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

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. THE INSIGNIA SHOULDER STRAPS HE INSIGNIA OF RANK used by the Cadet Corps is that authorized by the govern- ment for the use of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The shoulder strap indicates an ofiicer's rank and command. The Brigade field and staff ofiicers wear straps having a broad gold stripe in the center paralleled by narrow black strips and edged with a narrow gold one. The Regimental field and staff officers wear straps having one and one-half inch gold braid bordered with a narrow black stripe. The Bat- talion field and staff officers wear straps having a wide black band in center and paralleled by three-eighth inch gold stripes terminating in a point at the collar, as do all line ofHcers. Silver buttons are used to denote the ranks from Sec- ond Lieutenant to Captain, in the order of one to three respectively. The Majors, Lieutenant- Colonels, and Colonel wear silver diamond- shaped devices, in the order of one to three, according to rank. CHEVRONS The chevrons used by the non-commissioned officers are the same as those used in the Regular Army. They are worn on the outer half of both sleeves, points up, midway between the elbow and the top of the sleeve. SERVICE STRIPES The length of service of a man in the Cadet Corps is shown by narrow bands on the sleeve below the elbow. Stripes are worn on the outer half of both sleeves, placed at an angle of 45 de- grees, the lower end being toward the inside seam of the sleeve and placed four inches from the end of the sleeve. For each additional year another stripe will be worn above and parallel to the nrst stripe, with one-eighth inch space between stripes, the space being formed of the background. These stripes are gold for commissioned offi- cers and the non-commissioned ofHcers of the brigade staff. The enlisted men wear light blue stripes. ADDITIONAL INSIGNIA Other insignia are worn, such as those indi- cating the place in the Competitive Drill and the War Game. These are further described on other pages in this volume. The Honor Regi- mental Diamonds and the Honor Battalion Stars are worn on the left cuff. They are placed with one of highest rank to the left, as gold diamond, silver diamond, bronze diamond, gold star, silver star, bronze star. The center of each is placed on the seam of the cuff and all are spaced equally, the colors gold, silver and Seventeen bronze, denoting first, second and third place, respectively. Red silk for first place band is also authorized. COAT- OF-ARMS All cadets wear on the cap and on both sides of the upper lapel of the blouse the official coat- of-arms of the Corps, which is Worn horizon- tally, lower edge one-half inch above horizontal line of lapel, in prolongation of a vertical line through the center of the eagle to be one and Hve-sixteenths inches from the point of the lapel. CROSSED RIFLES The ofiicers and enlisted men wear crossed rifles on the lower lapel to denote their regiment and company, horizontally on the lapel, the upper edge one-half inch below the horizontal line of the lapel and centered below the coat-of- arms. Adjutants are distinguished by a shield, and Quartermasters by a quartermaster device placed in the lower angle of the cross rifles. BRIGADE INSIGNIA Brigade, field, and staff officers wear a six- pointed star, surmounted by the arms of the Corps, in lieu of any other insignia. ' Key to chart on the opposite page: l. Colonel, commanding the Brigade. 2. Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding a Regi- ment. 3. Major, Brigade Adjutant or Quarter- master. 4 4. Major, commanding a Battalion. 5. Captain, Regimental Adjutant or Quarter- master. 6. Captain. commanding a Company. 7. First Lieutenant of Company Battalion Adjutant or Quartermaster. 8. Second Lieutenant of Company. 9. Brigade Sergeant Major and Brigade Drum Major Cwith crossed batons in center of bluej . IO. Brigade Quartermaster Sergeant. l l. Brigade Color Sergeant. l2. Regimental Sergeant Major. 13. Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant. l4. Battalion Sergeant Major. 15. Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant. 16. Regimental Color Sergeant. 17. First Sergeant. 18. Company Quartermaster Sergeant CRed for Bandj . 1 9. Sergeant. 20. Corporal. 2l. Regimental Drum Major. 22. First Sergeant, Band. 23. Sergeant, Band. 24. Corporal, Band.

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DR. FRANK BALLOU Superintendent ofvthe Public Schools of the District of Columbia