Evening star., 1925-05-31
PRESIDENT TO SEE
HIGH SCHOOL DRILL
win Review Cadets Tuesday.
Annual Competition Opens
at Ball Park Tomorrow.

The thirty-eighth annual compei-
i've drill of the first three regiments
OF the Washington High School Cadet
ACorps-the greatest school event of
D tAs year-wiu be held at the Grif-
nth Stadium tomorrow and Tuesday.
Twenty-eight companies, representing
Mckinley. Eastern, Business, Central
and Western High Schools and the
Htn9, Langley and Columbia Junior
High Schools, will compete for the
coveted prize flag and numerous other
honorS which go to the victor.
Final preparations for the drill were
completed last night by Lieut.. Col.
Wallace NJ. Cratgie. T. :. A, proteS-
sor of military science and tactics
in the Washington high schools, and
his staff of assistants. Assurances
have come from the White House that
President Coolidge would review the
cadets at the close of the event Tues
day afternoon. and record-breaklng
crowd is expected.
Mckinley to Open Drill.
Company c of the I'd Regiment of
Mckinley will march into the ball
park tomorrow morning at S1o o'clock
,and formally open the drill. Fifteen
tcompanies will go through the pre-
scribed maneuvers tomorrow. and the
remaining 13 the following day. The
climax will come about o'clock Tues
day afternoon, when the judges make
known their decision and the prizes
are awarded to the triumphant com,
panies.
The morale, esprit de corps and
efficiency of the cadets are at their
highest ebb, according to Col. Craigie,
and he expects the drill to be more
closely contested than ever. While
-, tnS.1 hnIT-
misioned officers at the most lTop
perfume time because of the fr4t6rnity
expose. the school militar, experts
feel that the exhibitions will not be
hampered.
Western High Schools companies
are expected 10 <rfn the drill by some
kf the expects, mainly because of
their cleaT~tlp in the recent battalion
and reg <fnental competitive drills.
Central On Mettle.
Central, however, will have 10 first
[class companies in the competition
ak more than the Georgetown School
and the school is confident that one
of them will leave the ball park trl-
umphantlg Tuesday afternoon with
the banner which now rests in its
trophy chest as a result of last years
vicdory. To the captain of the winning
company will go the valuable diamond
studded Allison Naylor medal, which
has been awarded annually since
1895 1t will be presented by Maj. Gen.
Robert H. Allen, chief of Infantry.
L. s. A. who also will be the official
reviewing officer.
Judges for the drill will be Maj.
Fred L. Walker. Maj Paul w. Baade
and Capt. Levin c. Allen, all of the
Regular Army. Marking will be by
definite system. Set up and general
will o.
cent.
One of the features of the second day
Of the drill will be a competition be-
tween six non-commissloned ofncers
Tor the distinguished non-commis-
stoned officers medal. This event is
scheduled to take place at 1870 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, just prior to the
opening of the final drill program.
The cadets who will compete are
Sergts. Merilat Moses of Company D
OF Central, Robert Gray of Company
G of Central, Alpheus Walter of Com
pany B of Eastern and John Henry of
Company l. of Western, and CorplS.
Chester Smith of Company G of Nc
kinley and John NJ. Waters of Com
pany l. of Business.
The Program.
The time the various companies are
keheduled to appear on the drill field
follows:
Tomorrow-Company C. Mckinley.
s15 am; Company l, Business, 8:45
am; Company B, Mckinley, 9:15 m;
Company H, Mckinley, 9:45 am; Com
pany L. Business, 1915 am; Company
NJ. Columbia Junior High School,
1o45 am; Company A, Central, lis
pm; Company b, Central, :45 pm;
Company ID, Central. 2:15 pm; Com
Aany X, Central. 2:45 pm: Company
L, Central. 3:15 pm. Company NJ,
Central. 3:45 PM; Company e. Cen
tral, 4:15 pm; Company II, Central,
445 pm, and Company c, Central,
s:15 pm.
Tuesday-Company B, Eastern, SIS
am; Company A, Eastern. S:45 am;
Company D, Eastern. 9:15 an; Com.
pany K, Western, 9:45 am; Company
H, Western, 18:16 am; Company M,
Western, 10:45 am; Company G, Hine
Junior High School, Ills am; Com
pany A. Mckinley, 1:45 pm; Company
F. Central, 2:15 pm; Company c,
Eastern, 2:45 pm; Company L, West
ern, 316 pm; Company f, Business.
S:Ab pm., and COmDapU u TopeIo,,