The Washington times., 1912-05-26
CADETS ARE PR|MED
FOR BIGGEST EVENT
OF WHOLE SEASON
Six Hundred High School
Boys in Drill Starting
Tomorrow.

Six hundred and fifty high schooI ca
diets, enrolled in twelve companies, will
take part tomorrow and Tuesday after-
noon in the annual competitive a. 4 OF
the high school regiment at NaN Nal
Park Victory in this prize drill is the
objective OF months of preparation and
drill and rivalry between the five high
schools of the city is almost keener
than In athletic contests. Thousands of
fellow-students, relatives, and friends
will fll the grandstands and bleachers
of the ball park both afternoons, and
high school colors will be seen In greater
variety of design than at any time since
the last drill.
Companies ID, K. c, and L. OF the Nc
Kinley Manual Training School. and II
and NJ. of the Western High, will drill
tomorrow afternoon, beginning at $3.50
o'clock The following day will see on
parade Companies A. and f, of Central
High; b, E, and G, OF the Business
High, and F, of the Eastern High
School. The announcement of the high
est scored company will be made imme-
diately after the second days drill, and
the winning company will receive silk
flag at the hands of the chief of STAFF,
General Leonard Wood. 1t is expected
the Secretary of War will be a spec
tator tomorrow afternoon.
The judges of the drill are three reeu-
lar army officers. experts on the new
army drill regulations and manuals.
which the cadets have been forced to
learn this year. These judges are Capts.
A. w. Bjornstad, General staff; D. r.
Merrill, Twenty-eighth Infantry, and ].
b. Allison, Seventh Infantry.
Tha
maneuvers to be executed will not ba
| issued until shortly before the drill
tomorrow afternoon, and 1t is probable
tnat the order of drill will be varied
a little the second day in order not to
give Tuesdays contestant the adyant.
age of prior knowledge which they
otherwise would have.
All officers of the regimentaI and
battalion staff will be on the field in
| officers who will lead the several COM
! panies to glory or defeat are the fol-
, lowing:
Business High School-Company E,
captain, r. E. Glessner; first lieutenant,
Bigham. Company G, captain, L. F.
Cooper; first lieutenant. J. II. Molineu;
second lieutenant, C, G. Hines.
Central High School-Company A, cap
| tain, II. d. Gordon; first lieutenant, r.
p. Hollingsworth; second lieutenant p.
o, Potts. Company b, captain, r. Sex
ton; nrst lieutenant, II. Sydenham; Sec
ond lieutenant, K. Metzerott. Company
|, captain, NJ. 4. Martin; first lieuten-
ant, A. Bradshaw; second lieutenant, p.
Stein.
Eastern High School-Company F, cap
tain, J. Dorland Cremer. jr.; first lieu
tenant. Ray p. Whitman; second lieu
tenant, e. Clarence Rice. jr
Mckinley Manual Training School,
Company c, captain, r. f. Coughlin;
first lieutenant, C. b. Laudenslager;
second lieutenant, r. w. Smith. Com
pany D, captain. w. L. Saunders; first
lieutenant, f. D. Haines; second leu
tenant. NJ. w. Sandmeyer. Company
X, captain, NJ. J, Whitney; first lieu
| tenant, c. y. Gibbons second lteuten-
ant, r. w. Wilson Company L, cap
| tain, L. z. Will: first lieutenant. S. c.
Cousins: second lieutenant. NJ. f. Miller.
Western High School-Company H,
captain, Burnett Olmstead; first lieu
| tenant, Colin Campbell; second lieu
tenant, Julian Dowell. Company NJ,
captain. Herbert Kimball; first lieu-
tenant, Warner Harwood; second leu
tenant, Theodore Kelley.