Evening star., 1920-06-09
COMPANY A, TECH,
CADET CHAMPIONS,
FETED BY SCHOOL
Capt. C. Robert Seckinger
Leads Six Squads to Mill
tary Distinction.

The coveted prize flag of thirty
| three annual competitive drills OF
: the Washington High School Cadet
| Corps today is back at its last years
| resting place. incased in glass in the
hall OF fame" at Tech High School.
| 1t was returned there yesterday even
| ing by Company A, the victor in the
greatest school event in Washington.
Last year Company H Of Technical
won the drill.
A hero" in a day is Capt. c. Rob
ert Seckinger, who led his siX-squad
| company on the drill field at 2:30
O'Clock in the afternoon for it's eX-
| hibition before the judges. and
marched it off again with the flag OF
honor and a medal on his chest about
! three hours later. But Capt Seek
| niger is reluctant to take the honors.
! won the honors for the school, am
! glad to be with them"
! Central and Eastern Rejoice.
| ors in the drill. there was almost
+, equally great rejoicing at Central
| and Eastern High schools today, for
| Company c of Central captured sec
ond honors in the drill and Company
| F. of Eastern third. Only fraction
4
! from the winner of the second and
| third The iudges-Capts. Thomas H.
Lowe. James r. n. Weaver and Her.
bert b. Hayden-credited Company A,
| the victor, with an average of 1858:
! Company C, second, with S5.2, and
Company F. third, with S4.93.
When Company l. of Western. the
final unit to give its exhibition had
marched off the drill field at the
American League Base Ball Park the
noise Of the crowd of $4,000 school
children and their parents. subsidized
Then with nervous anxiety they
awaited the verdict of the judges.
Conferred for Fifteen Minutes.
Fifteen minutes elapsed. the judges
dugout, and with Supt. of Schools
Thurston. Assistant Supt. Kramer and
other officials. walked across the drill
field to face the twenty-three COM
panies. All eyes were then cast on
the brigade adjutant, as Assistant
Supt Kramer summoned him to
bring Company A of Tech to. the
front" The brigade adjutant march
ed and faced Company A. 1mme-
diately deafening cheers arose from
the Tech section in the Erandstand.
and Capt Seckinger marched his
proud company of men to the front to
receive the prize flag. which was pre-
sented by Brig Gen. Smedley S. But
ler, U. s. NJ. c.
A replica p the Allison Nailor
medal was pinned on the chest OF
CAPT. Seckinger by Albert Schulteis,
on behalf Of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce, and he was given
enough red ribbons to pin on the
chest of every man in the victorious
company.
Then Company c of Central. COM
manded by Capt Henry !. kiel, was
| ba fn recaivo Second
honors. amid the cheers of the Cen
tralites" The final award to Company
F. commanded by Capt. Clarence L.
Parker, brought cheers from the East
erniteS.
Reception for Winners.
In the schools of the winning com
panies. a dinner and reception was
given in their honor, as was the case
in schools Of defeated companies. The
Tech, where the entire student body,
faculty and alumni paid homage to the
officers and men of Company A.
The roster of the winning company
follows: Capt. Charles Robert Seek
niger, First Lieut.. G. NJ. 1relan, Second
H. Refs. Second Sergt. Isaac F. Fisher.
Third Sergt. Granvill G. GUIDE. Fourth
Sergt. Richie P. Taylor. Fifth Sergt.
Frank L. Etchison. Corp. Walter r. Ar
rison, Corp. Reuben A. Bogley. Corp.
Philip w. Hamilton. Corp. William w.
Hoag, Corp. Thornton w. Owen. Corp.
John Z. Revelle, Privates John X.
Baker, Kenneth Birgfeld. William
Blumer, Alexander T. Britton, William
c. Brown. Alfred c. Burg. Merrill d.
Burnside. William E. Colbert. John x.
Coles. Frederick n. Dodge. Harry L.
Edwards. Hamilton ]. Fowler. Hubert
Gerken, Nelson e. Goldman, Laurie F.
Hess, Frank Z. Hough, Leland j.
| James, Eugene A. Keller, Edwin B.
Lawless. Leroy c. McCauley, Joseph B.
McGovern, James D. McKenna. David
| w. Miller. Edwin T. Pairo, William L.
Peverill. Thomas A. Pulliam, William
J. Rhees, Don c. Ritchie, Martin A.
Ryan, James P. Schneider. Bernard l..
Shaw, Oscar M. Shaw. Louis ]. Vogt.
William D. Walker. Truman S. Wal
| lace. Arthur o. Wharton, Charles S.
White