Evening star., 1909-05-26


ond lieutenant, John Jones as first SER
geant and W. Richardson, H. Lucas. L.
Johnson and P. Burkett as sergeants. Its
volley firing was marvel to those In the
stands. and the effort which each man in
the company put forth to win the drill
was manifest.
AS Company A marched off the field
the noise in the stands ceased. and then
began period of anxious and trembling
anxiety on the part of the thousands OF
spectators. The battalion was formed,
under the direction of Maj. Clyde Nc
Duffie and Adjt Francis Dent, and q
battalion inspection and review followed
Music was furnished bv the Howard Mill
tary Band. The battalion executed sew
eral movements while the three judges
were comforting and deciding on the
winner.
The judges were Lieut. Benjamin O.
Davis. U. S. A: Lieut.. James q. Walker.
D. c. n. G., and Lieut.. Thomas 0. Jones.
d. c. N. G. 1t was the first time in
many years that the board of Judges
was composed entirely of colored officers.
and it's chairman, Lieut.. Davis, was for
merly student in the local schools and a
Finally the judges emerged from the
covered stand to which they had retired
and announced that they were ready to
designate the winning company. Adjt
Dent marched to Lieut.. Davis and re-
ceived an order to bring forward one OF
the companies. His order was not suf-
ficiently loud to be heard in the stands
and the steps of the adjutant were watch
ed anxiously.
Adjt. Dent walked straight for the
middle of the battalion. AS he quickly
turned to the south front of the battalion
the supporters of the Armstrong School
realized that one of its companies was
the victor and a mighty shout went up
The officer walked to the last company on
the line.
Victors Marched to Front.
Capt. Taylor quickly gave the command
to his troops to march forward to receive
the rewards Of victory, and their steps
were cheered to the echo. Hating before
the party of judges and officials in from,
Of the grandstand. Capt. Taylor stepped
forward and received from the hands OF
Commissioner Macfarland, president OF
the District board, the white champion
ship pennant. There was a smile on every
face In the company then. and First
Sergt. Sewell could not repress trium
phant smile as he adjusted the pennant
in his gun and raised it in the air.
William v. Cox. vice president of the
board Of education, pinned the captains
medal on the coat of Capt Taylor. and
Capt. James F. Oyster, president of the
board. presented the individual ribbons
low ribbon, one Of the colorS of the schoo
to which the winning company is at
tached.
In the party which presented the tokens
of victory were Representative s. w
Smith. chairman of the House District
committee; Representative Washington
Gardiner of Michigan, chairman Of the
District subcommittee on appropriations
in the House; Commissioner Macfarland
Capt. James F. Oyster, president. VII.
Rov y9oa ont nr u
Evermann, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell r
r. Horner of the board of education; DR.
w. v. Tunnel. who will become mem
ber Of the board July L. A. T. Stuart
superintendent of schools; Roscoe Conk
lin Bruce. assistant superintendent ir
charge of colored schools: Percy M
Hughes. assistant superintendent ir
charge of white schools; Dr. Bruce Evans
principal of the winning Armstrong
Manual Training School; w. S. Jackson
Judge William H. DeLacy Of the Juvenile
Court; Harry o. Hine. secretary of the
board of education, and others.
The roster Of the winning company Is as
follows:
Captain, Alrutheas Ambush Taylor
first lieutenant, Herbert Luellin Eullyses
Stevens: second lieutenant, John Char
chel Carter; first sergeant. Shermont
Ralph Sewel; sergeants. Artie Brown
Daymond Davis, Joseph Settlers, Charley
I1CHuCi SOns tOIpoI INCuuiSh Ice
John Fearing, William Toliver. Clarence
Howard privates. Franklin Jeniver, Au.
gustus Brogdon, Emmerson Goines. Oil.
yer Kenny, Emmett Hunt. London Harri-
son, James Burwell, Lawrence Hawkins
Norvin Crawford, Joseph Brown. William
Hart, William Ferguson, Ollie Clair
Tracey Young, William Fraction. Andrew
HarriS. Marcellus Brent James
Jackson. Otis Walker. Godfrey Dan
iels, Edward Jones, George Hogan
Jerome Spriggs, William Malord, Ferdi-
nand johnson, Arthur Dyer, Raymond
Barker, William Waring, Joseph New
man, Clifton Fleet Paul Lewis. David
Turner. Bernard Jones. William Smith
Ernest Jones, William Brown and Mar
cellus Blackburn.
Winners in Past Years.
The results Of the fourteen previous