Evening star., 1921-05-22
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GLORY AND PRIZES
High School Boys to Fight
for Honors Tomorrow
and Tuesday.

The greatest event of the school
year in Washington-the competitive
drill of the High School Cadet Corps
"Opens tomorrow morning at the
test. for which the youth Of the high
schools have been preparing for eight
months. is expected to be the hard
est fought in the thirty -nine-year
There are twenty-one six-squad
companies. comprising about 1920
officers and men. scheduled to partici-
pate in the drill.
Company F of Central High School.
in command of Capt. C. H. Porter
will formally open the event whom it
marches upon the field at S:45 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Other companies
will follow throughout the day, and
again on Tuesday, until S O'Clock.
when Company G of Eastern High
School will bring the drill to close.
and the judges will determine the
winner.
Order OF Drills.
The program for tomorrow is as fol-
lows: Morning-Company F. Central
s:45 o'clock: Company a. Central. $40;
Company NJ. Central. 8 :35; Company K.
Central. 10; Company G. Central. 10 :25.
Aftrrnoon-Company c. Central. 2:10 !;
Company D. Central. 2 :s5; Company F.
Eastern. 3; Company L. Eastern, 3 :25
and Company E. Central. so.
Tuesdays program is as follows: Com
pany c. Tech. AS o'clock; Company
H. Tech. $40; Company l. Business
9 :35: Company A. Tech. 10: Company
B. Tech. 1925. Afternoon-Company
D. Tech. go O'Clock Company B, Cen
Company NJ. Junior High School. 3 AS ::
Company H, Western, 10, and Com
pany G. Eastern. 4 :35.
Central High School has nine COM
panies entered in the drill. Tech five.
Business two, Eastern two, Western two
and Junior High School one. The Junior
High School company will make it's ini
tial appearance in the event this year,
it not being organized until October of
last year. Company A Of Tech High
School. which won the event last year.
will carry the prize flag on the field
judges-Maj. John b. Richardson, U. S.
A.; Maj. Thurston Hughes. U. S. A.. and
Maj. James A. Ulio. L. S. A.
High Omcials to Attend.
High Army. Navy and government
officials and thousands of school chill
dren will attend the drill Tuesday
afternoon. when the victorious COM
pany is determined, and the honors
bestowed upon the commander and
of awards. the entire cadet organiza-
tion will pass in review of Maj. Gen.
John A. Lejeune, commandant of the
United States Marine Corps. who has
been selected as the official reviewing
officer.
Several new features will mark the
drill this year. Heretofore awards of
honor have only been given to the
captain of the winning company and
his men. This year. however. compe-
tition has been stimulated between
the battalions by announcement that
the best major in the brigade will be
chosen, and a gold medal will be con-
ferred on him. Lieutenants of. the
winning company also will be given
medals this year. The best sergeant
from the point of efficiency. initiative.
set-up and ability to command. also
will be selected, and similar honor
bestowed upon him.
To Receive $1,000 Medal.
The captain Of the prize company
will receive the $4,000 diamond
studded Allison Eailor medal, and
replica of it. He is permitted to re-
tain the medal in his custody between
the date Of the drill and his gradua-
ton. when it is returned to school au-
thorities. The replica, which is pre-
sented by the Washington Chamber
of Commerce, is handsome and
valuable token, and becomes the
property Of the captain receiving 1t.
The annual competitive drill of the
Sd Regiment tcolored) of the cadet
corps will be held at the ball park
Thursday afternoon. beginning at =
o'clock.