High School Cadet Corps - Adjutant Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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LIEUTENANT PAUL L. DOERR, Inf-Res. Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics 'Q-, 1 f fo .I S5 1? ..1eE?'5 '?i

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BRIGADIER-GENERAL WILLIAM EDWARD HORTON, U. S. A. Retired were started but they were held at an evening entertainment in the main assembly room of the high school building. There was no com- petition between the companies, for each com- pany was assigned to do a different part of the drill. In other words, one company would do the Manual of Arms, another Loading and Fir- ing, another Stacking, Unstacking, Charging Bayonets, etc. Shortly after this the Competitive Drills were held which are now such important factors in the operations of the Corps. Upon the death of Colonel William G. Moore, who commanded the Washington Light Infantry, Captain Ross was made Colonel. He was a man that everyone liked and highly re- spected. He was fair-minded and just in all his rulings and recommendations. It was a great pleasure for me to have served as a Cadet under his supervision, and his personality and efhcient characteristics are pleasant memories of my days in the High School Cadet Corps. CADET TRAINING AND CITIZENSHIP By LIEUTENANT PAUL L. DOERR, Inf-Res. Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics I LL of the aims and objectives of education revolve around the primary aim of train- ing for citizenship. Our school system strives to attain this aim by the proper balance of curricula and co-curricula activities. Of the latter, the Cadet Corps has proven itself to be very effective. This effectiveness is based on the fact that after graduation from high school, the majority of cadets continue in some military or- ganization Which fits into the general scheme of our national defense plan. Bear in mind that this is not an ultra-militaristic plan: it is one of preparedness so that our nation will be able adequately to defend itself in the event of an emergency. We most earnestly hope that the emergency will never ariseg however, interna- tional economic-social relationships teach us that preparedness is the best means of maintaining world tranquillity. The training necessary for preparedness de- velops patriotism.-a quality which insures na- tional solidarity. Cadet training has kindled within the hearts of our boys this thing called patriotism, which has manifested itself in the fact that former cadets have availed themselves of the opportunities offered by organized agen- cies of national defense-namely, the Regular Army and Navy, the National Guard, and the Organized Reserves. At present our nation is being put to an acid test: it is being gnawed by theidestructive forces of world-Wide economic depression: it is being insulted by treacherous socio-political groups which are making vigorous attempts to destroy the structure of our government. Therefore, to combat all this we need now, more than ever before, a citizenship which carries with it the utmost of loyalty. Ever since its inception, Hfty years ago, the Washington High School Cadet Corps has and will continue to help pre- serve the integrity of our United States of Amer- ica by producing real American citizens inspired by patriotism, love, loyalty, and respect for country. Fourteen

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