The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
RESERVE CADETS { PASS INSPECTION
High School Companies Are Reviewed And Graded On
 Merits Acquired

winners Of the Birmingham high school R. o. T. c. competitions which include awards;for neatness, attendance, and precision in drill, were announced by officers of the organization Saturday. This list is compiled at the end of each semester to encourage company, squad. and individual efficiency.
 Winners of the company competitions in which neatness of uniforms. attend ance, drill and general condition throughout the semester are counted:
 At Ensleg high school, first platoon of Company k, Lieut.. Carlton Bryan con- manding. |
 At Phillips high school, Company c, Capt. Chester Ringland commanding.
 At Woodlawn high school, Company G, Capt. Marvin Peace commanding.
 In the non-eemmissioned officers competitions which embrace general neatness, precision in. individual drill, attendance, etc., the following. came out on top: At Ensley high school, Sergt, WilmonV Cooper; at Phillips high school, Sergt. Henry Eggler, and at Woodlawn high school, Cpl. J. c. Miller, Amohs the privates, whose competitions are the same as the non-commissiOned officers, the, winners were: At Wood lawn higk school, Pvt. Marion Lee; at Phillips high school, Pvt. sam Sterne, and at Ensley high school, Pvt. Flaw thorne Hawkins. :.
 First Year Companies
 In the elementary or first year com panies, where the competition embraces general neatness and precision in indi- yidual and squad drills and attendance, the Fourth elementary company at Paul Hayne finished far ahead of the rest of the battalion. At Woodlawn high the second elementary company won. In the individual elementary competitions, Thomas Fain, Second company, won out at Paul Hayne, with record average of 96.3 per cent. Fred Montgomery won at Ensley High, and Harry Conner of the First elementary company was win. ner at WoOdlawn.
 Sergeant Guy E. Steinhoff, on duty . storekeeper since. January, 1921, who is leaving the service to accept position with the A. B. X A. railroad in Atlanta, will be relieved by Sergeant Foster k. Parham, who comes from Iowa State university at Iowa cites Sergeant Parham, a native of Georgia, who has just reported for duty, has been in, the service since January, 1917, and served with one of the most famous regiments of the army, the Third infantry. until assigned to k. 0. T. c. work. He is a graduate of the southern department machine gun school and of the Fort Smelling garrison schools. He comes highly recommended by the authorities at the Iowa State university. Sergeant Parham is tp have charge of the gov ernment store room at Paul Hayne High school and of the Ehsley High school battalion of the R-O 0. T. c.
 Indoor Range
 The indoor rifle range which is being constructed iii the basement of Phil- lips high school. is nearing 'completioni When finished. this range will be the finest in the city and will be. q big ad- -dition to the k. 0. T. c. instruction f;i- cilities. It is intended that every R. il. T. c. student in his third semester of military work, will be given complete and definite instruction in the safe and accurate handling of small arms. and that after this course of preliminary instruction, in his fourth semester of military training, he will spend con siderable time on this indoor range. In addition to the use of this range as part of the R. o. T. c. work rifle clubs are being formed at each school which will be open to all students under cer- tain conditions. These clubs are to affiliate with the National Rifle asso- citation and to afford the same instruc- tion as is given by the k. 0. Y. C. in marksmanshin