The Washington times., 1914-06-02
DRILL TROPHY TO
Be AWARDED TODAY
This Is the Day Of Days for the
Washington High School
Cadets.

To-day Is the day Of dsvs Tor thN
Washington High School cadet.
Years. days. and months OF prepars
ton. hours of expectancy and hone.
end minutes of nerve raCkin- indie
-islon will hang in the balance. in
the second when EeE;mentsl AdiTtant
". Russell Ide. of Central. halts be
fore turning 10 salute the captain Of
the company winning the annual
competitive drill.
Thousands of high school girls and
hoys. proud father anu mothers of
cadets. officials of the public schools
~ the city. and members of the Board
- Education Will be on hand 10 wit
ness the second days drill ard the
annual award at American League
Park tcday.
Efforts of Eleven Companies.
Upon the efforts Of the cadets of
Aeven companies comprising three
haitslions will depend the decision to
10 made by Capt. Howard l.. LaUbach.
l. S. A. First I.'eGc. george a. Lynch.
l. s. A and First Lieut.. Philip Il.
Pashy. L. S. 4. The judges will give
their decision TO Col. w. II. later, of
Eastern High School. who in turn -,
"rSsr the regimental adjutant TO order
inc captain Of the winning company to
u"rck before the judges.
II is then thai thousands of throats
viii yell mighty shoot Of congratu-
lat on. Eastern. Western. Central, Nc
hlnIey and Business will Join IN paying
tribute 10 the fortunate wInnSr of the
"rff President Henry =. Blair, of Z
BoarC OF Education. will congratulate
Iha winning company and captain.
Srpe Tiniendent L. l. Thurston and
other school officials will see the ALI
son- -Nailor medal pinned on the breast
ot the youthful CAPTAIN and the mem
hers of the company will exslt in their
red ribbons while the first sergeant Will
stick the coveted flag in the muzzle
ot his gun for all to see as the COM
psny is ordered back for dismissal.
Today companies /, A, +, G. l. and
will take their allotted half hour to
20 through the fifty-three hum5ers on
the program. Western and Tech drilled
yesterday. while Business. Eastern and
"entral will have full sway today in
the competition for the coveted flag.
Officers In>Command.
The officers commanding the GEM
panies drilling today are:
Company l. Central High School-Captain.
Richard L. Yates; first lieutenant. Alan w.
Payne: second lieutenant. James B. Newman:
first sergeant. William II. Gottlieb; second
sergeant. Clyde A Norton: third sergeant
John l.. Stesrns; fourth sergeant Russell X
Hollingsworth; firth sergeant. Norman G
Rogers: corporals, Stanley \. DsNe2le. Ell
Ter Z. Shepherd. Kari y. Wood. Herbert NJ
Jones. and Louis W. Turon.
Company y, Central High SchoO-C' in
Harold Fl. Osborn: first lieutenant. Maurice
FL n
Milton. hrst sergeant. Philip q. Otierback:
second sergeant. Charles c BaeseIr: third
sSrseant. William Eldridge: fourth sergeant
aAwell II. Gray: fifth sergeant. Emery Huse;
or-poralss John W. Connolly, Horace L.
Stevenson. Burnham YUnzkwai. Edward L.
pufiies, Henry II. Kobe. and Frank K
white
Company A. Central High schooI-Captain,
Lewis 7. Ross: first lieutenant Frank N.
johnson: second lieutenant. David Davis: FIRST
sergeant j. Randolph Belcher: second ser
Eeant Bruce II. Whitney; third sergeant
Ernest F. Williams; fourth sergeant. George
y. Lester; 9th sergeant, Strari =. Heit-
Nln d. Engle. Leo ". Simmons. Archie D
ACLschlen, John A. Amsn, and Joseph w
Company P. Eastern High School-,cso:ain
Frederick ". Deck: first lieutenant James
u. Arnold; second Lieutenant. Watson Davis.
first sergeant. Norman J. Stock4tt; second
Sersesnt George 9. Rodger: third sergeant
Henry W. Graves: fourth sergeant Gilbert
- 'tark: ifth sergeant. Clair V. johnson;
'orporslS. Harry L. Baldwin. Raymond G
, lark. Robert VI. Taylor Hazen E cole
Herbert <. Fessenden. and. Elliott j.. Preston
company 6. Business High SchooI--CsDtsin
l.SNlHond l. PedlOw: first lieUtsaanc James
hiSt sergeant. Maurice p Freeman: second
,"rs"ant. Ernest f Lynn: third sergeant
FRANK y. MARKS: forrrh sergeant Jacio So
b"l: nth sergeant. Irwin GeasSerz- cor
porais. Louis H BIron. Robert : FIynn Ed
;, arc ! Grass. BENJAMIN JnFa, .'raucis B.
Ward. end George ? Henlock
HlFN AM
Fred u. Connor: first lieutenant William +
Schsa1: second lieutenant Jesse = Sanford:
first sergeant James 3. Mahoney: second
Leroy J. McC'ar;,-. third sc.-seeD+
ksrl 6 Wsssaman: fourth s-rsesr: lterl-y
Y EiseabeiEs. nth sergeant rha-les NJ
~. : corpoFals William =. Griffin. Charles
y ana dale. Edmund : ChamberIsfn. pr.er
p Croft, Alvin Cross. ana Manuel M-nsh.
Open Numbers New.
hose who have seen past drills are
TODAY eXL ressir= surprise At the de
"a rture from the usual numbers an
rearirg On former drill programs,
h" loose and open order numbers eX-
"crtsd Yesterday AT first were unap-
nreClated. but il was not long befora
Inc onIookers realized that the Mill
iarN tactics now in vogue allowed
the captains greater freedom in ey-
'cutior End thoroughly tested their
general ability.
..7-t The usual manual Of arms vas in
"'Hded in the program b.; the
fNt'nGeo number orders. ircIud-
ins those which spread the cadets
across the fielo in Skirmish order to
~0Nance under fire. brought forth as
'nI"h applause rs the more precisely
IN"Cnted numbers. Certain IL is thai
me program was run off with much
nisratch. which was appreciated by
~" followers OF the companies. ana
lowed the boys IN com petition. as
"'H as the followers in the stands.
i" get a breath between dr-s
captain Edgar L. Bernstein. o. Nest
-. took Company /. FIRST on the
,,:"id His boys drilled with a rather