The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-24
GREAT THRONG WITNESSES
CADET CORPS PRIZE DRILL

The annual prize drill of the Canon
City High School Cadet corps on the
athletic field of the high school build
ing Friday afternoon afforded an in
teresting spectacle TO a great throng
of visitors and was in all respects one
OF the most notable events of the kind
in the chronicles of the organization.
The officers OF the corps are Lieut..
T. d. Harris. C. n. c.. commandant.
now on duty with his command at
Fort Logan; Franklin Little. adjutaut
and Howard Cooper, quartermaster.
The corps is composed of Company A
and Company b.. OF which William
Carlson is captain OF the former and
William Beckham and Tim Walsh are
first and second lieutenants respect
lively. Wilbur Combs is captain of
Company B.. and Ira Thomas and Al
fred Sinden are hrst and second lieu
tenants.
The military events of the afternoon
were preliminary drill of the indi-
yiduai competitive: drill by the mem
bers OF Company B.: second round of
the individual competitive; signaling
by the members of the signal corps;
drill by the members of Company A.:
final round OF the individual competi-
tive: presentation of the winning
squad; battalion parade and the pres
entation of the medals by the mem
bers of the military committee of the
board OF education.
The judges OF the contests were
Charles Fl. Randall OF Denver, chief
electrician, United States navy:
Harry T. Rainey OF Denver, electric
ian of the first class. United States
navy, and Sergeant Leslie Stevenson
OF Canon City. late OF Company c.
First Colorado Infantry. u. s. Ma
tional guard These gentlemen. were
very favorably impressed with the
movements of the cadets in battalion,
company. platoons. squads and other
formations. as well as individual work
in the manual Of arms and compliment
ed the cadets on the excellence of
their instruction and the profit they
had derived from il
In the company drill. the movements
OF which were splendidly executed by
both organizations, was won by Com
pany A.. but by a very small margin
of superiority. In some particulars
Company B. excelled its competitor.
but its rival was adjudsed to have a
shade the best OF the competition and
1t was awarded the prizes. A gold
medal will be given its captain and
its first and second iieutenants.
In the individual competitive, where
all competed in the manual of arms.
Kerry Corrin and Clyde Ray tied
for honors OF the competition. Both
were perfect and both will receive
silver medals. For making the best
records in craftsmanship on the tar
get range during the past year
Claude Ray was awarded first place
and Charles Walsh, second place. The
first will be awarded a silver medal
and the latter a bronze medal. a
new feature in connection with Mill
tary Field Day this year was squad
drill. Six squads competing for priz-
es offered by the military committee
of The board OF education. The final
drills in these competitions took
place between three squads Friday
morning, with Sergeant Leslie Steven
son and O. w. Rowe as judges First
place was awarded to squad from
Company b. commanded by Corporal
Malcolm Carlson. The members of
the squad were Paul Rabsahl. William
Walsh. Clifford Franks. Harold Law
renee. Harry Johnson. Lee Pope and
Iohn Pearson. Each will be given
souvenir bronze bar decoration of
military pattern to be pinned on
their uniforms