Newark post., 1922-05-31
Company B Wins
Military Honors
Cadets Of University Of Delaware
Hold Big Field Meet on
Last Saturday

With several hundred people from
Newark and surrounding country
looking on the competitive drill be-
tween the three companies of the Uni
versity of Delaware, r. o. T. c., was
held in front of Wolf Hall last Thurs
day morning. The event caused a
great deal Of interest and competition
among the members of the various
companies.
Company p with Cadet Captain
Arley B. Magee, Jr., in command,
carried off the first honors and as
captain of the winning company,
young Magee was awarded the Of
fcer's sabre offered by Governor Fl.
D. Denney. Edwin Anderson Hoey,
as first sergeant of the winning COM
pany, was awarded the Roberts
medal.
The judges of the competitive drill
were Majors Charles L. Williams and
Harry w. Stark and Captain Lewis
A. Hudgins, all of the U. S. A, Fort
DUPONT.
At the close of the exercises there
was a battalion review in honor of
General James H. Wilson, U. S. A.,
retired, of Wilmington, and Colonel
j. Ernest Smith, of Wilmington, the
latter having donated two of the
prizes awarded for military efficiency.
~ 1To,o,. in,
command of the battalion. The review
and the other exercises were Witness
ed by large number of visitors and
were held on the campus in front of
Wolf Hall.
The winning of the Roberts medal
is the highest honor that can be OBJ
tanned by cadet company of the R.
o. T. c., and consequently is highly
priced by every member of the COM
pany.
Other prizes awarded were as fol-
lows:
Lieutenant Clarke Churchman
memorial prize amounting to about
$25 for the highest military efficiency,
Thomas NJ. Keith, captain Of Com
pany c.
Colonel j. Ernest Smith prizes
amounting to about $3.50 each, to
the best all-round senior military
student, Captain Keith, the best all
round junior student, Herman Wal
lace Cook, sergeant of Company A.
Two sabres given by Senator T
Coleman dupont, awarded to Joseph
Howard Harper, major of the bat
talon, for having attained high de-
gree of excellency in military mat.
ters and for efficiency and faithful
service rendered as major, and Sam
uel Patterson Maroney, for having at
tanned high degree of efficiency il
military affairs and exceptional abil
ity in the study of military tactics.
The letter awards to the qualifying
members of the university rifle team
went to the following:
Herman Wallace Cook, Josep
Howard Harper, Ezekiel Cooper, Jr
Northrop Rogers Fletcher, Charlie
Norman Wade, J. B. France, Charlie
Whitney Woodrow, Willard Davi
Boyce, J. w. Brown, Henry B. Gee
ghegan and Edgar Herbert Pierce.
In addition to the drill and revie
there were also military events whic
were of special interest to the visitor
They consisted of pitching shelte
camp and attack on the camp, Cad'
j. H. Deputy, commanding; bayon,
exercises, Cadet H. Pikus, command
ing; calisthenics, Captain 7. M. Keit
commanding, and attack on M.
nest by combat patrol, Cadet Paul
Steele, commanding.
The captains of the other two con
panies taking part in the competiti'
drill were: Company c, CAPITA
Thomas M. Keith, and Company
Captain F. R. Deppe.
Following the exercises Gener
Wilson, Colonel Smith, DR.. Walt
Hullihen, president of the universit
and the cadet officers who won priz
were guests of Major Row and Ca
tains Mackenzie and Sparks
luncheon in the university common