The Washington herald., 1912-05-03
CADETS REVIEWED
ON THE ELLIPSE
HighschOol Regiment Makes
Excellent Showing Be-
fore Officials.
CROWDS WITNESS MARCH

Marching with perfect alignment ana
executing the drill movements with a
preciseness which brought words OF COM
mendation from every side, the High
School Cadet Regiment held its annual
parade and review yesterday afternoon
on the White House E1lipse.
! The regiment was reviewed by secre-
tary of War stimson. Capt. Frank B.
Mccoy. and Capt. George H. Jamerson.
OF the regular service. Among the guests
CT honor who sat IN reserved seats on
the grass at the north OF the Ellipse
were society folk. members Of the Board
of Education. school officials, army ON
GERS, and others. Gathered around the
border OF the Ellipse stood thousands Of
enthusiastic spectators, mostly high
school students and their parents.
Parade on Avenue.
The regiment. (which Is composed Of
twelve companies, forming three bat
tallons. made rendezvous at Sixth Street
and Louisiana Avenue at O'Clock. Head
ed by the Marine Band, the regiment
marched In column Of squads down Sixth
Street to Pennsylvania, westward on the
Avenue TO Fifteenth Street, along Penn
sylvania Avenue 10 Seventeenth Street.
and thence to the west end Of the Ellipse.
Crowds gathered along the line Of
march to watch the youthful soldiers
pass to the strains Of the band. BY the
time the column entered the west end
Of the EIlipse an immense crowd had
massed at the north end OF the great
esplanade. Secretary Stimson reached the
EIipss about S o'clock, accompanied by
Capt. Mccoy, Capt. Jamerson, Mrs. Slim
son and q party Of ladies.
The regiment marched directly east
across the field and then massed in bat
talions with the company fronts facing
north. The band was at the east end.
Color Sergt. Lawrence Pope, Of Company
+, OF Eastern High School, took POSI-
ton with the regimentaI colors at the
reviewing point. Secretary Stimson, Capt
Mccoy, Capt. Jamerson, and Col. Burton
r. Ross, military instructor Of the cadets
stood in a line In front of the flag.
Col II. B. Lowe, of Central High School,
who was in command OF the regiment,
approached the reviewing officers with
his stan. composed OF Adjt. II. s. Van
derwerker and Quartermaster E. NJ.
Baker, and saluted. The entire party
then inspected the regiment, passing in
front and then in the rear Of the ranks.
Executed with snap.
Col. Lowe gave the command to pass
in review and the band struck up a
lively air. The battslions formed in
column of squads, marched to the ex-
treme eastern portion Of the Ellipse, and
then formed in column Of companies.
moving westward. AS the companies
passed the reviewing officers, the captains
gave the command, eyes right" and
with a snap, the head of every man In
the company turned toward the Secre-
tary of War.
The regiment then formed at the south
end Of the field in line OF companies fac
ing north. The battalions advanced
nearer the reviewing offers and coming
to a halt. executed the manual Of arms.
The long line Of blue uniforms stretching
across the green field, and the bright
rife barrels sparkling In the sunlight
formed an impressive picture.
The entire regiment then stood at
parade rest" while the band passed
twice before the long line of troops play
Ing joyful music. The companies again
passed in review, and finally left the
field from the east end, marching back
to their respective schools. All Of the
reviewing officers spoke highly Of the
showing Of the regiment Secretary
Stimson was greatly impressed with the
review.
The manual of arms was executed with
snap and precision. II was noticed
that all Of the omcers were rather dimin-
utive, and that some OF the youngsters
in the file closers'' could hardly keep
apace with their fellow-soldiers under
the weight of the heavy rifles. Several
Of the cadets tainted while standing at
parade rest while the band passed in re-
view
Many persons were impressed by the
general appearance and drill OF Com
pany D Of the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School, which carried the competitive
drill colors, having won the annual COM
petition last year. The company was in
command Of Capt. lie Roy Saunders.
Secretary StimsOn Present.
The major of the First Battalion is
r. B. Ransom. Mai. S. Taylor COM
manded the Second Battalion. and Mai.
r. C. Keefer headed the Third Bat
talon. Among the prominent persons
who attended the review were Secre-
tary of War Stimson. Mrs. Stimson,
Miss Frances Gamble, niece of Mrs.
Stimson: Mrs. Clarence Edwards, wife
of the Chief of the Bureau OF Insular
Affairs; Capt George H. Jamerson,
Capt. Frank B. Mccoy. DR.. William NJ
Davidson, Superintendent of Schools;
Ernest l. Thurston. Assistant Superin-
tspdent of Schools; Capt. James F.
Oyster, President OF the Board of Edu-
cation: Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
member of the Board OF Education; |
DR.. Barton W. Evermann, Chief of the |
Division of Scientific Inquiry, Bureau
Of Fisheries, Department of Commerce |
and Labor; Col. Burton r. Ross. mill |
itary instructor of the cadets and Al