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

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L eff? -vi BRIGADE RIFLE TEAM By CAPTAIN HAL B. CLAGETT, JR., H. S. C. WELVE YEARS AGO the Brigade Rifie Team was first organized by Mr. Walter Stokes. whose primary purpose for the formation of such an activity was the promotion of some united High School Cadet interest in which no inter-school rivalry was to be aroused. This, we are proud to say, has remained the principal object in the selection of all subsequent teams representing the High School Cadet Brigade of Washington. D. C. During the first two years of its existence only outdoor matches were shot. The first of these was a shoulder-to-shoulder engagement with the Naval Academy, which the team lost by the close margin of twenty-eight points. Later in the same year the Cadets entered the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, and managed to capture third place in their class. In 1923 out- door shooting was suspended, and has not since been resumed. However, the team has grown and developed as one of the best Gallery Rifle or- ganizations of its kind in the country. In 1923 the team was first entered in the Third Corps Area Gallery Championship Match which it succeeded in winning. This gave it the privilege of entering the National Matches in which it did exceedingly well. This year, 1933, the team reached the peak of its achievements when it succeeded in winning the Third Corps Area Gallery Championship for the third consecutive time. This entitles the team to permanent possession of the Third Corps Area Silver Loving Cup which it has long cov- eted. The ten high scorers will receive, more- over, individual medals. The last string targets for the National Match, in which there are four strings, have been shot by each member of the team and sent in April 13. These include targets from: H. B. Clagett. D. Wallace, J. R. Egan, R. B. Hubbell, and J. Harlan from Westerng D. H. McGarity, R. Davis, T. W. Riley, and M. D. Waite from Central: W. C. Jensen, E. L. Staubus, W. H. Bailey, and R. A. Woodward from McKinley, E. Smolinsky, and S. Clements from Eastern. The Brigade Rifle Team Thirty-three ff

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ORDNANCE EQUIPMENT By CAPTAIN HAL B. CLAGETT, H. S. C, Since 1882. the first year of the organizations existence. there have been, as might be expected, a number of changes in the ordnance equipment of the Cadet Corps. The first rifle used was the Austrian Werndl QFig. lj , which was one of the earliest models of the breech-loading rifles. These rifles were purchased outright for use by the Cadets: they continued in use until a Special Act of Congress, passed in 1891, made it possible to obtain the loan of Government Rifles from the War Department. At this date the Austrian Rifles were discarded and a supply of cal. .45 breech- loading Springtields CFig. 25 was secured from the War Department, These old Springnelds were used until 1903, when they were exchanged for the newer repeating rifle, the Krag-Jorgsen, cal. .30 U. S. Model of 1898 fPig. 35. This type of rifle was a much less cumbersome affair than the two models previously used. and for drill purposes proved a well-balanced and splendidly adpated arm. Between 1903 and 1921 additional quantities of the Krag Rifle were issued to the Corps as it increased in size: among these additional arms were a number of Krag Carbines CFig. 45, a lighter model of the same weapon. By the beginning of the year 1920 the Krag Rilies and Carbines were commencing to show appreciable signs of wear incident to their long service. and efforts towards obtaining new equipment were begun. When new equipment was asked for, the War Department, in View of the excellent work done by the Cadet Corps in the past, authorized the return of the old equipment and directed the issuing of rifles of the latest model. the New Springfield. cal. .30 CFig. 51. This is unques- MASTER SERGEANT C. TROMETRE, U. S, A, tionably the inest military rifle in the world. by demonstration in the In Charge of Ordnance Equipment CContinued on page 1181 , in 'l-W 1, --t. ,-.M ...,, ,... .... ,.,,,,,...,A---.T-N iff R .,,..1- MV- E -A-S. No. 61Non-commissioned Oflicer's Sword, Old Model 'S ' ' 5 f h 1' N . 9-U. S. Infantry Of1'1cer's Saber, New Model CUSM1 by Cadet First ergeams O t 2 mei O fUsed by Cadet Field and Staff Oflicersj f 'S'----fri-. 5:9 -..SY W- in ----' '-'Ca -. ' d, Old M dl No. 8-U. S. Experimental Cavalry 'Saber Noifljggg-Lb?igiiitisfrsefgleiziyrits Majorjo e fUsed by Cadet Oflicers of the Lmej NO. 3-U. s. Rifle, Moda of 1898 fKragl .- 21: num.,-. Y 'W LS Y 5-U. S. Rifle. Model of 1903 QNew Springfleldl No. 4-U. S. Carbine. Model of 1899 ei- No. l-Austrian Vilerndl Rille , x fs. 5 .... I ' - W, ,-.. , ,n M 1 :VE No 2-U. S. Rifle. cal. .45 fOld Springfieldj Thirty-two

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DR. LUTHER REICHELDERFER Major of the Washz'ngtoln High School Cadets in 1892, First Colonel of the Washington High School Cadets in 1893