Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-11
CADETS OF DUNBAR.
SCHOOL WIN DRILL
Full Regiment Of Co|ored
High Students in Com
petition for Flag.

| Dunbar High School boasts today OF
having the best drilled cadet companies
| in the colored high schools of the Dis
| trict. For yesterday afternoon COM
panies from that school captured all
honors in the annual competitive drill
| of the first separate battalion before
%. 900 persons that taxed the capacity
of the American League base ball park.
Company X, commanded by Capt.
William Mason, with an average of 80
per cent. took the prize flag, the Maj.
Milton Dean. silver loving cup, dia-
mond studded medal and all the honors
which go with them, while Company d.
from the same school, captured the
second and final award. The latter COM
pany won the coveted flag last year.
Eight Companies Drill.
Eight companies--fve from Dunbar
and three from neutrality-suspicious.
the history of the colored high schools
that full regiment has entered in
competition for the honored flag.
An unusual feature of the co1ored
high schools competitive drill this
year was an exhibition of setting up
exercises by companies from the col
ored Junior High School. Another
feature was the first appearance of
the colored cadet band, and from the
applause it received during the re-
view after the drill. it made decided
hit with the crowd of spectators.
Col. Arthur Brooks. D. C. N. G., re-
tired, reviewed the regiment prior to
the awarding of the prizes. The
judges were Capt. Reuben Horner, U.
is. A.. Capt. Lewis r. Mehlinger. re-
tired, and Lieut.. Montgomery Greg
Dry. retired. Among public school
officials who witnessed the drill were
Supt Thurston. Assistant Supt. Kram-
er, DR.. John Van Schaick, jr., presi-
dent of the board of education; DR.. j.
school b, ard. and Roscoe c. Bruce. as
sistant superintendent of colored
schools.
Roster Of Winning Companies.
Rosters of the two winning COM
panies follow:
Company X (winner)-William Ma
son. captain: Clement Wells. first
| lieutenant. and William Mundell, sec
| ond lieutenant.
Daniel Day. second; Andrew Rad
cliffe, third, and Clarence Kelly
| fourth.
| Corporals-Howard Brown, Arriving
! johnson, Thomas Device, William
Minor and Samuel Dyer.
Privates-Alfred Bagby. Emerson
Brown. Leo Butler, Charles Barnes
Leroy Brown, H. Banks. HARRY OAR
| nell. Horace Dove, James Gaskins
John Gray. Ivanhoe Garrett, Rich
ard Goodwin, Henry Green, L. Harris
Edward Hall, Columbus Hall, Charles
| Holland. Harry Honesty Milton Jeter,
| Fred Myers, Malcomb Myers, C. Minor
E. Masterson. W. Mutt, L. Pinckney,
Wesley Porter, Cortez Peters, John
Richardson. Frank Randolph Rich.
ard Tillman, o. Walker, harrington
| Williams. Arnold Williams, A. Rice
A. Platter, T. McLain, E. MaIery, Will
| liam Skinner and E. Johnson
Company D {second)-Louis Miller
| captain Frank Thompson. first lieu
| tenant; Ashton Morrison. second lieu
| tenant.
| Sergeants-Henry Tyler Joseph
Queen. Charles Williams, George
! Blakey and Edward Arthur.
Corporals-William Marshall, Jesse
Nell, Ralph jackson, Albert Jackson
| and Harry Vass.
Privates-Powell Allen. Eugene AL
len, Aaron Bankett, William Brice
| Edgar Brown. Olden Harvey. Fred
erick Buckner. Aloysius Clanton. Wal.
! ter Carter. Eldridge Davis. John Du.
vail, Kermit Gilbert, William Glascoe
| Russell Shepherd. John Smith, Lee
Taylor. William Wilmington, Francis
| Honesty, Henry Holmes. Leon Jones
| Henry Lyles, Richard Lockwood, Ed
ward Marks. Edward McLeise, Will.
| liam Cabiniss, Peter Stevenson
Franklin Sims, David Strange, Percy
| Nash, William Price. Stanley Smith
Raymond Turner. George Thomas, and
George Williams.