Evening star., 1915-05-12
PRESIDENT REVIEWS
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
Regiment of 800 Students
Shows Its Ability in Mill
tary Tactics.
Mr.. Wilson SHAKES HANDS
WITH COL. GILBERT CLARK
Congratulates Him on Fine Body of
Young Men. Their Drill and
Appearance.

With the President of the United
States reviewing them, about 500 High
School Cadets yesterday afternoon
showed their ability in military tactics.
: Several thousand persons, including
many officials of the city, were present
in addition to President Wilson.
When President Wilson entered the
White Lot ellipse, where the maneuvers
were held. the large assembly loudly
applauded him. He greeted several of
the officials as he came in, and was
escorted to seat by Henry p. Blair,
president of the board of education.
and Col. w. W. Harts. his military aid.
President Wilson was accompanied by
his niece, Mrs. Anna Cochran, and her
little daughter Anna.
At the end of the review President
Wilson shook hands with the colonel of
the regiment Gilbert Church Clark of
Eastern High School.
You have a fine body of young men
there" said President Wilson. Their
drill and appearance are excellent. l
congratulate you, sir
Prior to the arrival of the President
and following his departure. numerous
maneuvers were executed by the regi-
ment This was the first public appear
Ance of the cadets this year.
Most Warlike Feature.
Three of the companies gave special
exhibition drills. as did also the I'd Bat
TALON The most warlike feature of
the day was when Company H of West
ern High School in extended order fred
many rounds of ammunition in the di-
rection of the spectators and ended
their part of the exhibition by bayo-
A NJ al
High School drilled in close order. and
Company C of the Mckinley Manual
Training School gave a bayonet drill.
Included in the throng which half
surrounded the ellipse were: Ernest
L. Thurston, superintendent of schools;
Commissioner Louis Brownlow, Nal
Raymond w. Pullman. superintendent
of police: Stephen E. Kramer. assistant
superintendent of schools, Maj Wal
ZACH A. MacCathran, n. G. D. c., COM
mandant of cadets. A T. Stuart. direc-
tor of intermediate instruction.: Miss
Elizabeth V. Brown, director of pri-
mary Instruction. Mrs. Edith Kingman
Kern. John b. Larner and William T.
Galliher. members of the board of edu-
cation, and numerous of the principals
and supervisory officers.
Officers Of Regiment.
onicers of the cadet regiment are:
n, Z.
Lieut.. Col. Ernest Williams. c. H. S.
Mai. Gst Battalion) Chester Bassett.
c. H. S.
Maj. cd Battalion) Balm Lightfoot, w.
H s.
Maj tsd BattaIion) NJ. J. FfIlius, NC
Kinley NJ. T. s.
Regimental Adjutant Capt. j H. Fell
lows, Mckinley NJ. T. S.
Regimental Quartermaster Capt. Jo-
eeph Spillman, W. II. s.
1st Raffalfpp High Ccboo1-
Capts. 6. n. Lester. w. II. Gottlieb w
G. Eldridge and J. X. Belcher: First
Lieuts. Emery Huse. II. b. Whitney
j. l.. Stearns and S. p. Heitmuller; Sec
gate. H. II. Kobe and B. Yung Kwai.
20 Battalion-Eastern High School.
Capt. Harry Lewis Baldwin, First
Lieut.. Henry Walter Graves. Second
Lieut.. Theodore Chisholm: Western
High School. Capt Longstreet WHEEL
chel, First Lieut.. Blandford Jennings,
Second Lieut.. Otto Praeger.
Business High SchooI-Captains. ]. B.
Mahoney and J.. ]. McCarty: first lieu
tenants. N. p Freeman and X. G. Wass-
man: second lieutenants, Frank Marks
and Jacob Sokol
Third Battalion. Mckinley Manual
Training High schoolEcaptains. J. p
Seaton. c. E. krey. w. j. Cleveland and
William LanRe; first lieutenants, W. r.
Greenwood. r. p. Sabine. n. H. Eckert
and II. o. Clayton: second lieutenants.
W. T. Sparrow, w. A Arner, J. f..
Stockard and ID. G. Cooper.
Battalion adjutant-First Battalion,
Central High School. E. r. Shepherd.
Battalion OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bat
TALON. Central High School. David Perl
man.
Battalion adjutant-Second Battalion,
Western High School, George Nordlin-
ger.
Battalion quartermaster-Secon Bat
TALON. business High School. c. NJ.
Frey.
Battalion adjutant-Third Battalion.
Mckinley Manual Training School L.
W. Himmler.
Battalion auartermaster-Thir Bat
TALON. Mckinley Manual Training
School. d. Zirkin