Dunbar High School - Liber Anni Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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F i re President Woodrow Wilson, formed a part of the Guard of face er c earstten of President Waren pe enone and have participated in i large military occasion in Washington. domet ep tece. ae first competitive drill was held in Metropolitan A. M. E. ees between two platoons, the Ist and 2nd Lieutenants commanding, there being only co 1806, a two-company battalion was formed, and the first competitive drill be- tween companies was held at Convention Hall, Major Charles E. Minkins was in com- mand of the Battalion; and the drill was won by Company A, under Captain Henry D. ae 24, 1897, the first field competitive drill was held at the National League Baseball Park, with three companies competing. Major Clarence K. Wormley was in command of the Battalion; and Company B, under Captain Archibald M. Ray, won the drill. In June, 1902, the first inter-school competitive drill between old M Street and Armstrong was held. Major Robert N. Mattingly was in command of the Battalion; and Company B, of old M Street, under Captain Chester H. Jarvis, won the drill. In June, 1917, the first Dunbar company entered the annual competitive drill. Major Earl R. Alexander was in command of the Battalion; and Company E, under Captain Sterling A. Brown, won the drill. May 17, 1918, the 3rd Battalion, for the first time, formed a part of the Wash- ington High School cadet brigade in the annual review on the Ellipse. The brigade was reviewed by Major General Peyton C. Marsh, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army; members of the Board of Education; and District of Columbia officials. In 1920, the 3rd Regiment of High School Cadets was formed with Lieutenant Colonel Mercer W. Cook in command. The 1st Battalion, Dunbar, was under com- mand of Major Charles S. Scott; the 2nd Battalion, Armstrong, was under Major Charles Newsome; and Company B, of Dunbar, under Captain Ralph W. Scott, won the drill. In 1922 the designation of the cadet corps was changed from 3rd to 24th Regiment, High School Cadets. In 1923 the Regiment was composed of 11 Companies—5 Dunbar, 5 Armstrong, and 1 Junior High—and Company B from Dunbar, under Captain Lowell C. Wormley, won the Annual Competitive Drill before the largest and most enthuiastic gathering of colored people ever assembled in Washington. Cadet officerships are awarded through competitive military examination and the U.S. Infantry Drill Regulations is used for instruction, Officers from the regular army and the District of Columbia National Guard serve each year as judges in the annual contests; and the names of the successive command- ing officers, winning Companies, winning Captains and winning Schools are as shown in Table C, Among former officers of the Cadet Corps, dese rving special mention are the late lamented Major James E. Walker, commanding the brave 1st Separate Battalion, District of Columbia National Guard, while stationed on the Border, during the recent Mexican imbroglio; Major Walter H. Loving, organizer of the famous Philippine Con- stabulary Band led the High School Cadets in review before President William Howard Taft on the Ellipse, March 17, 1909; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin O. Davis who rose from the ranks to his present grade in the regular military establishment of the United States; and Captain Eldridge T. Hawkins, former secretary of the American peesiion epee we tie several years chief of the Liberian Constabulary in Africa. graduates of the Department of Business Practice. Among former Dunbar cadets not alread: or non-commissioned officers in the $ Stewart and Sylvester H. Epps; Minkins, who were with the Amer ly mentioned who served as commissioned - Spanish-American War are Captains Frank R. Lieutenants Raymond A. Jackson and Charles E. ican forces in the Philippines; Gunner John Jordan

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five pianos; a large swimming pool; two large gymnasiums, with up-to-date equip- ment and dressing rooms with showers for boys and girls, respectively; modern laboratories and lecture rooms for teaching zoology, chemistry, and physics; spacious and well-appointed library with accommodations for 4,350 volumes; armory and rifle range for target practice; wireless outfit; drawing rooms; 35 class rooms; green house; retiring and emergency rooms; locker rooms with accommodations for 1,500; a lunch room with modern kitchen and seats for 350; and $185,000 has been appropriated to purchase ground adjacent to the school on which to erect a commodious stadium. The accompanying Tables (A and B) show the number of graduates from the Aca- demic High School and the Department of Business Practice, respectively, male and female, from ‘the organization of the High School to June 30, 1923. Vere S4 Im 1888 “instruction in military science was first offered in ‘the high school for colored youth then located in Miner building. On account of insufficient drill space, ununiformed, and with wooden guns, the prospective cadets were required ‘to report once a week at the O Street Armory of the Washington Cadet Corps, which later became the First Separate Battalion, District of Columbia National Guards. Major Christian A. Fleetwood, commanding officer of the Washington Cadet Corps, was the first instructor of the high school cadets. He served for a brief period only, and was succeeded by Captain Arthur Brooks, now retired Lieutenant Colonel, District National Guard, who served as military instructor and drill master from October 15, 1888, to November 30, 1918. Major Edward L. Webster served as military instructor from December 1, 1918, to February 27, 1920; and was succeeded by Major Milton T. Dean, who served from February 1, 1921 to June 380, 1922. September 14, 1922, Captain Edward L. York was appointed military instructor, and December 27, 1922, 1st Lieutenant Orestus J. Kincaid was appointed assistant military instructor. The first public appearance of the high school cadets was in an exhibition drill at Metropolitan Baptist Church in 1892. There was only one company under the com- mand of Captain Albert Ridgeley, and the drill was given to secure funds with which to purchase equipment and to help make up a purse for the military instructor, a salary being unprovided at that time. Under an Act of Congress granting the loan of arms to Colleges and High Schools, the cadets were furnished necessary arms and equipment. Accordingly, November 1, 1892, the colored cadets were formally organized with one company having a mem- bership of 70 boys. Only 59 purchased uniforms, thereby reducing those recruited as follows: Officers—Captain, Louis A. Cornish, Jr.; First Lieutenant, James E, Walker; Second Lieutenant, Benjamin Washington; Third Lieutenant, Marcellus M. Syphax. Non-Commissioned Officers—First Sergeant, Charles M. Thomas; Second Sergeant, Alonzo S. Mitchell; Third Sergeant, Edward Hall; Fourth Sergeant, Charles Tignor, Fifth Sergeant, John George. Corporals—Frank Marshall, George Bowser, Samuel Milton, James Dowling, Sylvester Thomas, Arthur W. Lynch. Privates— Harry Bell, John Bruce, Elias Brown, William Butcher, Henry Bolden, George Baum, Henry Burwell, Everett Brooks, John Brooks, William Brooks, Preston Clinton, Walter Chapman, Edward Davis, Andrew Dorsey, Albert Fields, Loraine Fisher, William Gunnell, Bernard Hartgrove, Charles King, Arthur James, William Miller, Charles Minkins, James Pinn, John Payne, John Quander, Henry Ricks, Daniel Southall, Daniel Spriggs, Robert Scott, James Turner, John Thornton, Joseph Upsher, John Wilkinson, Harry Wilkinson, Herbert Winsy, Richard White, Clarence Wright, Ira Wright, Al- phonso Woodson, Ferman Wormley, Howard Young. 5 ; is Without overcoats, yet undeterred by the morning blizzard and the frigid cold that followed on March 4, 1893, the cadets formed a part of the escort to the out- : F jami ri nd the President-Elect, Grover Cleveland, and going President, Benjamin Harrison, a . a een afterwards marched in the Inaugural Parade. The reputation which the cadets i. established was such that President Cleveland had made a special request that they be a part of his personal escort on that occasion. The cadets also marched

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of the Business Department, who bombarded the enemy in the memorable battle of Manila Bay; and Lieutenant Harry T. Burgess, who followed the Stars and Stripes in Cuba. During the recent Mexican troubles Captains Albert Ridgley, Louis H. Patterson, Clarence C. H. Davis, West A. Hamilton, Arthur C. Newman, Principal of Armstrong Manual Training School, and Lieutenants Benjamin D. Boyd, Thomas J. Abrahams, and Cornelius King safeguarded important stations on the Mexican border. Table C COMPETITIVE DRILL RECORDS School Commanding Officer Winning Winning Captain School Year Company 1891-92 | Capt. Albert Ridgley......... 1892-93 | Capt. Louis A. Cornish. . . 1893-94 | Capt. Chas. M. Thomas. . ..| 2d Pltn. | Lieut. Benj. Washington...) M Street .| 2d Pltn. | Lieut. Chas. E. Minkins...| M Street 1894-95 | Maj. Chas. E. Minkins.... A Capt. Henry D. Burwell...) M Street 1895-96 | Maj. Chas. E. Minkins. B Capt. C. K, Wormley..... M Street 1896-97 | Maj. C. K. Wormley B Capt. Archibald M. Ray...) M Street 1897-98 | Maj. Wm. O. Davis....... Cc Capt. J. O. Montgomery. . 5 1898-99 | Maj. Leon S. Turner... . B Capt. Wm. Brown........ 1899-00 | Maj. Leon S. Turner B Capt. Wm. J. Howard 5 1900-01 | Maj. Walter P. Ray Cc Capt. R. N. Mattingly....| M Street 1901-02 | Maj. R. N. Mattingly... .. B Capt. Chester H. Jarvis...| M Street 1902-03 | Maj. Milton S. Bush... B Capt. Hugh R. Francis. ...| M Street 1903-04 | Maj. Hugh R. Francis. - @ Capt. John H. Wilson... . Armstrong 1904-05 | Maj. Jas. M. Saunders. - D Capt. Arthur F. Albert...) Armstrong 1905-06 | Maj. Henry C. Weeden. Cc Capt. Wm. A. Henderson..| Armstrong 1906-07 | Maj. W. A. Hamilton... A Capt. John R. Pinkett....| M Street 1907-08 | Maj. Sterling O. Fields. A Capt. Edward B. Gray....| M Street 1908-09 | Maj. C. C. McDuffie. . . E Capt. A. A. Taylor. Sere epee 1909-10 | Maj. A. A. Taylor A Capt. W. W. Lawson me at Birt 1910-11 | Maj. Norman I. Ewing. A Capt. Hugh B. Shipley... . “4 wa: 1911-12 | Maj. John C. Woods A Capt. Arthur C. Logan... Bixees 1912-13 | Maj. Arthur A. Dyer... A Capt. Rayford W. Logan...) a 3 reet 1913-14 | Maj. R. W. Reynolds. .. F Capt. Arthur C. Payne. ...| M Street 1914-15 | Maj. Wm. I. Barnes.... Cc Capt. Robert O. Powell. . epee 1915-16 | Maj. William Lewis. . ... B Capt. Lorimer D. Milton | MS tree 1916-17 | Maj. Earl R. Alexander. . E Capt. Sterling A. Brown... res pas 1917-18 | Maj. Sterling A. Brown. . D Capt. George W. Davis. cil aria rong 1918-19 | Maj. Charles Lewis... ..- a B Capt. Ral oh W. Scott... punted 1919-20 | Lt. Col. W. M. Cook.......... K Capt. William B. Mason. unbar “ Maj. C. S. Scott, Ae Be j. G. Newsome, . 1920-21 Let. ib. Dulahy=-oe.e sees Cc Capt. Claude R. Terrell. . . Armstrong Maj. A. ook Hate Maj. S. Blackwell, t. j 1921-22 Lt Cal A. Wells...--.--..- L Capt. Powell F. Allen.....) Armstrong Maj. M. Robnso a eT 1922-23 Lt Gait, aoent oh oe B Capt. Lowell C. Wormley. Dunbar Maj. T. W. Boyde, Ist Bt. Maj. H. phamyely 2d Bt. = Lt. Col. F. A. Gregory.....--+.]-ss22++5 wre ecetae ae Maj. R. H. Mitchell, 1st Bt. Maj. M. L. Tomlin, 2d Bt. Winning Battalion. When the Nation called for loyal and efficient officers to lead her increased armed forces to victory in the World War, in obedient response, Dunbar answered ee Captains Harry O. Atwood, Milton T. Dean, Napoleon B. Marshall, Ulysses G. B. Martin, and Joseph E. Trigg; First Lieutenants William I. Barnes, Frank Coleman, Joseph H. Cooper, Austin M. Curtis, Merrill H. Curtis, Eugene L. C. Davidson, Francis