Evening star., 1924-06-01
$4,000 TO WITNESS
CADETS DRILL TEST
High School Students Compete at
American League Park Tomor-
row and Tuesday.

The thirty-seventh annual competi-
tive drill of the Washington High
School Cadet Corps, the greatest of
all school events. will begin tomor-
row morning at the American League
Ball Park and end auspiciously late
Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-Five COM
panies, representing Central, Eastern,
Western, Mckinley and Business
High Schools and the Columbia
Junior High School will compete for
the coveted prize flag and other
honors which go to the victor in
this drill. the classic of the cadet
activities.
The cadets have trained assiduously
eight months for this event. Lieut.
Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A., pro-
fessor of military science and tactics
in the Washington high schools, said
last night that the corps probably
IS in the highest state or efhclency
Since it's organization in 1882, and
predicted that the 1924 event would
be chronicled as the keenest contested
competitive drill in the history of the
corps.
Centrars Chances Favored.
Central, with eight companies en-
tered in the drill, has more opportuni-
ties to win than any other school
Eastern ranks second with SIX COM
panies and Mckinley third with hVe
Western has but three entries, Busi-
ness one and the Columbia Junior
High School two.
Company l. of Western, command
ed by Capt. Lewis Cravan, Will marcn
into the ball park tomorrow morning
at $50 o'clock and formally open the
drill. The other companies Will fol-
low at half-hour intervals with a
two-hour respite for luncheon, from
noon until o'clock.
The awards which will be present
ed to the three best drilled companies
will be in the presence of at least
$4,000 persons. including high gov
ernment officials, ranking Army Off
GERS and school heads Tuesday after
noon after the last Of the twenty-five
companies finishes it's maneuvers be-
fore the critical eyes of the judges.
Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth.
chief of infantry. l.. S. A, will make
the presentations.
5000 Medal Awarded.
The coveted prize flag. bearing the
cOlors of the schools represented by
the winning companies since the in
ception of the annual competitive
drill, will be awarded to the Yicto
rious company. On the breast of the
tunic of its commander, Gen Farms
worth, will pin the $4,000 diamond
studded Allison Naylor medal Red,
white and blue ribbons also will be
given to the personnel of the COM
panies finishing first, second and
third respectively.
In addition to the prizes for the
victorious companies, Gen. Farms
worth will present silver loving
cup to Lieut.. Col. Ford Sammis. COM
mander of the 1st Regiment of Cen
tral, which won the annual regi
mental competitive drill last month:
the Craigie trophy and gold medal
TO Maj. Robert Burton, commender
of the Sd Battalion, Sd Regiment, of
Western High School, winner of the
annual battalion competitive drill; the
Strecker johnson cup and gold
medal to Capt. Allan Lutz commander
of the Central High School band, ad-
Judged the best musical unit in the
cadet corps, and a cup and a medal
to Capt. H. n. Budlong of Company C
OF Central, whose team won the war
map games for the scholastic year
of 1923-1924. 1t had been planned
originally to present these prizes at
the annual review and inspection of
cadets which was Cancelled on ac-
count of the inclement weather last
month.
SOn-COms to Contest.
the drill Tuesday afternoon a manual
of arms competition will be staged
in the ball park TO determine the most
distinguished non commissioned Of
fcer in the cadet organization. A
gold medal, donated by the cadet fund
will be awarded the winner.
DIR. Wallace NJ. Gater. medical in
structor of the cadets, has made ade-
quate preparations to care for any of
the soldier students who may become
Ill during the drill. A first aid sta
tion will be maintained at the ball
park, and two little sections will be
kept at work constantly during the
drill.
The order and time of the appear
ances of the companies on the drill
feld and their commanders follow:
Tomorrow.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS l. of Western,
Capt. Lewis Craven. $50: Company
y, Eastern. Capt. NJ. A. Talbert, 3;
Cheek, $50; Company F, Eastern.
Capt. Paul Doerr, 10; Company b,
Eastern, Capt. John w. Rosson, 10:3O;
Company c, Capt. r. w. Swingle. II,
and Company H, Western, Capt. John
Afternoon-Company A of McKin-
ley, Capt. Ross R. Guthrie, 2; Com
pany c. Mckinley. Capt. A. c. Hugin,
2:3o: Company D, Mckinley, Capt.
En-, =; W: W. Penison iso 3; Company M. Co
bowitz, $50, and Company 3; Nc
kinley, Capt. w. II. Clements.
Tuesday.
Morning-Company II, Central,
Capt. c. S. Edwards, $50; Company d,
Central, Capt. George Muth, 8; Com
pany c. Central. Capt. Herbert n.
Budlong, $50; Company A, Central.
Capt. Karl G. Corley, jr., 10; Company
b, Central, Capt. S. f. DeLesdenier,
1890; Company g, Central, Capt ].
G. Heron, II, and Company +, Cen
tral, Capt. Theodore ID. Gatchell, 1880.
Afternoon-Company H. Mckinley.
Capt. j. l.. Manning, 2; Company l.,
Columbia Junior High, Capt. r. l..
Maloney, $3.50: Company K. Western,
Capt. Alden Hoage, 3; Company E,
Business, Capt. Harry Katz, $3.50;
Company F, Central, Capt. T. M. Pelz-
man, 4, and Company f, Eastern,
Capt. w. A. Clementson, 4:30.
The Judges of the drill will be
Majs. Ralph kingman, Jesse c. Drain
and Leonard y. Gerow, all of the in
fantry of the Regular Army.