Evening star., 1934-05-18
COMPETITION ENDS
R. R0.T.C. ACTIVITIES.
District Students Win Three
of Four Trophies at
Georgetown U.

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University ended auspiciously yester-
day with the annual awards to honor
cadets, a series of competitive events
and a final battalion review in honor
of the retiring senior officers and
Maj. Gen. Paul v. Malone, command
er of the Sd Corps Area.
A group Of District of Columbia
students, headed by Cadet Maj. Robert
w. Hall, who commanded the R. o.
T. c. unit during the year, distin-
guished themselves. Although the
local cadets constituted small minor
ity in the corps, they won three Of
the four honor roll" trophies, with
the highest ratings for the year in
their respective classes.
Hall Wins Highest H0nors.
The highest individual honors also
were bestowed upon Maj. Hall. There
was round of applause when the
young Washingtonian stepped forward
to receive from Gen. Malone an Off
GERS wrist watch awarded him as the
cadet who had done most to promote
the best interests of the R. o. T. G.
during his four years at Georgetown
He was next honored by receiving the
silver honor" cup for a rating of
1925 per cent in the second year
senior class in the advanced course
This was presented by DR.. Coleman
Nevils, S. j., president of the univer-
sity who donated the cup. AS captain
of the rifle team and high scorer in
the 3rd Corps Area intercollegiate
matches, Cadet Hall also received a
third award. This was silver medal
The other two Washington cadets
who won honor" cups for their re-
spective class standings were First
Sergt. William T. Carpenter, jr., with
a merit of 9787 in the junior or first
year advanced course, and Pvt. Robert
H. Schombert, with 1881 per cent, in
the sophomore or second year basic
course. The cups were donate respec-
lively by Rev. Frances E. Lucey, S. j.,
of the Law School, and Rev. Vincent
S. McDonough, S. j., student coun-
selor.
Pennsylvania Wins Cup.
Pvt. John w. Love of Pennsylvania,
with a merit of 98.75, won the cup in
the freshman or first year basic
course, donated by Rev. John j.
Kehoe, S. j., prefect of discipline and
director of athletics All four awards
were made on basis of scholarship,
discipline and attendance.
Additional honors awaited the
Washington students when Cadet
Carpenter acted as first sergeant of
B Company as it won a closely con-
tested competitive company drill. He
received the distinguished service rib
bons for all the members of the
company.
Five senior cadets, all from Wash
ington, were awarded years men,
bership each in the District of Co.
lumbia Department of the Reserve
Officers Association by the depart
ment president, Maj. Edwin S. Bettel-
helm. They are William A. Curtis, jr.:
Robert w. Hall, John G. Kelly, Jere-
miah J. O'Connor and Charles J..
Riley, jr.
The competitive events were staged
on the Hilltop campus in the presence
of a number Of Army officers, military
attaches and other special guests.
They were judged by a board of OFF,
GERS from Fort Washington, Nd, con-
sisting of Lieut.. Col. Louis A. Kunzig,
commander of the post; and First
Lieut.. James Regan, jr; Second Lieut..
William r. Train and Second Lieut..
James M. Pittman. Maj Raymond
o. Barton, head of the Military De-
partment at Georgetown, was in
charge of the program, assisted by
Capt. William c. DeWare and Capt
L. L. Cobb. The R. o. T. c. Band
furnished music for the review.
Shares in Honors.
While Company B captured the
ner of last years company drill, the
latter shared in the high honors of the
day. A commander of the winning
company, Capt. Edward w. Gunlocke
of New York, and his four junior
officers received sets of officers in
sigma as reward from Gen. William
E. Horton, president of the Wash
ington Chapter of the Military Order
Of the World War.
The commander of Company A.,
however, won the coveted company
commander competition for personal
leadership among the battalion COM
pany commanders. He is Capt Paul
A. Kennedy of Pennsylvania. He was
presented with the silver cup of the
Washington General Assembly, Fourth
Degree, knights of Columbus, by its
faithful navigator, DR.. George R.
Ellis.
Another silver cup was awarded to
Lieut.. Leon ]. Roversi of New York,
as commander of the first platoon of
Company c, which won the platoon
competition. This prize was donated
by the District of Columbia Depart
ment of the Reserve Officers Asso-
citation.
Buck Private" Wins.
The event that excited the closest
interest, however, was the individual
drill competition, won by a buck
private" Orville w. Ferrant Of Com
pany A, who is from New York. One
by one the others were waved out of
the competition by the Army judges
for mistakes in the drill manual until
Ferrant alone was left standing. He
received the cup donated by the
Civilian Military Education Fund,
which was presented by DR.. Edmund
A. Walsh, S. j., of the Foreign