Evening star., 1922-06-04
$500 HIGH SCHOOL
CADETS TQDR|LL
Annual Contest for Prize
Flag Will Open
Tomorrow.

The annual competitive drill of the
Washington High School Cadets, con-
sidered the biggest school event of
the year, will open tomorrow morning
at the American League base ball
park and continue until Tuesday
afternoon. Twenty-Five companies.
c2SHr1slns three regiments and ap-
psnslT ately l.500 cadets. will COM
pe:e IL. the drill for the coveted prize
flag and other honors awarded yearly
by school military authorities.
For eight months the soldier stu
dents have drilled intensively for this
event. which will mark the climax of
their public activities for the current
scholastic year. Exceptionally keen
rivalry exists among the cadets this
<ear, and school military authorities
are confident that the exhibitions of
the various companies on the drill
years.
Company A of Tech High School.
commanded by Capt A. A. Denison,
Will open formally the drill tomor-
row morning at $50 o'clock. Five
other companies representing this
tervals. in addition to companies of
Eastern. Western and Business High
schools The first days drilling is
scheduled to be concluded at 4:3O
O'Clock. while. Tuesday the companies
are not expected to finish their
maneuvers until O'Clock, after which
tne winning company will be an
nounced and the prizes presented
Program for Tomorrow.
Iomorrow's drill program follows:
SOU am.-Company A. Tech, in
command of Capt A. A. Denison.
a 'm;-company c. Tech. in COM
mand of Capt j. b. jackson.
a Il
command of Capt. w Gleason.
10 a.m.-Company H of Tech, in
command of Capt. S. Lebowitz
1880 m-Company NJ of Tech, in
command OF Capt. L. F. Hess
II am.-Company B of Tech, in
p.m.-Company l. of Western. In
command of Capt. w. w. Shea.
z:ao pm-Company D of Eastern,
In command of Capt. r. L. Sansbury.
p,m--company G of Eastern. in
command of Capt. w. NJ SwingIe.
$3.50 .m,--Company E of Business,
IN command of Capt: E. Hahn.
p pm.-Company II of Western, in
command of Capt r. X. Lamb
Tuesday Drill Order.
me order of the drilling Tuesday
o.oO a.m,-Company X of Central,
In command of Capt. w, G. Winstead'
a.m.-Company A of Central In
command of Capt. A F. Underwood.
$3.50 a a-m--Company E of Central, in
command Of Capt. X; H. Michelet.
10 am:-Company D of Central, in
command of Capt. Yung Kwai
1880 a. a.m.-Company c of Central. In
command of Capt. C. A Barker.
II am.-Company B of Central. in
command of Capt. J. F. Newman, jr.
1:3o am.-Company NJ of Central,
In command of Capt. W. H Hunter.
Noon-Company G of Central. in
command of Capt. W. H Montgomery.
p.m.-Company X of Western, in
command of Capt ]. T. Hazel.
2:30 pm.-Company F of Eastern,
p.m.-Company 1 of Business, in
command of Capt. c. Sincell
$3.50 p.m.-Company NJ Of Columbia
Junior High School, in command of
Capt. G. l.. Botsch
p.m-Company F of Central, In
command OF Capt. E. H. Parry, jr.
4:30 pm.-Company D of Tech, in
command Of Capt. Marks.
To Bring Prize Flag.
Company of Eastern. winner of
last years competitive drill, will
carry the prize flag on the field on
the afternoon of the first days drill
and surrender it to the judges.
Charles Hart. principal of Eastern,
believes that one of his schools COM
panies again this year will return to
the school with the flag. Eastern,
however, has only three companies to
enter in the event, against nine from
Central and seven from Tech. West
ern has three companies in the drill
and Business two.
After Company D of Tech COM
pletes its exhibition on the final day
of the drill the three regiments will
form in the ball park and the win
ming company will be announced and
the prize flag formally presented to
1T. The diamond-studded Allison
Nailor medal will then be awarded to
the captain of the victorious COM
pany- Afterward the Steward medal
will be presented to Capt. Yung Kwai
of Company d of Central High
School, winner of the annual war
map games of the cadet organiza-
ton. A regimental review will close
the ceremonies
The combined cadet bands of Cen
trail and Tech high schools will take
an active part in the program by
furnishing the music for the oc-
casion. This is the first time in the
history, of the cadet organization that
the cadets have had their own band
at a competitive drill Heretofore
the cadets bore the expense OF hiring
q band for this purpose.