Evening star., 1922-06-13
ARMSTRONG TAKES
TWO DRILL PRIZES
10000 Attend Annual High
School Competition at
League Park.

Armstrong Manual Training High
School chronicled complete military
victory when two cadet companies
representing the Institution captured
both prizes in rhe annual competitive
drill of the 24th Regiment, Washing
ton High School Cadet Corps. yester-
day afternoon at the American
League Base Ball Park. Company l.
of that school. in command of Capt.
Powell Allen. was adjudged the win
ner of the great event. Second
honUrs went to Company D. COM
manded by Capt. Wilbur Webb.
Dunbar High schools companies.
composing the 1st Battalion, captured
the battalion competition, which was
one of the features of this years
drill. Companies which made up the
victorious battalion We're a. &, E. f
and X, commanded by Maj. Maurice
+. Johnson.
Cheercd by 20.O0O.
Announcement of the winning units
and the subsequent presentation of
prizes climaXed Il day of intensive
drilling by the ten cadet companies
of the Dunbar and Armstrong schools
and the Shaw Junior High School,
whWh competed for the coveted prize
flags and other honorS. Almost
dcafening cheers from crowd of
more than 10000 high school students
and proud parents greeted each of
the prize companies as it was march
ed before the board of judges to re-
ceive the fruits of its victory. Among
the spectators We're Commi SSiOner
oyster, Superintendent of Schools and
Mrs. Frank w. Ballou. Assistant
Superintendent Garnet c. Wilkinson.
Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, acting
president of III" board of education.
and William l.. Houston. member of
that body.
In winning the first prize Company
l. brought Il military victory to Arm
strong for thr second consecutive
year Company c Of that school cap
tured the event last year.
Presented by Dr. johnson.
The banner Of honor and other
tokens wer" presented to the winners
by by. J. Hayden johrson member of
the school board. Dr. Johnson. by
strange coincidence. had the honor
of pres, ntia-s Il gold medal to his son,
Mai. NIauriy" L. johnson. under
whose leadership tn" Dunbar COM
ranies won the battalion competition.
DR.. johnson also -r-Sentrd a gold
medal t. capt. Alt,u Of Company L
and Il silver medal 10 Capt. Webb of
Company -. ja addition t. awarding
the prize banners to the winning bat
talon and thu victorious company. AT
lUt' tItS' q li.t 'll III l's- -5OHIIStil pre-
sentyd. on behalf Of a local florist.
beautiful basket of cut flowers to
Company II Of the Shaw Junior High
School.
In the company competition honor
able mention, or third honors. was
given to Company Z of Dunbar Capt
Hyman Y. Chase commanded this con-
tingent
\ regimental review brought the event
TO a close. Col. Arthur Brooks was the
3
judges for the competition was com
posed of Maj. Milton T. Dean, Capt.
sylvester Epps. Lieut.. ULYSSES r.
Browne and Lieut.. Cornelius A. King.
Figures of the judges showed that
little more than a point and a fraction
separated the companies taking first
and second honors. Company l. was
credited with an average of S6.91, and
Company ID $40.
Roster of Winning Unit.
The roster of Company L, the win
ming unit, follows Captain, Powell
Clanton. and second. William Price.
Sergeants-First, John DuVall; James
Boyer Oscar Blue. Merrill Tomlin.,
Valois Gray, William Glascoe and
Gilbert. Fitzhugh Greenfield, James
Cousin, William Hutchinson, Montel
West and Rudolph Eglin. Privates-
James Baker. Othelo Branson, Milan
Bland, Ulysses Brooks, Cornelius
Burke, Richard Clanton. Edward
Cook, George Carter, George Dimes,
Charles Ellis, Aubrey Gillian, Oscar
Green, Grant Greefield. Vernon Griffin,
Sylvester Raymond, Alonzo Howard.
Rubin Hall. Bernard Hall. Frank Her
bert, John Jones, Hugh kirksey, Nor
man Mccoy, Raymond Newman, Sam
uel Nelson, Ralph Peter, Frank Posey.
George Spriggs, Arthur Selby, James
Slaughter, William Steward. Stanton
Thomas, Thomas Walker, Allen West
Sumner LaZenberry, Earl RoZier, Eu-
gene Allen, RoZier Bailey, Frederick
Burgee, Theodore Campbell, Wallace
Coleman, James Farrior, Charles For
man, Ambrose Frazier, Boyd Hamil-
ton, Leon Jones, Archie King, John
Logan. George Marshall, NURSE Mid
dleton, Clifton Roberts, Perry Riley,
Lorenzo Thomas, Augustus Tucker,
William Winder and Rarna I'd Ned ga