Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-06
NJ STREET SCHOOL
AGAIN WINS DRILL
For Fifth Successive Time, It
Captures Contest Among
CoIored Cadets.
GEN. MACOMB PRESENTS
FLAG TO COMPANY F
Competition at American League
Park Is Loudly Applauded by
Company Supporters.

| PoAy 9uPpOTtcIS.
For the fifth successive time. NJ Street
High School was victorious in the annual
competitive drill of the colored high
| school cadets. held at the American
League Base Ball Park yesterday after
| noon, Company + being chosen as the
best drilled company. Company f was
| the last one to enter the field.
| The flag was presented to the winners
by Gen Montgomery NJ Macomb. L. S. A.
Henry p. Blair. president of the board of
| education presented the medal to the win
ming captain The Judges who made the
award We're Capt. Clarence c. II. Davis.
Second Lieut.. Benjamin D. Boyd and
Second Lieut.. Raymond a. Jackson. all
of the LIST Separate Battalion, n. G. d. c.
Gen Macomb reviewed the six COM
panies which took part in yesterdays
contest. Others who were present at the
drill were Ernest l.. Thurston, superin-
! tendent of schools; Stephen +. kramer
assistant superintendent in charge of
! white schools; r. G. Bruce, assistant
superintendent in charge Of coiored
! schools: Capt. james f. oyster. former
president of the board OF education, Mrs.
! susie Root Rhodes, Mrs. Caroline w.
! Harris Or. c. W. Chiids and Or I. h.
/ Marshall all members of the board OF
| education.
Drilled by Lieut.. Col. Brooks.
| The boys prepared for the drill
| by Lieut. Col Arthur Brooks, \. &. ID.
| g., retired who is commandment OF the
| list Separate Battalion of Cadets. Arthur
lc Newman was chairman of the gem
eral committee Oh arrangements for the
| drill.
| The drill yesterday contained bayonet
| exercises. voIley firing and nrlng at Will.
All of the companies were appaudeo
| ncarutv by rooteIS representing the re-
| spectlve schools Irom 3!cn The COM
| panies came.
! Officers of the winning company are.
| Captain, Arthur Payne: first lieutenant
| lanes Frazier; second lieutenant, 1eoi &c
X. +. Key.
Rosters of Companies.
| Following are the rosters of the COM
| panies which took part in yesterday 8
drill:
Company A-Captain, Norvell Barnett:
first lieutenant Thomas Barton: second
! lieutenant. Harvey Clark; sergeants, first,
George Samuels; second. Leon Eskridge:
. third William Barnes. fourth, Lee wal
l;er: fifth, Raymond Naylcr. Corporals'
/ robert Smins. AdolphuS oodward.
Paris Henderson >ewton Miller, Leroy
Toliver. Privates Percy Barnes. Henry
Brown. Lafayette Ford Maynard Gar
ner. Ma.cellus Glascoe, Milton Holmes.
Arthur Hayes, William Haig. Harold
.Ioice. James Jones. Philip Johnson, HUI
! bert Johns on. Joseph johnson. James
Lancaster. Kenneth Lewis. LeCount Mat
thews, Tanner Moore. Lorincr Milton.
Paul Piper, William Reeves. Ernest
Reeder. Francis Richardson; Burnett
Spriggs Bruce ThornsS. BirdeU W MT
field Elfreth Washington. Elmer Ed
| wards. Arthur Sutton. Wesley Speller,
Stanley Gallagher, Andrew Corum. VII
liam Jeter. Leonard Savoy. Freddie Gam
| brell. William Jenifer. Emmett kenney
| and Paul Corum.
| Company B-Captain. Leonard Bowles:
first lieutenant, Samuel Thompson: sec
| ond lieutenant, oscar Randall: sergeants,
first. Jack Gray: second. f. 4oindeNter;
| third, George Lacy: fourth. A Brooks:
/! fifth c. Marshal: corporals. J. Cooper.
A. Ferguson. c. Hamilton. G. Gray and
f. Porter: privates. L. Alexander. r.
Barnes A. Beckley. @ Brown. G Brown.
A. Chapman ". collins. r. Contee. l.
billiard, c. Evans S. Green. R. Griffin,
J. Keene W. Lancaster. A. Layton, =.
Lewis. F. Lotion. A. Mckenny. ]. Mat
| thews. ]. Montgomery, +. Parker, r. Pat
ten. B. Pelham r. Pinkney, 9. Purefoy.
] peasants. L. Reeves H Robinson. l..
Stanard. A Tibbs. R. Thompkins. J. Tur-
ner A. Walton, w. WEIGH, D. Williams
and C. Venny.
Those in Company C..
! COMPANY era Warf, captain: Allen
Jackson, first lieutenant: James Paige,
| second lieutenant: William Tol,iver, lieu
! tenant quartermaster Sergeants: Mathew
| Taylor, first: Jacob Walker second; Dan
| lei Wiseman. third: Robert Powell. fourth
| Francis Ledbetter fifth. Corporals: Au-
| gustine Parker, Percy Conrad, William
| Lewis. Charles Wilson, Thomas Garnet
| George Curtis. Privates: Alphonso Alex
| ander James Allen. Delta Carter. Richard
| Contee, Charles Edelin,. Carl Gibson, john
=! O. Harris, Leon Johnson, William Jonn-
son, William Marshall. William Piper. Ed
| ward Saunders, Augustine Stewart. ROD.
| err TIVE. Aiger Wright, Earl Alexander.
. Clarence Brown. Garrett Chapman. ioh!
Devine. Robert Feds John tarrls,
| Harry Jackson, Frank Jones. EDWARD
Logan. Richard Minor. William Parker;
William Shaw. William SyphaN. Rlchard
! Ware Warrick Alexander, Shirley Brown,
Lewis Clark Albert Dreear. William
Forcey John S. Harris, Jurnan Johnson,
! Victor Jones, Osceola Madden. MelVlne
| Penn Samuel Greenan, Arthur Smith,
George Thorton and John williamson.
Company D-Captain. James NJ. Taylor:
first lieutenant, Francis Jones; second
lieutenant, Patrick Tolliver: sereeants.
first, Thomas Dyson. secold. NeiFIn Ia
; Wis; third. Robert Gray: fourth, George
Lee; fifth, Simeon Cunningham; cor
| porals, Bernard Hill. Joseph Bcice,
Charles Duckett. Francis Webb, Leroy
Johnson and Jerry Adams: privates. Oh
liver Alexander. Austin Bel, Joseph
Brooks Ernest Cook. Arthur DicSetson.
| George Ferguson John Graves. Andrew
Hogan, Raymond jackson. Andrew
Lewis Eugene Saunders. Elmer Spriggs.
George Taylor. William West, Samuel
Washington. Floyd Archie. Samuel Brent.
Herbert Brown Isaac cupid, Roscoe Ed
| Ra.I lam Green.