Evening star., 1922-05-24
cadets WIN HIGH
MILITARY HONORS
Students at Georgetown Re-
ceive Many Special
Field Day Prizes.

| Company A Of the Georgetown Uni
versity r. o. T. c., winner Of the an
nual competitive drill, and a score OF
individual cadets were paid high hon.
ors at the annual military field day
exercises yesterday afternoon on the
HNtop campus.
To Maj. Joseph "A. McDonough Of
New York. commander Of the r. o.
T. c. battalion. goes the distinction
| of being the "honor graduate. Of the
| cadet corps. who. with seven other
members Of the senior class. will be
given commissions by the War De-
partment as second lieutenants in OF
| ficers' Reserve Corps upon their grad
1 uation. The others selected are H. B.
Brennan, G. M. Carney. ]. F. Little.
]. A. McNally. r. f.. Morgan, c. J.
| o'Neill and ]. s. Roddy.
Presentations Of Prizes.
One Of the. features was the presen-
tation of prizes by the Washington
Chamber of Commerce to the four ca
| diets. one from each class. who made
the highest grades in the r. o. 7. c.
ehciency tests, covering the entire
| years work In all military subjects.
| Chamber of Commerce. presented the
prizes, silver-mounted military
| brushes. to Maj. Joseph A.. McDon-
| ough. senior, 96.7 per cent rating:
Lieut.. Charles L. b Lowndes. junior.
S7.9 per cent; Sergt. Wilbur Gass.
seph B. Brennan. freshman, 1915 per
| cent.
| William c. Saffarrans. winner of
the individual competitive drill for
course. was presented with pair of
gold cum links, offered by President
John B. Creeden of the University.
Cadets March In Review.
| The cadet battalion marched in re-
view before Brig. Gen H. H Band
holtz, commanding the District of
| Washington. who gave the prizes to
winners of the competitive drill and
various events. Acting as judges
We're Col. Clement A. Trott. Mai L. P.
Ford, Maj. William H. Simpson from
the office Of the, chief Of infantry;
and Capt. Linden and Capt. Stanley of
the University OF Maryland.
Company "A" won the competitive
company drill and as a consequences
gan. was given Sam Browns belt
and the battalion colors which the
commanded by Capt. Joseph f. Little
| WIS this years color company.
The junior drill master prize. a
| steamer Trunk, was AWARDED TO Lieut..
| Thomas F. Fitzgerald as the best
platoon commander in the company
| competitive drill. 1t was given on
behalf Of the military department.
Gun Crew No. !. consisting of J.
H. Grasty T. E. Slattery and D. A.
dEsopo. won the sophomore auto
matte rifle contest, while the junior
machine gun contest was taken by
Crew No. l. L. ]. Roszykiewicz. j. c.
Mcnamara and Charles J. O'Byrne.
Leads I'm Winning Medals.
Announcement was made by Mai
William H. Hobson, commandant at
Georgetown, that the Hilltop r. o.
T. c. had been awarded more marks
manship medals by the National Rifle
Association than any other college in
the United States. All r. 0. T. C.
units competed in the associations
! intercollegiate rifle matches, the
medal winners al Georgetown being:
A. S. McDill and r. E. Morgan, aver
| ages of 96 per cent; j. N. Doran and
r. C. Mccain. IS per cent; C. J.
O'Neill. J. A. McDonough and w.
tSaffarrans, sa per cent: c. ]. C. Gull
foyle, c. E. McDonough. 81 per cent;
]. F. Little and ]. L. Wrenn. 80 per
cent.