Evening star., 1933-06-07
WESTERN WINNER
IN CADET DRILLS
Company H Takes First
Place, With Roosevelt High
Group Second.

Carrying its 12-year victory streak
successfully over the jnx of the thir-
teenth year, Western High School late
yesterday won the forty-Sixth annual
company competitive drill of the WASH
ington High School Cadet Corps when
It's Company H took first place with a
drill average of 1877.
Roosevelt High School captured sec
ond place with its Company I, the drill
ley High School took third place with
761.
Roosevelt High School won a second
distinction when it's Company M was
rated as the best-drilled rookie COM
pany." The unit, organized in Feb
ruary, had only four months training
for yesterdays test.
In its victory in the drill Westerns
Company H was commanded by Cadet
Capt. Philip Lauman Capt Humans
officers were First Lieut.. Edwin Bell
and Second Lieut.. Edward Fuller.
Wins Nailor Medal.
His victory brought Capt. Lauman
decoration with the famous diamond
Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne. assistant
chief of staff, United States Army,
who reviewed the brigade at the close
of the drill. 1t brought the company
the coveted silk flag which is gar
landed with the ribbons of previous
victorious companies. And it brought
to each man in the unit a gold lapel
button
The victory of Company H in this
years drill continued Western High
Schools habit" Of having at least one
company place in the drill finals each
year since 1921 when that schools
Company L took second place. The un-
broken line of victories includes four
f1rst-place awards prior to yesterdays
first in the II years of consecutive win
ming.
Westerns record for the period fol-
lows: 1921, Company L was second;
1922, Company L was first and Com
pany H was third; 1923, Company L
was second; 1924, Company L was sec
ond; 1925, Company L was first and
Company M was third; 1926, Company
M, third; 1927 Company M, first; 1928,
Company H, third; 1929, Company L,
third; 1880, Company H, first; 1891,
Company L, second, and 1882 Qast
year,, Company K was second and
Company L was third.
Two Days Of Drilling.
The exercises at which the companies
were announced late yesterday was the
annual brigade review that climaxed
two days of continuous drilling. With |
Brig. Gen. Kilbourne in the reviewing
line were DR.. Hayden Johnson, presi-
dent Of the Board of Education and |
chancellor Of National University; Mrs. |
Henry Grattan Doyle, vice president of
the School Board; Mrs. Charles Francis |
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versity and widow Of DR.. Carusi, the |
former president of the School Board |
and chancellor of National University; |
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent Of
schools; DR.. Stephen E. Kramer, first |
assistant superintendent of schools;
Robert L. Haycock assistant Superin- |
tendent, and Harry o. Hine, secretary
of the Board of Education.
AS soon as Company H was desig-
mated victor, Capt. Lauman marched
his outfit to the fore to receive the
official awards and the plaudits of the
crowd that jammed Griffith Stadium. |
his second-place winning Company I |
to the reviewing line. Then Cadet |
Capt. William J. Wilson maneuvered |
his third place Company into line for |
awards. Capt. Erhlich and Capt Will
son each received medals from the Fed
eral Post No. 1874 Veterans of Foreign |
Wars, through Capt. Harry S. Burke,
who made the presentations. Each man
in the first place company received
gold lapel buttons. Each member of the
second place company was given silver
buttons, and the personnel Of the COM
pany received bronze buttons. The best
rookie company, which was commanded
by Capt. Robert Freer, received blue
ribbons.
Reunion Is Held.
The final exercises were marked by
a reunion that fit we'll with the Western
High School victory. The first COM
pany to earn the Allison Nailor Medal
was Westerns Company H-the same
unit that won this year. That was in
1895. Its captain was Joe" Taussig
Yesterday. Joe" Taussig, now Rear Ad-
miral Joseph Taussig, u S. NJ, sat in
the box of DR.. Elmer S. Newton, prin-
cipal of Western, and talked over old |
times with couple of his former pri-
Yates who now are Col. Thomas Hol-
combe, U. S. M. c., and Charles Pimper,
president OF the Security Storage Co.
Rear Admiral Taussig went with
Company H to its celebration at
Western last night. The celebration
continued this morning when. at a
special assembly, the winning outfit was
commended by spokesman of various
groups within the school. The senior
class vice president, traditional speaker
for that body, happens this year to be
Anne Lauman, sister Of the winning
Cadet Capt. Lauman, and she saluted
her brother with a kiss after she had
commended him fo4 'tho seniors and /
for the family" !