Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
M'K|NLEY CADETS
WIN DRILL MEDAL
Sergt. Philip Tarr of Conn.,
pany !, Business, Also
, Awarded Honors.

pany B of Mckinley High School, COM
manded by Cadet Capt. George o.,
Weber, yesterday won first place in
the forty-Second annual company COM
petitive drills of the Washington High
School Cadet Corps in the Griffith Sta
dium, to give Tech its first drill VIC
tory In nine years
At the same time, Company BIS per-
centage OF e6.1, higher by nearly two
points than its nearest competitor,
tive drill participation since the school
moved into its new building at Second
and T streets northeast.
Second honors were taken by Com
pany G of Central under Cadet Capt.
David L. Krupshaw, with an average
of 94.4. It's officers included First Lieut.
David Sachs and Second Lieut.. Ralph
Williams.
Western Company Is Third.
Company L of Western. under COM
mand Of a substitute captain, Cadet
Capt. Louis Lucas OF Westerns Com
pany G, took third honors with a per-
centage of 94.3, a bare one-tenth Of one
per cent below second place Cadet
Capt Minor Jameson, regular COM
mander of Company L, was stricken
with appendicitis Sunday night, and
when convinced he would be unable
TO take his men into the drills. he
asked his chum, Cadet Capt. Lucas, to
take command for him. The regular
heutenants were in the ranks. how
ever, and were First Lieut.. Roland
Cheyney and Second Lieut.. Harold
Levi.
By virtue of his victory, Cadet Capt.
Weber received the famous diamond
studded Allison Naylor Medal, which
was pinned upon his breast following
Secretary of War Good.
Secretary Good who watched the last
company drill and who reviewed the
young troopers. also pinned the gold
medal which is awarded annually to the
best drilled non-commissioned officer
OF the entire corps, upon the breast of
Sergt Philip Tarr of Company / OF
Business High School.
Central First on Field.
Begun at $50 o'clock Monday morn
ing when all of the companies were
drenched in the cold downpour of rain
which fell upon the field throughout
the day. the forty-second annual drills
were launched by companies of Central
High School. Continuing yesterday at
$3.50 o'clock, the drills included the bids
while the final four companies to take
the feld late yesterday included one
company from each Of the i've schools.
Company L of Western, third honors
winner, was the final unit to take the
neld In the two-day maneuvers.
After Company L had made its at
tempt to capture the flag, the entire
brigade passed around the field in re-
view before the Secretary of War and
fp&a 1R Vnnls
=. Carusi, president of the Board of
Education; DR.. Frank w. BaIlou, super
lncendent Of schools; Stephen z. Kra-
mer. hrst assistant superintendent in
charge Of high schools and cadet af-
1atrS. and Lieut. Col. wallace M. Craigie
o. 8: A.. professor Of military science
and tactics.
With the companies drawn up, Mr..
Kramer summoned Paul Wilmer Of Cen
9ai, adlutant OF the second regiment.
INSTRUCTIONS passed between the two and
with Q smart about-face, Adjt VIII
ner strobe toward the standing troops.
Finally, the cadet swayed toward Nc
knley's companies. walked briskly to
Company B and halted The news was
out and the Tech stands went Wild.
similar procedure was followed In
announcing the second and third place
winners.
Personnel Ct Company b.
The personnel of Mckinley High
Schools winning Company B includes,
With Its officers, Cadet Capt. Weber,
First Lieut.. Siegrist and Second Lieut..
Yuen, the following:
Sergts. Donald Voshall, Robert Fian-
ders, Douglass Hedrick, Henry Knoll,
Henry Mccormick and Benson Taylor.
Corps. James EcholS, Hugh Emmons,
Richard Mellen, Fred Sandberg, Francis
stocking and Thomas Zepp.
Pvts. Charles Armstrong, Earl Balder-
ool1, Hezekiah Barber, Samuel Belt,
James Blaine, David Brown, Hugh
Chapman, Henry Chick, Mason Cohill,
Thomas Colachicco, Charles Criss,
Ralph Donnelly, Douglas Edwards, Rob-
ert Francis, Upton Gulick, Gordon Had
low, Mason Hart, Robert Hart. Warren
Hayes, William Heine, Robert Hilder.
Daniel Hudson, Herbert James, Powell
Jones, Charles Kurz, Steven Landlord,
Charles Lederer, Raymond Leisinger,
Marvin Mason, Frank Meanke, James
Meyers, Frank Murphy, Donald Prince,
Jack Rhodes, Willard Rice, Allan Ross,
Harvey Schmidt, Charles Sullivan, Louis
Waters, Leland Willis and Chester
Members Of CentralS second place
winning Company G are: Sergts. Rich
ard Finkel, Howard Turner, William
Carpenter, David Williams, William
Berlinsky, Jack Kassan; Corpls. John
Wiley, Henry Gibbs, Ambrose Sisler,
Howell Nash, Claude Smith, Robert
Bannerman; PvtS. William Bernstein,
Robert Burroughs, James Burrus, Archie
de Ladurantaye, James Duncan. Gilbert
Elefsiades, Arthur Embrey, Jack Fell
stein, Robert Fleharty, Aaron Goldman,
Daniel Goodman, Everett Gordon, Frank
Hand, William Hendrix, George Her
furth, Daniel Johnson, Robert Kauf-
man, Stephen Lee, John Ludlum, Will
liam Mckay, James Mcmahon, Roland
MoriSette, John Pryor, Fred Rhodes,
Leo Schloss, Aaron Schwartz, William
Sherman, Charles Shuttle, Joseph
Smithdeal, Arthur Stein, William
Thompson. Elicott Valentine, William
Walcott. Burton Whip.
Western High School, Company L.
winner OF third place, include: SergtS
William Sheldon, Kelsey Saint, John
Jester. Pinckney Harmon; Corps Ed
ward Bready. Francis Case, Alan Clarke.
walter Clarkson, Stephan Holderness,
Daniel Murphy; Pvts. oscar Adams.
Herden Anderson, Carol Baker Howard
Baker, Stanley Ball. Walter Bird, Allan
Burnand. Stephan Caps, Andrew Con-
lyn, Keith Covert, Horace Drury, Les
lie ENEMY, Ralph Evans, John Garnett,
Marshall Gray, Arthur Greenwood,
Lewis Humby, James Keith, Thomas
Kimmel, John Latimer, Frank McAlwee,
Henry Merwin, Robert Mitchell, Charles
Rice, Thomas Rollins, Henry Schouerd.
Roy Spilman, Daniel Springston. Allen
Stewart. Caldwell Tyler, Robert Wilcox,
Robert Willing.