The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-26
ROYAL ARCANlJM
HASANN|VERSARY
Members Of Order and Dis
! trict National Guard Cele-
brate AT Glen Echo.
COMPANY K WINS CUP
Musician Gerber Takes individual
Drill Medal-Rain lnterferes
With Sports.
COMPANY K WINS CUP

More than 700 members Of the Dis
trict National Guard and the Royal
Arcanum met yesterday at Glen Echo
Park to celebrate the twenty-fifth amir
versary of the founding of the order.
The feature OF the day was Compel
tive drill between three companies OF
the National Guard for a silver cup
offered by the management OF the park
and another contest for medal OF
fered by the Royal Arcanum. There
also was a program OF athletic sports.
Company K, Second Infantry. was the
winning company, the other competitors
being Companies B and X Of the First
The medal offered by the Royal Ar
canum was for an individual drill, in
which two squads from each company.
competed. This event was won by Mu-
stefan Edgar II. Gerber. OF Company
X, First Infantry. Private Edwin Geb-
lin. of Company B. First Infantry. who
had been enlisted only a week. won
second place after hard fight.
baseball Gane Called on.
A ball game was scheduled for yester-
day but II was called of because Of wet
grounds. It will be played when The ORR
entail and Francis Scott Keys lodges
hold their Joint excursion at Marshall
Hall, July H. Several OF the athletic
events also had to be called on.
The judges of the drills were Capt. L.
T. Doiseau, Sixth Field Artillery, and
Lieut. G. A. Lynch.
The athletic program, and the winners
of the events, were: Eighty-yard dash
for boys under fifteen years, ]. Edward
Swain. jr, and the open event Of the
same length won by the same: 6o-yard
dash for boys under ten, Layton Miner;
40-yard dash for boys under eight, James
Eckloff: 30-yard dash for boys OF six. Ed
win Store: 4O-yard dash for girls under
fifteen, Ida Holm: same for girls under
eight. Elsie Kuehling, and 3O-yard dash
for girls under six. Ruth Miskell; 20
yard dash open for girls. Hazel George;
30-yard dash for women, Mrs. Jessie Rob
erts. and potato race, won by the same.
The arrangements of the day were in
charge of DIR. Glendie Young. grand re-
gent and chairman OF the grand comit-
tee, assisted by BENJAMIN White, chair
man OF the reception committee; ]. II.
Ruth, chairman OF the publicity commit
tee. and ]. Edward Swain, chairman OF
the committee on sports.
The members of the reception commit
tee were Claude r. Zeppone. II. G. Lentz,
s. I. Besselievre, ]. S. Beatie, ]. r. Gis-
buine. G. NJ. Copenhaver. c. d. Shake
ford. and James z. Chamberlain; OF the
publicity committee, r. c. Rouzee, II. G.
Tegeler. J. p. Neal, George NJ. Foot, c.
W. King. ". /. Willepigue, J. A. Schaef-
er. ]. A. Littlepage, Leroy NJ. Miller. and
]. z. Thomas, and of the committee on
sports, James II. Ruth. ]. z. Thomas, J.
w. Partin, J. E. Eckloff, II. G. Tegeler,
and W. z. Aiken.
The roster OF the winning company in
the drill was: Capt. L B. Earnest, Lieut..
F. c. Mastin, First Sergeants r. S. Boyd.
w. G. Huttelly, ". R. Seltman. and
J. r. Gibson; Corporals A. W. Payne, T.
B. DeFoe. A. S. Barnan. and D. Roberts;
Musicians Stilson and Russell. and Priv
ates Allan. Birum, Brown. Bureau. Black
lock, Becker. Breek, Corners, Kane.
Kreig. Holland, Jones, Dutton. Evans,
Lowell Meyers, Neu. Stuart, Schats. Mar
tin, stockhard. johnson, Richardson. and
Narney.