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

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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

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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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M. Dent, Thomas M. Dent, Edward B. Gray, Thornton H. Gray, kay Sg i C. Hayson, Charles H. Houston, William J. Howard, Campbell C. Jo : rerentas Se Jones, Charles E. Lane, David A. Lane, William W. Lawson, Joseph H. Martin, William Ww. Peebles, Harold L. Quivers, Ellis F. Rivers, Shermont R. Sie Oscar H. Smith, and Louis W. Patterson; and 2nd Lieutenants Richard Banks, William H. Burrell, George C. Hollomand, Ernest C. Johnson, Robert E. Johnson, Walker L. Savoy, James E. Scott, Enos B. Smith, and Vincent B. Thomas. First Lieut. James Reese Europe, former high school cadet color-bearer, Was one of the founders of the Fifteenth New York, afterwards, the 369th ress Infantry, and later organized and directed the famous regimental band, was twice decorated with the Gold Leaf, and finally was sent to the trenches in command of a machine gun company. s The roster of former cadets-who served as non-commsisioned officers and privates in the overthrow of Prussian autocracy is not yet available. Be it known, however, that of the 300 picked colored registrants from the District of Columbia mustered in the Federal Army, on May 16, 1918, and ordered to the training camp at Howard University in Washington, 200 received their first military training as high school cadets and were selected for special draft because of their mental capacity. At a cost of $175, Charles B. Fisher, Alexander Oglesby, John P. Dixon, Alexander Freeman, William H. Smith, Wesley Howard, Louis A. Cornish, Charles Davis, Orisius Smith and Major Christian A. Fleetwood, all veterans of the Civil War, purchased a handsome American flag, and on February 19, 1897, presented it to the high school cadets on behalf of the local O. P. Morton Post No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic. This flag and a diamond studded medal given in 1898 by the teachers of the related schools, are coveted prizes, respectively awarded the successful school and the Captain of the winning Company in each successive Competitive Drill. In September, 1912, Old Glory was presented to M Street High School by the Women’s Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, having been secured through the thoughtful initiative of Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, a prominent officer in the Corps. This flag is also of richest silk, trimmed with gold fringe, and cost $150. Miss Laura Smith, patriotic instructor of the Corps, made the presenta- tion, and was accompanied to the school by a committee of fifty delegates attending the Women’s Relief Corps convention in Washington. Dunbar also has a Service Flag, commemorating the valor and supreme sacrifice of her gallant sons in the late World War. In its crowded field, 200 and more undim- med stars keep silent vigil, and in mute eloquence attest that their Alma Mater has not labored in vain. As these brave graduates and undergraduates followed the Stars and Stripes for the betterment of humanity and the democracy of the world, other sons of Dunbar patriotically contributed their bit in the gun factory at the Washington Navy Yard, in Governmént munition plants, and the Chillicothe Radio Station, in the Dental and Medical Corps of the Army, and as enlisted men in the Navy. ; As early as May 7, 1917, the girl students of Dunbar became actively interested in Red Cross work, and later organized a Senior and Junior Auxiliary with direct affiliation with the District of Columbia Red Cross Chapter. Giving freely and with- out stint of both time and talent, they made an appreciable number of articles for cantonments, comfort kits, and over seas; and in purchase of Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps, and War Savings Certificates, they were not slackers. As ministers and teachers, as doctors and lawyers, in public service and private ee as home makers and community social workers, the graduates of Dunbar I igh School have reflected much credit upon their Alma Mater and the community in general, and it is steadfastly hoped that the youth, both now and in the teeming years to come, who receive instruction and inspiration within Dunbar’s spacious walls may ever lift the standard higher, and render acceptable service i i penat= use fhe © sufficient unto their