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

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PROMOTION IN THE CADET CORPS By LT COL WILLIAM E BARKMAN lnact Res Professor of Military Science and Tactics One of the fundamental objectryes of cadet trarnrnrf rs the development of leadership and one of rts cardinal prrncrples rs the definite recognrtron f abrlrty and effort The prornotrorr system of the Lorps rs based on a proffressron of duties each requiring greater responsrlrrlrty and wrder experience than the precedrnv step The new recrurt, startrnff with the rank of Prryate rs expected to master the rntrrcacres of facrnvs and marchnrfs military clrscrplrne and courtesy, and the mfrnual of rrms If he rs successful rn mrsterrn f these arts hrrnself he rrrfry expect to Ire aclyarrc ed to the rank of Prry ate lqrrst Lla s rn which capacity he mry be an assrstsrnt squad leader and on occfrsron nrry lrc clesrgnsrted to instruct rc crurts of less expcrrerrce than himself The next step rrr promotion rs to the rank of forpor rl or squad leadcr, wltlr resporrsrlrrlrty for seven PllXdLCS A squad lercler rrrut know the members of hrs squad he rrrust be certarrr that they are properly uniformed ind equrppcd rncl that thcy are regular rn attendancc at drill The positron of Sergeant rs next rrr llIlC of rncrerscd honor and ICSp0llSIlJlI1Iy The sergeant may be a platoon guide or r platoon serlfernt rn which crprcrty he wlll bc called upon to assist his platoon leader nr the drrllrnff and marchrrrf of the platoon and he rs most certain to be desrffnatecl rs an rnstructor of recruits Those cadets who attarrr the hrffhest rank as nonccnnnnssroned officers rrray le Company First Sergeants Staff Supply Sergeants or Serffeants Mayor The Com pany First Sergeant rs responsible directly to the Captain for all personnel records and assists the Captain rn trarnrnf' and drrllrnf hrs company The Serveant Major and the Supply Sergeant are members of the Staff and may be called of the unrt Highest rn rank of all cadets are the comnrrssroncd oflicers Normally a cadet does not attarn this rank urrtrl after at least two yerrs experience, but wartime condrtrons have accelerated promotions rn some rnstanc es An officer receives from the Board of Education a comrrrrssron which rs eyrclence of the authority vestecl rn hrm He wears the reeulatron army officers saber which rs the symbol of thr authority Definrte rights and prryrleves are rrrhererrt m these posrtrons but the officer must understand that with rank fro also duties and oblrsfatrons Hryrrrf demonstrated through two years of cadet experience hr abrlrty to obey orders promptly and cheerfully he rs now rn posrtlorr to frye orders and rt should be hrs supreme obyectrye so to conduct hrrnself and so to issue hrs orders that he may rnsprre that same prompt and cheerful obedience If the officer rs a Company Commander he wlll be Uryerr halfahurrdrecl cadets of yaryrnv degrees of experience and ellicrerrcy and rt wrll be hrs duty to tram, to rnsprre and to mold these cadets into a smoothly functronrnff urrrt which will be a credit to hrs school and to hrs own leadership Should he be successful nr cornpetrtrorr he wrll recerye the tradrtrorral emlrlenrs for which hundreds of captarrrs have worked durmff the exrsterrce of the Lorps but whether or not hc receives these rrrtrrnsrc awards rf he has been 1 Hood company commander hrs memory wrll lrye rn the hearts of hrs r rr lonv frfter most of the thrnvs they learned rn hrvh school haye been forffotten Battalion Commanders and Regimental Commanders with the rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel respectryely do not corrre rn as close personal touch with the men rn the rarrlcs as do the Company officers Therr responsrbrlrtres deal wrth larger Cadet unrts and with plans for coordrnatrnf the work of the Corps wrthrn the school The commandrnff officer of the entire cadet brrffade rs the Cadet Colonel, who rs chosen by competrtrye exarrrrrratrorr from the best cadets of the seyeral schools Fortunate rrrdeed rs the mrlrtary rrrstruc tor who has a strong unrt commander to help orvanrze and tram hrs battalion or reffrment And more than fortunate are those cadets who haye rrsen to posrtrorrs of command rn the Corp because the same qualrtres and trarnrng will lead them to success rn lrfe . . . , ' . . 7 . . 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