El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

large number Of the parents and friends
! Of the cadets. in addition TO the pupils
Of the high school
The cOmpany's competitive drill
aroused a great amount OF excitement
company a" captained by Harold
Coldwell. drilled first. followed by
/ company b" The former company is
formed OF the taller boys and the latter
and wining company, Of the smaller
boys.
In the Individual competitive drill in
the manual of arms. the privates and
non commissioned officers lined up in
extended order, and the Judging was BY
points As a cadet failed TO respond 10
the commands correctly, or in sufficient
Ilmel ne was eliminated from the line
The competition narrowed down to six.
lawson Bryan, Robson Pomerov.
W imam Bias. Charles Overstreet
Eugene WOmeldOrf. Harry Welsch and
FRANK Scotch. who held their places
for an exciting space Of time Then If
quickly narrowed down to two, over
street and Frank Scotch, and in a com
mand 10 fire at viii. Scotch lost out
on points.
The cadet corps was then assembled
In companies and Gen. Pershfne- ad-
dressed the boys on the value OF mill
Jary training and discipline After ex-
pressing MS pleasure and pride in the
spiendid showing made by the cadets
zen FerShing cOmplimented them r1pou
their remarkable work, considering
that the corps has been armed with
guns only four months
The value OF military training and
discipline makes for better citizens he
SAID 1t develops character and man
illness In my experience, the boy who
pays attention to the minute details OF
MS military training becomes the man
VINO succeeds, because he has mastered
the Importance and the position Of de-
tail in his business life.
w hen I was a first lieutenant I was
the commandant Of the cadets Of the
University of Nebraska OF the cadets
in that corps, the boys who stood up
longest IN such a drill as you have lust
completed, the boys who had the best
military record in thai Institution, have
been the men from that university who
succeeded, and the list numbers gov
errors, senators and representatives in
congress. judges, bankers and men of
influence.
Aside from the benefit that
military training gives the Individual |
there is the patriotic side. Our standing
has needed defence. It has been the I
citizen soldier who has defended this I
country of ours and fought its battles
It therefore behoOves US to encourage |
military training among the BOYS OF I
this country, and as long as I remain !
with the army here. you may rest as /
sured that ] shall do everything in nv
power to aid this cadet corps. to see /
that il has an officer to he in com I
mand and to allow the corps the use Of /
the government rifle ranges for target I
practice"
At the close of Gen. Pershing's ad- 4
dress, private Overstreet was called I
from the ranks and the medal was
pinned upon his coat by the donor. Miss
Ruth MOnrO Augur.
The commandment OF the cadet corps.
Lieut.. Martin c. Schallenberger, of the
Sixteenth infantry gave the commands
for the individual drill and the COM
pany commanders gave the orders for
their companies in the competitive :
drill The judges were major
Nathan LapOwsSi. commander of second
battalion. Fourth infantry Texas
Guard; Lieut.. Allen W Gullion
and Lieut. Henry B. Lewis. Of the
Twentieth United States infantry.
Lieut. Gullion announced the decision Z
Of the judges in the company competi-
ton
The members Of the winning company
are Capt James kilburn. First Lieut. I
Manuel Schwartz; Second Lieut. Robert
Jolly; first sergeant Maurice Blumen-
thai; sergeants Henry Welsch. Hugo
Becker and Paul Mcqueen: corporalS
Paul Harvey. Frank Scotch. Errold
-ap0wsh and Winston McConneu;
orivates Milton Amstater. Bruce Beyan,
AdOlph Briesh, HilIiard Bryan, Byrle
3urdick. Hanlon DuBose Charles Dick
mson, Hiram Duncan, John Flanagan.
~ ae ne IdlAeAls ION GledsOl- James
SOggin. James Hawkins. Charles
Anoblauhc, IT., Lester Kdupp. James
Lynch. Russell Moses Charles Naquin
5eorge Mold. James O'Keeffe, Aubrey
Pryor, F. Quinlan, Max RaveI Herman
Silverberg. G. Smith, Lemuel Smith.
Phillip Stevens Bonnie Villegas, Ellis
Ningo, James Lewis and Elliott Chess.
The medal will be awarded annually
The home valleys united can whip
he world.