The Washington herald., 1912-05-25
COMPANY 4 WINS
ANNUAL DRILL
Crack Cadets Of N Street High
School Win for Third Con-
secutiys Time.
$4,000 SEE COMPETITION EVENT

Fer the third consecutive time Com
, pany A. OF n Street High School. won the
annual competitive drill Of the Separate
Battalion OF High School Cadets yeqter-
day at American League Park before a
crowd Of 1900 admirers. Seven COM
panies strived for the konors to which
they have been looking forward all the
year, but the exhibition OF the senior
company was adjudged superior 70 the
tactics Of the others. The judges an
nounced. after q lengthy consultation.
that the contest was unusually close, and
the exhibition would have been creditable
to a detachment Of troops from the reg
uiar army.
The competition was viewed by the
most prominent persons In educational
circles IN the city, among those present
being Supt Of Schools Davidson, Capt.
James F. Oyster, all the members Of the
Board OF Education, and Mesers. Thurs
thon, Bruce. and c. Napier. Maj. Ar
thur Brooks. military instructor Of the
cadets, was IN charge Of the drill
Each company was given thirty minutes
In which 70 execute forty-elght move
ments, and not one exceeded the allotttd
half hour. After the individual company
drills a dr1ss parade was held. with MAJ.
John c. Wood In command After the
judges had announced their decision 20
Capt. Arthur c. Logan, OF the winning
company, was notified OF his victory.
Throw Hats In AIR.
After demonstration by the members
Of the company. who thrsw their hats
into the air aid gave an exhibition Of Joy
mconhned. Capt Logan marched Com
pany A to the reviewing stand. where
Capt Oyster pinned the coveted rotation
medal on his breast. He was also award
ed a gold medal. which win be his per-
sonal property, and his lieutenants re-
ceived silver medals. Each member Of
the company was given a white badge
Of honor.
The award Of the judges was received
by the unsuccessful companies In fine
spirit, all Of them loudly cheering their
more successful opponents. The judges
were Lieut.. ]. E. Green, OF Fort VIII
berforce, Ohio, sent here by the War
Department, and Lieuts. W. R Brown
and c. H. Davis. N. @. D. G.
One Of the most interesting features
OF the drill was the sham battle be-
tween the cadets and members OF the
National Guard, who were intrenched
behind the concrete wall OF the bleach
ers- The cadets were the attacking
party and they advanced on the defense
Capt. R. z. Doyle, of the Eighth Pre-
cinct, was in charge Of the police az
the park, and there was at no time
during the celebration any disorder.
The personnel OF Company A is as fol-
lows:
Captain. Arthur Logan! hrst Heuten-
ant. Herbert Harris; second lieutenant,
Rayford Logan; sergeants. Campbell
johnson, Thomas Jones. Robert Ander-
son, William Smith, and George Roye;
corporals, Thomas Barton, Charles Cor
don, Percy Hamilton. Claudius Ramsay
Ralph Smith. and James Turley; pri-
Yates. Raymond Anderson, william
Barnes, Thomas Berry, Albert Brooks,
william Brown, George Butler, Charles
Cook. George Davis. Jefferson Coles,
julius Dixon. Robert Douglass. ]. E.
Eggleston, Firmin Faxio, George Free
man, Daniel Giles n. Grymes, Jack
Gray, William Hail, Peyton Hines, J.
Hanson r. Hawkins. s. Hawkins, ".
Jackson, ]. Jones. S. Johnson, George
Keyes, Orangee King. C. Simms. R.
Matthew, W. Mayes. F. Miles, J. Pinn,
A. Robinson. B. Ross, J. Scott. A Smith,
J. Stokes, P. Samuels, A. Senac, F.
Turner, E. wsatherless, A Walton, D.
Yates. v. Porter, L. Payne, and F.
Brawner.