Evening star., 1922-06-07
WESTERNS SP[UCKY
STUDENTS TRIUMPH
0utburst of 10000 specta-
tors Greets Cadet Corps
Drill Award.

Confidence and determination tri-
umphed over luck and hope and won
for Company l. of Western High
School the greatest of all school
events-the annual competitive drill
of the Washington High School Cadet
Corps.
With the odds completely against
it. and handicapped by a soggy field,
which made the underfooting slip
| perry. Company l. went through it's
maneuvers in shower during the
competition Monday afternoon. Late
Yesterday afternoon ii marched out
! of the American League base ball
| park with the covetd prize flag amid
| the almost deafening cheers of some
| 10000 school children.
J The soldier students who made up
| the rank and file of the winning con-
; tlnSent entered the drill with deter
mInation to emerge victorious. Two
| minutes before they took the field the
f; corporals lectured to their respective
squads and imbued in them the con-
. fidence which later spelled victory.
After their exhibition there was no
, doubt in the minds of the military
critics that Company l. would be the
! prize unit of the cadet corps in the
! thirty fifth competitive drill
J Company ii Of Tech High School
the midget entry in the event. took
| second honors: Company II of West
| ern. third. Honorable mention was
! given to Companies T and E of Cen
f; tral. which placed fourth and fifth.
respectively, in the drill.
! First Honor Since 1906.
| Company LIS victory brought to
! Western the first time since 1906 the
! prize banner. and other honors which
| go to the winning company. That
year, Company H. in command of
i Capt. William Bland, captured the
! event. Twice since, however. West
ern knocked Nat the door that led 10
; glory by winning second honors. In
! 1917. and last year Company L took
| the second prize
After the drill the heroes" of
Western were banqueted at the
| school, where jubiliation reigned SUI
preme. not only because two of the
. schools three entries had won prizes
! in the event but because of the COM
plete military triumph of the Western
! cadets this year Just a few weeks
ago the Western companies took first
| honorS III the first annual competi-
! tive battalion drill of the cadet corps.
| The celebration was continued at
the school today at a special assem-
/ blv. wntn the student body was given
an opportunity to laud the heroes"
| of the 1922 competitive drill. and they.
| in turn. describing how they won the
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| We're bestowed upon Capt. w. W.
Shea. who led Company l. to victory.
| \ replica of the Allison Nailor medal
was formally presented to Capt. Shea
at the exercises this morning at West
ern by Albert Schulteis. president of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce. The chamber awards a replica
of the hejewelsd token to the COM
mander of the victorious cadet COM
pany annually. The original medal,
which was presented to Capt. Shea
on the drill field. is kept in the boar
of education's safe. at the Franklin
School. and taken out only for the
| ceremonies at the conclusion of the
competitive drill.
Immediately after Company D Of
| Tech. the last contingent To Civ" is
| exhibition had marched off thu fed.
uin. cadet SereeantS were lined up in
| the right field of the ball park before
| the board of Army judges whose duty
| II was to select the most dis-inc uiSh-
| ed sergeant. This honor was ultimately
awarded to Sergt. Fred :. Swind.ll
| Of Company Fl of Central High School.
Regiments Await Ruling.
The three regiments comprising th"
| cadet corps then marched mt" the
ball park TO await announcement Of
| the winning companies and he SUB
Seuuent awarding of the prizes. Liz"
! a flash. silence prevailed in the stands
and the 10000 spectators focused
their ewes on Capt Melville 9. Linl-
say, the brigade adjutant. whose duty
it was To summon the Winning com
pany to the front of the pard OF
Judges and the guests of honor. who
included Col. Robert {. Davis. acting
adjutant general of the Army; Com
missioner James F. oyster. Superin-
! tendent of Schools Frank w. Ballou,
Assistant Superintendent stephen f.
Kramer: Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins,
acting president of the board of e1u-
cation. and James 7. Lloyd. member
of the board.
A tremendous roar went up from
Westerns section in the .grandstand
when the adjutant ordered that Capt.
Shea bring his company forward TO
receive from the judges the honor
that betokened supremacy. \ SIM