sure. nearly every one thought
It must be X Capt Malcolm c. Auer-
bach. the Carnegie medal hero, and his
gallant company had been long the picked |
favOrites of the school battalion, so much
so that the beauty and perfection of Com /
pany DIS drill had almost been lost sight /
Of. But the adjutant did not go t. the
end Of the line. where Company X stood /
in happy expectancy, but halted before /
Capt. Harris surprised and stricken-duinb- /
Tith-jOy aggregation, and impaired his
happy message from the Judges. Tech
though surprised. were apparent
y just as vociferously happy as though
K had been the victor, and the cheering
-edoubled in volume as Capt. Hart
marched his red-ribbon winners 10 the
ore and presented arms to the Judges
md distinguished civilians staining at the
home plate.
A half hour before the scheduled time
or the drill to begin the grand stand
lad been packed to its capacity. and
apt. Healy, of the Eighth police pre-
inct gave orders to admit no more
,rand-stand ticket holders The SHADY
lleachers' and regular sunny bleachers"
we're also jammed before the first com
'any, the future winners, stepped from
,ehind the stands and Strengthened out
lcross the field in column of squads 10
he music of the Thirteenth Cavalry
Band.
apt. Hart's Company on the Field.
Tech sent forth her "razoo" veil as
apt. Hart swung squads right to the
itcher's box and presented arms to Capt.
iuy H. b Smith. of the Fourth United
tates Infantry president of the board of
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