The Washington times., 1913-05-19
CADET COMPANIES
IN ANNUAL DRILL
High School Boys Are Trying for
Honors at American League
Park This Afternoon.

Hundreds of uniformed high school
boys and girls were too excited to eat
much luncheon today, for the annual
crack company competition of the High
School Regiment began this afternoon
at the American League baseball park.
Six companies, cadets from Central,
Business and Eastern High Schools Nre
being put through their PAGES by the
captains of the respective companies,
under the scrutiny of three regular army
officers. Tomorrow, five more companies,
cadets of Mckinley Manual Training
and Western High Schools, go through
the forty-eight commands of the Off
cial program.
Dismiss company" was the first
order which rang out at the ball park
this afternoon, the command being is
sued by Capt Carl NJ. Noetzel, Of
Company E. Business High School.
Captain Noetzel, like the other company
outside the park and marched in while
students Of the several schools yelled
madly. Immediately after this COM
mand, came another. Fall in!'
Cadets Go Through Drill.
Then the High School Cadets went
by company through many commands
and maneuvers. In line of company.
BY platoons, in columns of four and In
columns Of squads they marched:
Wneeleu, ana ODllQueu lHcy lOIIncu
squads. they obliqued to the right
in column of squads in double time,
marked time and then continued their
Then, halting in company front. they
went through the commands in the
school Of the soldier. Familiar orders
to the multitude present, the carry
arms" and the like which every boy
in the third or fourth grade has
learned almost as soon as his alpha.
bet were now executed with What
rhythmic precision months Of training
have achieved.
Finally, after each company has
fired two volleys standing, fired two
yoiieys kneeling, arms are ifnspect,ea; f ,
field and, amid chers from the parti-
sans of another school another COM
pany comes before the grandstand-
Judges of Drill.
The Judges of today's and tomorrow's
drilling are Major ]. ]. koester, ad1u-
tant generals department; Capt. r 0.
Van Horn, general staff. and Capt. r.
r. Ralston, Engineer Corps. At the
park this afternoon are President Blair.
of the Board of Education, former
President Oyster. Superintendent Da-
wilson, Assistant Superintendent Thurs
ton. and host OF other teachers ana
ofiicials.
A prominent figure at the park Is
Col. Burton r. Ross, U. S. A. Thirty
years ago. one year after the first mill
tary drill was held-fn the schools here,
Colonel Ross became the instructor OF
the cadet corps, and for these three de-
cades the High School Regiment has
had his vigilant supervision.
Staff officers of the regiment are
present in uniform this afternoon, as
ihey will be tomorrow. Theirs Is an
ornamental Job now. for the company
commanders are the real thing today
and tomorrow. That is, all except the
adjutant. who has the duty OF sum
moning the winning company tomorrow
before the regiment:
Order Of Drill
After Company E, of Business High,
the companies drill this afternoon In
the following order: !. Central Capt
David H. Blakelock: F. Eastern. Capt
wallace B. Baker: B, Central. Capt. I.
NcC Jones; H, Central Capt John p.
Hoover. and G. Business. Capt. Edwin
The stafr officers are Col. s. J.
leonard. of Eastern High School; |
Lieut. Col ]. L. Tunstall, of Central
High School; Major Francis Martin. OF
Central High School, commanding the
First Battalion; Major Ralph Ogle, or
Eastern High School, commanding the |
second Battalion; Major r. w. Wilson, |
Of Mckinley Manual Training School, |
commanding the Third Battalion: Reg1- |
mental Adjutant r. Schmidt, of Nc
kinley Manual Training School. and
Quartermaster F. T. Campbell, Of
Business High School.