Evening star., 1928-06-08
DUNBAR COMP PAN|ES.
W|NOR|LL AWARDS
First Three Prizes Go to
School for Second Con-
SeCutive Time.

Through the first-place victory II its
Company F and the capture of second
and third places by its Company A and
Company B. respectively. in the thirty
sixth annual competitive drills yesterday
at Griffith Stadium. Dunbar High School
won the complete field Of awards for the
second consecutive time.
Commanded by Cadet Capt. Benjamin
Henley. Company F. the second unit to
take the field at the beginning of the
drills yesterday morning, captured a
narrow decision over Company A. also
of Dunbar, commanded by Cadet Capt
Burke Syphax Only .002S of per cent
separated the two leading companies In
the Judgment of the three judges COM
pany B, captained by Robert G. Nc
CURE. took third place with an average
only 0234 below first place,
Launched at 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. the competitive drills were con-
cluded at Sis O'Clock, when Assistant
Secretary of War F. Trubee Dawson re-
viewed the Young troopers before a
throng estimated to be nearly 10000
persons.
March Around Field.
Nine companies had taken the field
TO execute the maneuverS assigned them
by their captains, and when the last had
quit the drill grounds the entire cath
Regiment. composed of students OF the
Dunbar and Armstrong Technical High
Schools, formed for the concluding
march around the base ball park.
When the announcement was made
OF Company F's victory it was the sig
nal for pandenonium. which reverber-
sted in the confines of the park until
the walls rang with the echo. Cadet
Capt. Helney marched his men forward
and he was decorated with the school
officials diamond d-Studded medal, which
he may wear until the commencement
exercises Another medal. gold award
which is 10 remain his own property,
was conferred upon the officer.
Cadet Capt. SyphaX received a sill
yer medal for second honorS, and Cadet
Capt MCGUIRE a bronze award for
third honorS.
Among the reviewers Of the closing
functions of the drills were DR.. Frank
w Ballou. superintendent Of schools:
Garnet c. Wilkinson, first assistant
superintendent, in charge of colored
schools, and his assistants, Eugene A.
Clark and Howard H. Long, and Rev.
r l. A. Bennett Mrs. Mary A. Mcneil
and DR.. J. Hayden johnson, members
of the Board Of Education.
Judges of Contest.
The judges of the competition were
Lieut.. Col. B. o. Davis. U. S. A: Lieut..
Col. John E. Green, u. S. A. and Lieut..
Col. West A. Hamilton, D. c. n. G.
Other companies which competed
included Company I, Capt James w.
Parrish. Armstrong: Company c. Capt.
Henry Letcher, Armstrong; CompaIy
K. Capt Rafield Carey, Dunbar: Com
pany D, Capt. Louis Dabney. Arm
strong; Company G, Capt. Wendell De
Bose. Armstrong, and Company E,
Cent. Leslie Coates, Dunbar.
The personnel Of Dunbar's winning
Company F follows: Capt Ben niamin
Warrant Officer Charles Hughes. SergtS
Lewis w. Roy. Aubrey Gordon, Rus
sell Paxton. Theodore Reed, Willard
Matthews. George Handy. James Ray
and Benjamin HilstoTks: Corps. Thorn
as Glenn. Theodore Mayo. Charles
Overhails. Adrian Lofts. Leon Down.
ing and Thomas Richardson.
Pvts Alfred Alexander. James Bar
bour. William Beverly. Anthony Brown,
Lawrence Burgess, Walter Bush. VIII
liam Collins John Gilmore. Donald
H5ill. william Lipscomb, Alfred Neal.
Reginald Ramsey, Arthur Smoot.
Joshua Tilghmarl, George Davis, Francis
Jones, Granville Moore. Burton Lewis,
Alexander Meyers, Ellsworth Justice,
George Bowser, William Wilson. Ker-
nit Banks. Henry Bazemore, William
Brooks, Howard Brown, Frank Burton.
Randolph Chichester. Perry Davidson
Lawrence Harris, George Janey, Phil
lip Mulligan. Emerson Parker. Theo-
Gore Smith. Eugene Stewart, Robert
williams. Alvin Johnson. Cotter Mat
thews. Darlington Parker. Harmon
Pair, dinner A. BoEies, Clarence Stat
ford, Watson Gafney and Richard
johnson.