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

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were only two companies, in the single school. It would have been a lively competition, how- ever, if such had been instituted, for there was keen compe.tition between A and B , and it was the utmost hope of every cadet that he might be chosen for membership in one of the squads that on two or three occasions during my cadetship were selected to do exhibition drills on .the assembly hall stage as a feature of the concerts. I was never thus honored, for while I could handle a gun fairly well, it was not my forte to do it with the snap and grace and pre- cision required of these crack squads. It was a delightful experience. The drill days were welcomed. They were always productive of interesting incidents. Undoubtedly there was a certain class feeling , as between the boys who were cadets and those who did not elect to bear arms. Compulsory service was not the order of that day. The cadets were undoubtedly in a select class, as regards the opinion of the fair ones. A uniform is a powerful factor in heart affairs. As nowadays, I see the long lines of High School Cadets in parades, splendid marchers, soldierly ranks, perfectly uniformed, carrying regular service weapons, I feel a thrill of pride that I was one of the Hrst to enlist , fifty years ago. The corps has gone far in that time. From its ranks have gone many a boy to West Point-some to Annapolis-to gain high rank in the military and naval services. Some of .those who thus were qualified for one of the academies have become famous figures in Amer- ican military and naval history. But the lure of the drill Held did not get me. I went into other lines of work, and have in the course of many years of editorial service written often about .the cadet organization as one of the best features of the Washington High School system. It is a pleasure and a privilege to contribute this memoir to the record of the anniversary now so happily achieved. The High School Cadet Corps, Commanded by Colonel Robert Ludlum, in the Inaugural Parade of President Warren G. I-Iarding. Seventy-six

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v.ig. THREE FLAGS By LOUISE KINGSLEY That on the left- . Of blue, maroon, and white- That's the Regimental Flag, Three colors of five schools, A gay background For the Winged eagle, The strong, stern emblem Of the Cadet Corps. Mothers, fathers, sweethearts Watch that Flag pass by, Straining their eyes to see the one- Whether lieutenant, major, or fi1e-close- Who is to them the spirit of the whole, Marcluing so rhythmically In column blue. That on the right With streamers gay- On each the name of some line Company- That's the coveted prize, The end and outcome of it all. A year's hard Work and steady drill Finds rich reward In carrying back, 'Mid shouts and cheers and Wild uproar, That Flag that marks the best of all, Of all the schools the winner! In the center, over all, The Stars and Stripes! Silent we stand- Attention! when that Flag goes by- Men with heads bare, And soldiers at salute, Under that Flag Our brothers died for freedom, And We live in liberty and peace.