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

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Buhade C0l7IIIIUIId0l COLONEL WALTER H. FLINT

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HISTORY OF THE CADET CORPS WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOLS 1882 The Washmgton H1 h bchool Cadet Corps was oroanlzed when two TOIIIPBIIICS of 50 men each were formed at Central H1 h School SIHCC onlv fifty AUSTTIBII rlfles had been lssued the two t0IIllJdIIIPN used them alternately Cveor e lsrael a Central H1 h bchool teacher mstructed the con1par11es Later Captam Burton R Ro s who became L1eutena11t Colonel of the Dlstrrct Mrlrtra was formally appomted the tlrst 1r1struc tor of thc Cadct Corps 1883 The corps made 1ts first publlc appe'11'1nce 111 the parade of the Grand Army of the Republrc 1885 The cadets marched 111 the llldllbllldl parade of Presldent Cleyeland and were present at the C16d1C3Tl0l1 of the Wa hm ton Monun1er1t 1888 First competltrye Drlll was held Company A of Central H1 h School won lust place 1290 Four new COHIPHHICS were added to the Cadet Corps Wlth the open111 of four new schools m September of this year liusme now Rooseyelt Fr tern McK1nley and Western 1893 The first Colonel wa appo1r1ted T111 honor was bestowed upon Luther Rerchelderfer r1ow Dr Relchelderfer an ex TOIIIIIIISSIOIIQI of the Drstrlct of C0111IHlJll 1895-The Allrson Nallor Medal was presented to the 1-11 lr School Cadets by 'Vlr Allrson lNa1lo1 The purpose of the medal rs To stlmulate a h1 her de ree of prolicrency and skrll rn Mrlrtary Knowled e 1913 Colonel Ross who had dlscharoed hrs dutres elfrcrently for twenty years and had won the respect and adm1rat1on of ey eryo11e assoclated wrth the Corps dred Major McCathran was appomted to the posltron yacated by the death of Colonel Ross 19141-The late btephen E Kramer AQQIQTJIIT Superlntendent of the publlc schools orlglnated the ldea of holdrn an annual ceremony to present Commrssrons to the cadet ofHcers Hls purpose was to create a feellng of unlty amon, the cadets The first presentatlon was made by Brl adler General E M Weaver L S Army The ceremony has been contlnued and 19 now observed at each school every S rlng 1916-Major McCath1an was called to the Mexlcan border for ervlce For a year the cadets were wrthout an officral Mllltary Instructor Major E Z Steever U 8 Army then a lreutenant yoluntarrly aye the cadets elementary tlallllll m1l1tary sclence Lleutenant N B BIISCOC was appo111ted by the Wfar Department to succeed Major McCathran When war was declared wlth Cermany Lreutenant Brrscoe was assrgned to other dutles Hrs asslstant thc former Cadet Colonel Wallace M Yater was promoted to mstructor and Cadet Major Shoults became Asslstant Mrlrtary Instructor 1917 Cadet Corps was first orbanlled as a brl ade under the d1rect1o11 of Lleutenant BYISCOC The flrst of11c1a1 program of the conrpetltnc drlll was publlshed It l0llSlSl8fl of only twenty pages and eontalned the personnel of the brlgade and the prctures of the oflicers Founded rn 1911 the yearbook we now know as the Adjutant ha developed from a procram 1nto an ofhcral record of the hlstory and regulatron f the Cadet Corps Durmg the World War the cadets recelyed numerous certlficates from the War Department for seryrce rendered rn assrstm the Regrstratlon for the Selectne Draft Many cadets jomed the natlonal forces and partlcrpatecl rn actual combat We are justly proud of the fine precedent set by members of the corps rn such a crlsls 1918-Cadet Major Shoults was promoted to the POSITION of Mllltary Instructor fCOIIllIllI,6ll on page 261 24 I . .U sh , - D o' Y ' ' lo' - ' za ' , 'U ' '. . - ' . ' . U 1 . c c. , ,- , . S, - I A . .L v i . , , , . . . , - - k . . . , , N YW T n. x h CTC 1 I - 1 . . , , j... - -1 I . U -. . I . , - , s g , j . .. . , - s 1 -- . - - . b cc , , 1 c 1 gf 1 I - . , - - . . I x . 4 f , ff n ' ' . 1' . f ': . ss, f ' , ,rs , ch- . 's ' . 's 'c ' , . ' , .-A ' . 1 2. vs 'U , A D . . - . . H . . 1 . 1 '. , , - c 0' U U 'rs , H - - Y , U aa J D .... . U . ,I - v - . 9 4 . .1 w . . V . . . A , . . . , . ,. .cc , , c, g ' ' c I u . -1 I . ol T as - ' g . ' . . , 1. .. F ' I . -.S . '. S .'.' c f 7 . . . , ' ' I U f 1 - ' - ' ' 0' ' ,U , , 1 D , ,, fc I alll -. . . J ' . 'c ,' 1, ', . . . . . X I nn . ' 7 - . 1 . v I1 .r 1 -U l L. c , . t. ,E -' fr' ' W ' S I . ' c I . - - 19 , '.- vi r 46' -5 0, ' .' - . Y 50 ' . .'v I , ,- - -x k g c ' ' Y 'l 1 ,