Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-02-12
ARMORY PACKED BY
CROWDS ANXIOUS TO
SEE DRILL CONTEST
O. n. S. CADETS DISPLAY tai.
ENTS BEFORE THRONG OF
SPEC TATORS-CO. 2 IS DECLAR
ED WINNER BY REVIEWING OF
FICER.

BEFORE one OF the largest CROWDS
that eyer entered the local armory,
The second company OF the high
school cadets. commanded b. Cap
tain friedcn Anderson, Of the cadet
battalion, walked away with all hon
ors last night in the competitive drill
which was staged under the supervis
ion OF Harry Kelly, Principal Charles
!<ngman and several others. Alder-
son $ company proved it's superiority
by wide margin The captains lead
ing ability aided materially in his
vii. All men in the company
worked together, and when they went
through different drills. platoon for
nations. the manual Of arms and var
ious other maneuycrs il was easily to
be soel that No deserved the hon
ore. At the end OF the mpeiti0A
just before the Wal!scaline contests.
he was awarded a; beautiful large sill
Yer cup by Captain Noble of culver
Academy, who acted as Judge OF the
evening
The competition was keen ana open
ed with "A drill OF each CompaEJ by
its captain. Woodward was the first
To have his company perform. which
was good When Anderson added a
little strategy and proved that his
company was a little better. Bob
billiard then toOk his company of
mdgptS out or the floor and exhibit,
ed some wonderful performances, but
eyert body agreed that none could
surpasS Anderson and his men
Each captain lheg took his company
and drilled them in front OF the re
viewing stand in the manned ii arlrs,
All guns clicked together and every
hand moved at once. Again Audpr-
son proved the best leader ald had
the best company.
Eight men were then taken from
each company and formed in line
in front OF the reviewing stand This
was for the manual Of arms cOmppti,
tion. II was something on the order Of
a spelling bee. As soon as a man
made mistake he was forced To drop
three PAGES back. At the first order
several made mistakes and were ont
OF the contest Finally it went down
to tWo mon. they being Vance Barber
and edward Claus. both of the sec
ond company. 1t was a hard time to
decide who was the winner. Finally.
Lieutenant Hastings. local recruiting
officer gave Il certain command and
Barber made hlab OF it and Claus
won the contest. He was rewarded
with silver medal while Barber re-
ceivod the bronze one.
Still there was one more man to be
picked as winner This was for the
man who displayed the best soldierly
bearing. Earl Wendell of the third
company was the winner. receiving
Il bronze medal.
Immediately after the drills were
over, Col. Noble presented Captain
Anderson with his prize, large silver
cup. with his name engraved on it,
Before the presentation, he delivered
a short talk to those present in regard
to the drilling and discipline OF the
cadets. Excellent. wonderful. they
can't be beat" stated Colonel Noble.
Never before have | sees such we'll
trained cadet companies am forced
to say they are the best have ever
seen and | will have to go quite d
long ways to find anything any better.
Some Of the boys are rot as big as
they ought to be. But now is the time
to catch him. Get him when he is
young and train him If it wasn't for
their kind OF spirit. where would the
United States be today? It is the
American spirit We are not through
fighting yet. We will need Won bows
some day
Villa. the Mexican bandit, is Stiu
carrying on his ruthless work and
there Will be a time when the United
states will have to get him Most
OF the soldiers who went over the
seas to fight the Hun have come back,
They won the war. Ii was their spirit
that carried them through. and they
sure did treat 'em rough. This army
is no more. II is PRACTICAL, disba,id-
ed but We will reed such men again
some dav
Il hope You boys will never have
to go to war. But in case you should,
such young men as YOU will i and
back of old glory. II you put as huch
time on your military drill as WI, do