Evening star., 1942-05-10
High School Cadets
To Hold Competitive
Drill This Week
Annual Event to Take
Place at Griffith Stadium
Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday and Wednesday
The annual competitive military
drill of Washington eight High
School Cadet Corps, one of the
Capitals most colorful yearly events
will take place Tuesday and
Wednesday when 80 cadet COM
panies will go through mock war
maneuvers and close order march
ing at Griffith Stadium.
Youths of IS to 18 years will COM
pete for the diamond d-encrusted
Allison Nailor Gold Medal, en-
blematic of the most efficient cadet
company in the city.
The program has been scheduled
for early In the day so that men,
bers Of the corps may return to
school by 4 pm. Wednesday to
assist in issuing gasoline rationing
cards. They will act as guides and
ushers.
Big Event at lis Wednesday,.
The leading event of the two-day
competition will take place at lis
pm. Wednesday when the brigade
seven regiments and battalion
will pass in review before DR. Ell
mer S. Newton, long time principal
of Western High School, the review
ing officer.
Judges will be Capt Ralph I. Will
liams, First 1t. Gordon L. Judd
and First 1t. Harold L. Kelly, in
fantry officers and military training
instructors at the University OF
Maryland.
Asst. Supt. of Schools DR.. Chester
w. Holmes is in charge of arrange
ments. Master Sergt. Thomas Mac
Donald will be the official recorder
Of scores.
Nome to Get Awards.
The present schedule calls for
opening the competition at am.
Tuesday when Company B of Cen
trail High School, headed by Cadet
Capt. Eduard H. Siegler, jr, will
60 through it's PAGES to the accom-
paniment of the regimental band
Other companies will follow until
noon, when awards will be present.
ed to the most distinguished nom
commissioned officers. Eight SER
geants, one from each school. have
been chosen to compete for this
prize.
Company competition will con-
tinue at am. Wednesday.
At 10 am. Wednesday representa-
tive companies, chosen by lot from
each high school, will march in re-
view. They will appear in this
order; Company B. Calvin Coolidge
High School, Cadet Capt. William
Wallace; Company A, Eastern, Ca
det Capt. Alexander j. Lipske; Com
pany E, Woodrow Wilson, Cadet
Capt. Harold Hurwitz; Company I,
Roosevelt, Cadet Capt. Donald
Hurst; Company B, Anacostia, Cadet
Capt. Charles Curtiss; Company H,
Western, Cadet Capt William Bran
denburg and Company C, Mckinley,
Cadet Capt. Thomas S. Moncure.
The eight sergeants who will COM
pete for the non-commissioned Of
ficers award are William H. Wallop,
Central; Harry W. Stearns, Eastern;
Charles Glisson, Western; John N.
Deoudes, Roosevelt; Thomas O'Don-
nell, Woodrow wilson; William An
derson, Anacostia: Joseph w. Will
son, Calvin Coolidge; and Gino s.
Valenti, Mckinley.
Order of Competitive Drill.
Here is the order in which the
competitive companies will appear,
beginning at 8 am. Tuesday:
Central Companies B, Cadet Capt.
Eduard H. Siegler, jr.; C, Cadet
Capt. Karl D. Morrison; D, Cadet
Capt. Donald L. Carter.
Mckinley Companies D, Cadet
Capt. Albert r. Pfeiffer; E, Cadet
Capt. william B. Fritts: 3, Cadet
Capt. Philip F. Warner; A, Cadet
Capt. William Scull.
Anacostia Company A, Cadet
Capt. Carlton Kloczewski.
Woodrow Wilson Companies A.
Cadet Capt. Lawrence johnson: D.
Cadet Capt. John Townsend; B
Cadet Capt Richard Forsling; C.
Cadet Capt. Richard Wallis.
Calvin Coolidge Companies A
Cadet Capt. Benjamin Cruickshank;
B, Cadet Capt. Robert Romero; c.
Cadet Capt. Henry Dierkoph.
Western Companies G., Cadet
Capt. Frank Mullin; L, Cadet Capt
Hollis Kushman; K, Cadet Capt
Robert Kibler.
Beginning at 8 am. Wednesday:
Roosevelt Companies E, Cadet
Capt. John Bronaugh; K, Cade1
Capt. Fred Boss; G, Cadet Capt
Joseph Farrell.
Eastern High School Companies
B, Cadet Capt. Robert F. McCon.
key; D, Cadet Capt. Harold M
Buckholz; C, Cadet Capt. E. Hiram
Dye.
In the event of bad weather or
either day, the program will be car.
ried over into Thursday.