The Washington herald., 1911-05-19

most OF the companies that drilled yes
terday there was finish and style to
the movements a crack army regiment
might be proud of.
Although 1t had been announced the
drill would begin promptly at o'clock
and although the first company to drill
was ready to march into the Ellipse
half an hour before that time, for some
unknown reason the spectators were
kept in the blistering heat until 1886
o'clock before they were rewarded even
by the sight of the spotless white uni
forms Of the judges.
Shortly after the judges flashed their
way across the green, Company A. last
years champions, headed by Capt. P. S.
Putzki, marched into the Ellipse from
the east side. proceeded to the center OF
the field and then toward the north side to
within twenty PAGES of where the judges
and Col. Burton r. Ross, the military
director; Acting --ssistant Superintend-
ent of Schools S. E. Kramer, and DR..
Hudson, stood. Proudly bearing the
championship colors won last year. Capt
Putzki marched toward the group and
presented them to Lieut. Rockwell. who
in turn handed them to Mr.. Kramer for
safe keeping.
Company A Applnudcd.
To draw a distinct comparison between
the work of the six companies would
be difficult. The work was excellent
throughout and without knowing how
severely the relative penalizations OF the
judges will be, 1t would be hard to pick
a winner. From many quarters, howevsr.
was heard the opinion that the winning
team would have to beat the 1910 cham
pions. for the work of Capt. Putzki's g
men drew forth audible admiration not
nnl
from "rooters" for other bodies as well.
1t was magnifcently drilled and train
ed company and one that the others will
be hard put to beat.
Practically the only criticism the un-
trained observer could make was when
the order came to fall in" the company
having been dismissed following its ad-
vent on the field. In this movement a
little too much noise and an unmilitary
ostentation was noticeable. In other re-
spects, the movements of Company A
were almost above reproach. The pla-
toon movements, both in quick step and
double time, were executed with marked
efficiency, and the squads right about in
double-time movements drew forth audi
BILE praise.
In the matter of alignment, perhaps the
most closely watched feature of all COM
petitive drills, Company A was particu-
larly efficient, and the gradation OF the
positions according to size showed care
full thought and study on the part or the
company officers. When It came to drill
and manual Of arms, the company again
won applause and in the latter work the
hands movement was as of one man.
The obliques in squad formation to
double time, the most difficult movement
attempted. was gone through with the
sureness and precision of crack regt-
ment of regulars, and in all the move
ments the cadence-120 steps TO the min
ute-was not markedly above or below
the requirement. The volleying also was
considered exceptionally good.
In the matter of the other companies
there was little choice. They followed
each other at twenty-minute intervals as
follows: I, of Central; B. of Central; E.
of Business; F. of Eastern, and G. OF
Business.
Field and STAFF Officers.
The regimental. field. and staff officers
are: Colonel Walter c. Rathbone, Busi-
ness High School: lieutenant colonel.
Lenox R Lohr Mckinley Manual Train
ing School; major OF First Battalion, P.
S Armstrong, Central High School:
major of Second Battalion, J. F. Moore.
Business High School; major of Third
battalion, f. ]. Casselman, Mckinley
Manual Training School: regimental ad-
jutant, Daniel c. Roper. Eastern High
School and regimental quartermaster, r.
A. Mooers, Business High School.
The battalion staff officers are: Adju-
tant, First Battalion, William Searight,
Central High School; adjutant. Second
Battalion, J. B. Clarke, Business High
School: Quarterma ster. Second Battalion.
Alan F. Garner. Western High School.
and adjutant, Third Battalion. J. E.
Loveless, Mckinley Manual Training
School
The officers and privates Of the COM
panies drilling yesterday were:
First Battalion.
Company 4, Central High School-Cap-
tain, Paul Putzki: first lieutenant, n. w.
Miller; second lieutenant. J. H. Lyman;
first sergeant H. Gordon; second ser
geant. NJ. Martin; third sergeant, R. Hol-
lingsworth: fourth sergeant. H. Weldon;
fifth sergeant, P. Potts; corporals. R
Mcmillan. P. Chamberlin, C. Shaw. B.
Dienelt. R. Townsend, J. Tunstall; pri-
Yates. Arbeele. L. Cake. Cary, Douglas,
Eggleston. Gannett. Hollingsworth. Ills
ley. Marvin. Montgomery, Osborn, Per-
kins, Price, Scaggs, Steinem, Shapiro.
Shick, Uhler. Jones. Bacon, Buell.. a.
Cake, Dales, Davis. Felhous. H. Fowler.
J. Fowler, Goodman. Griffith. Hawkins
Heitmuller. Hertzmark. Hornaday. Hins-
ley. Fleming. Kebler, Lawrence. Lehr,
Lindsay. Lowell, Paxton, Thompson.
Writ. Norris. and Gates.
Company 1, Central High School-Cap-
tain. William H. Collins; first lieutenant,
Raymond Beach; second lieutenant, Nc
Dowell Mckinney; sergeants: First. p
NJ. Hughes, jr.; second, Nj. Selinger;
third. E. Bliss; fourth E. Parkman;
fifth, X. Metzerott; corporals, II. Syden-
ham, j. Jayne, A. Hennage, Z. Taylor.
E Harsch. A. Bradshaw; pr!vates, Bar
nard, Bailey, Blakelock, Brandes, Gle
ments. Cox, Croswell. Eberly. Faire,
Franklin, Goodwin, Goldsmith. Gray,
Herndon, Hirsh. Hoover, F. johnson. R.
Johnson. Jones. King. Littauer, Lord,
Lubomirsky. Macdonald. Marbut, Meyer,
Morehouse. Murphy. Oldys. S. Perkins.
Pole, Prendergrast, Rich, Ross. Rullman.
Shriver, Scott, H. Thompson, F. Thomp-
son. Urner Winstead, Yates, Young.
Company B. Central High School-Cap-
tain, Lawrence Leonard; first lieutenant.
Magruder Macdonald; second lieutenant,
Charles Deahl; sergeants. first. w.
Groom; second, r. Saxton; third, C.
Plugge; fourth, R. Ransom; fifth. A. CO.
vert; corporals, F. c. Martin, c. Kitchen,
C. Brooke, E. Quinter. p. Stein. D. Stroh:
privates. Bennett, Brown, Cox, w. Gates.
Funkhouser Mowbray. Ness, Steele,
Storch, Pelzman. H. Gates, Geraci, Pearl
man. Greist, Atherton, Jacobs, Payne,
Richards. Eaton, Chamberlain, Carter,