Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24
.CADETSO DUNBAR
TAKE ALL PRIZES
First, Second and Third
Places Won in 9th Brigade
Competitive Drills.

Dunbar High Schools cadets swept
the field before them in the thirty
ninth annual competitive drills of the
9th Brigade composed of the students
of the colored high schools, to win first
second and third places in the maneu-
vers at Griffith Stadium yesterday
afternoon.
Company A, under Cadet Capt. John
A. Davis, took first place; Company E,
under Cadet Capt Clarence o. Lewis
Jr., captured the second honors, and
Company F, under Cadet Capt. Robert
Evans, won third place.
Finished on Schedule.
The drills were begun at 8 O'Clock
yesterday morning when Company G OF
Armstrong High School marched on the
field under its commander. Cadet Capt.
Jacob C. Ford. The weather was excel
lent and the drill program executed
with dispatch so that the final COM
pany. z of Dunbar. quit the field in time
to permit the review of the troopers by
Representative Oscar De Priest at the
scheduled hour of 4:45 o'clock.
With the brigade at attention, an
nouncement of the winners was made
and when the second and then the
third places also went to Dunbar. the
stands occupied by that schools stu
dents went Wild with enthusiasm. Sum-
moned to the front to receive his
award, Cadet Capt. Davis stood erect
while Representative De Priest pinned
upon his breast the diamond studded
teachers medal which the officer may
wear until the close Of the current
school year. Other medals were pre-
sented to the other placing captains by
DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, president OF
Howard University. and by DR.. Frank
Doll m schools
The judges of the drills were: Lieut.
Col. B. O. Davis, u. S. A.: Lieut.. Col.
John E. Green, u. S. A., and Capt
w. w. Criegler of the Maryland National
Guard.
First Place Winner.
The personnel of Company A, first
place winner, includes, with Cadet Capt
Davis:
First lieutenant. Britten Satles: sec
ond lieutenant. Roscoe C.. Orme; first
sergeant, George Donald.
Sergeants Perry, Gordon VIII
son, Thomas Gardiner, Melvin Madison,
Thornton Mckinney, Reuben Postell
and Richard Cook.
Corporals- Cole. Harold Har-
vey, Richard Taylor, James Thompson,
Alfred Thornton and James Collins.
Privates-RoScoe Cooper, Henry DIX
on, Ashton Brown, Dallas Burke, Artie
Coleman, Thomas Edmonds, Carl Flip
per, James Gray, Leonard Hayes, Vim
cent Hubbard George Lawrence, Arthur
Minor, Charles Payne, William Rose,
Samuel Thurston, Francis White, Rob-
ert wilson, Ernest Wilson, Howard Col
Inns, Charles Beckwih, Lemuel Brown,
Joseph Carter, Edward Early, Carl Fear
ing, Arthur Foster, Elmer Hawkins,
Russell Hudson, Henry johnson. Win
dell Mcconnell, Oswell Monroe. Richard
Payne, John RiSher, Francis Thompson,
Ralph Tignor, FREEZER Williams and
Frederick Wilson.
Roster of Company z.
Company Els roster includes, with its
Cadet Capt. Lewis:
Lieutenants, George Bullock and Nor
man Gaskins; first sergeant, Harry
Fisher.
Sergeants-Antonie Brown, Oliver,
Franklin, Elmer Gibson, Ralph Miller
and Archibald Runner.
Corporals-Robert Alexander, James
Ligans, Earl Pree, Bernard Ruf1n,
Joseph Yearwood and Samuel Durham.
Privates-Thomas Andrews, Chester
Ball, Mervin Brooks, James Butler,
Mark Chapman. Bernard Childs. Harry
Cliff, Bernard Cole, Wilbur Ellis, Vernon
Franklin, George Furrell, Leroy Calf
ter, John Francis, Eugene Givens,
Arthur Jackson. Joseph Johnson.
Charles Jones, Clifton Lucas, Chester
Martin, William Mullen, Merwin Mutt
Charles Robinson, william Robinson
George Ruston, William Saunders
James Shellman, Charles Smith, Rich
ard Scott, Henry Slaughter, Nehemiah
J Stotts, Reginald Talbert, John Turner
Wilbur Washington, Bradshaw whiting
William White and Woodrow Wilson.
Company r Lineup.
The personnel of Company r, under
Cadet Capt Evans, follows: Lieuten-
ants, jane Ray and Ernest Amos;
first sergeant, Edward Douglass.
Sergeants-William Brooks, Perry
Davidson, William Lipscomb, George
Janey, Robert Williams and Wesley
Norwood.
+ Cerporals- William Collins, Harold
Mcleod, Burton Lewis, Eugene Stewart
and Erskine Smith.
Privates-Norman Anthony, Theodore
Baker, Kermit Banks, Albert Brown, l.
Burgess, r. Chichester, v. j. Edmon-
son, r. Durbin, j. Durbin.. A. Edelin,
r. Everhardt, Edwin Gardiner, r. Har-
! Ian, r. Harrod, Donald Hill, F. Jack
son, Alvin johnson, Richard johnson
) Churn Lloyd, Cotter Matthews, w. Ma
son, Alexander Meyers, Granville Moore
p. Mullin, Alfred Neal, Harmon Fair
B. Parker, e. Parker, p. Perry, Reginald
Ramsey, William Scott, T. Smith, Ar
thur Smoot, G. Tancil, r: Taylor, j
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