Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-19
CADET
COMPANIES DRILL.
Maneuver on Opening Day Of
Thirty-Second Annual
Competition.
MAKE AWARD TOMORROW

Junior Washington turned ont i'll
force today to welcome companies
from Central, Business, Eastern and
Western high schools. which took part
in the thirty second annual drill Of
the Washington High School Cadet
Corps. Tech companies will not take
the field until tomorrow. The annual
drill Of the cadets is held by the stu
dents in higher esteem than victories
on the foot bail or base ball field OF
on the track, and all those pupils who
were not occupied with other. duties
crowded the stands at the Washing
ton American League base ball park
to witness the opening OF the greatest
event in interscholastic competition.
Promptly al O'Clock. the start
ing time, Company of Central
marched on the field. proceeding out
beyond second base on the ball field
and lining up before the Judges for
general nspec ion. They then went
through the maneuvers prescribed by
, the order of command. Company j.
WAS followed by Companies ID, NJ. X.
2. and ], all of Central High School
20 npanies " and T. of Business. {.
X a nd G of Central. + OF Eastern and
Stands Are Crowded.
Long before starting time for the
aftermath uIlII. SET IOE = o tIDth- TIE
stands a, ere crowded with supporters
of the va ous companies, the feminine
sex wearing arm bands and carrying
banners p,n scented to them by admir-
ing memb.n's of the various units.
More than 200 persons, il was esti-
mated. We're n the stands when drill
ing opened thu AFTERNOON. ,.
was on hand "a rly this morning To
watch his son. Capt Robert l..
Flather of Company D. lst Battalion
LIST Regiment, CeA trai High Schoo'.
put his unit throu s s.s p smnnr ~.
official opinion exp sssen among the
brigade officers of me cadet corps
seated in the dugout and expressing
critical opinions of tn. WORK vi eacf
company was that Goa hPanS nai
made the best showing any or the
companies which drilled inns morn.
ing. Company. NJ of Ce % tral. under
Capt. H Stanley Slime, however. piane
a favorable impression on THESE SA-
pert critics.
Tomorrow afternoon. after an me
companies have been revieSsso' the
entire brigade will march ia sien
before the judges. Capt CharA ~
Johnson u. S. A; Capt. J. B. SaurA iers'
{. s. A. and Lieut.. Richard n. Cha BIZ.
L. S. A. group of school ohcA rs
which will include George h. HamN
ton, president of the board of educ2A
ton; Ernest L.. Thurston. superrntend.
sistant superintendent, and probasly
all the high school principal Is. -
Brigade Adjt. Capt: Paul v. Hsiss
will receive orders from the judges
designating the winning company.
and will proceed down the lane be-
tween the rows of standing cadets.
approaching the winning COMPANY. He
will salute the captain, who Will re-
turn his salute. and win march his
command before the judges. where
Brig. Gen. James J. Kerr. retired, act
ing adjutant general of the Army.
will uin the Allison Nailor medal Oh
the breast of the winning captain. .
The medal will be the property fof a
year of the school from which the
winning COMPANY comes. The captain
will receive a replica of the original
which is valued at $4,000 and has
been in competition for more than
years. - H. scI.
: A purple ribbon will be awarded :
to the Captain Of the second COM :
pany and a white ribbon to the cap
tain of the third company.
Because of the excellence of the
weather. there was but ane prostra-
year more than a half-dozen boys
were forced to drop out of the drtll
because of the intense heat.
Organized in 1882. - -
The Washington High School Ca.
diets were organized in 1852 under the
er at Central High School The Ca
diets made their first appearance pub >
lfcly in. May, 1888. and from thai time
to the present have been a, recognized
feature of high school life in Wash
ington. s4-- -f- 49,