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

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CADET RIFLE SHOOTING By LT CARL TROMETRE U 5 A Ret Match Offlcrcrl and Ordnance Officer ln 1921 Vlalter It Stoke- a former' cadet of Lentrrl Hr h School organrzed the Brrfrade llrllc learn from anronfr thc ent usrfrstrc rrlle shot of the several w rte hrfrh chools of the Drstrrct rs out door team he toolc to Lamp Srnrrns ta et c rt onfres Herfhts or I rctrce vs th thc c l 30 Sprrngreld rrlle and thc rndoor terrrr u-.rng cal 22 rmrnunrtron hrcd on the rwnges wrthrrr several of the hr h school burldrngs Ihr rncloor tc rm Irccarne the Brrgade llrHe learn rs we have known rt for the prst twcntx year-. L aclet rrlle shootrnfr rs orfranrled under the Nrtronal Defense Act of 1920 wrth rrfle rrrd rrnrmrrrrtrorr furnrshed hy the W ar Departmc nt At the he' rnnrng of eac rear rll hr lr school rn thrs area wrth mrlrtfrrs trarnrnf 'rnd rrfle prac LT CARL TROMETRE U S A Rt trce are rmrtecl to frrc what are known as the berxrce Comm rnd lntercollegrate Vlatches Thc rcports of the-.e matches Match Officral ond Ordnance Omcer Woshrngton Hrgh School Cadet Corps rnarled to thc fornmrncl fcncral of the rlhrrd Servrce fornmand he mrrtary authorrtres t Ilrltrrnor rrc the jud cs and make the awards Teams n rch urn hrst rncl sccon plrcc rn the e mrtc he then trlcc part rn the Natrona lntercolleffrate Match conrpetrrrg, wrth the wrrrners from rll lllllt Servrcc fornrnands Our Brrf ado Rrllc 'leam hr Ircen desrgnated a dozen or more tunes rn the last twentx wears to partrcrprtc rn the INat1onal Intercollegrate Match ln 1933 the team was awarded the Thrrd Corps Area Gallery Lhanrpronshrp Trophy he cause rt had taken first place rn the corps area for three successrve wears 1931 1932 and 1933 ln 1921 our team won the Natronal lntercollegrate Champronshrp The Brrgade RrHe le'rnr ha partrcrpated annually srnce 1934 rn the Wrllrrrrr Randolph Hearst Trophy Match Thrs match rs sponsored by Mr Hearst but rs conducted under the ausprces of the War Department Nearly every year srnce 1934- our team has non erther first second or thrrd place rn thrs match recervrng medals and trophres therefor But as there rs nothrng permanent rn thrs world, our Brrgade Rrfle Team has at last come to the end of rts career Begrnnrng wrth 1946 the War Depart ment has decreed that each rndrvrdual hrgh school rf rt wants to be represented must furnrsh a team composed of members of that school only This applres to both the Servrce Command Intercollegrate Matches and the Hearst Trophy Matches Thrs decrsron came rather as a surprrse and, as a result our cadet rrflemen have found themselves at some drsadvantage Although not really expectrng much success thrs year our cadets have begun to organrze school teams under the new regulatrons, and expect to develop several teams rn the future to equal and surpass the record of the old Brrgade Rrfle Team 47 . , . . . . ' Il 1 Vi 1 4 , I' .c V., V . . c . - ,h z g .' , V , P ' ' ' 5 ! h .cr ' ' . s ., , 'h', 'U s' : . '. H. - ' ' A L . - 1 1 H WN -1 rg, rang' . L tr sr F 1 f rra' ' 'r 2 'a. .. c, In .' -' ,a , It '.. E ' c ' - I . 'U Lf. ' ' ' . , P K S . ,E A . 1 1: '2 ' , , . Z, 1 Z, ., , ,.t ,, , ' sz r ' - , f 'f,. ,. , ,' ' , , . ., ..h' qi g 5. S' L. . ' 4 v' g . '- , , . . . 2. ',g , ' -1 ' ' 1 o N 4 . , c , r ,' 'A I' ' . fu T Y, ' . are - , r lllg ,1 2-4 ' . , ' . T , 'l'-1' a 1' e 2 ,' ' ' . 'lr' ' 'Q z d z S, z' s , rw ' ,N '1 , .D , f , ' . . f. -2 . .. Q pg .2 .1 is E . 1 . S. V - 5 l I ' 4 p I1 n 5 u I K ' - u w v L. I . C 5 . . I . , , Q, i . 1 . . - c . -. - L I l o , - , , 9 ,

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Now colvwnsslonso omcens McKmley Hugh school I mnpuny I Sgt Smith lmnd S l uiln Sg C flimr Sgt C rr :VPS Sgt C ruff Sgt Wmllxr I pl D1 llmger Sgt Waltz Sgt Lelnbach Sgt Ty-:dale C pl Barker Lpl Perry Kpl Wttchle I Comphmenfs of Comp 'ments S MICHAELIS A FRIEND 4-6 .' ..' ' Q' I. ll- .' . I -2 S .' . I .' . - f 7 . 1 ' Cpl. Gullughvx' Cpl. King Cpl. Movkabee Cpl. Moriarity Cpl. Stith Cgl. 'r . ' ' .' . . ' I . ' - ' . . T . ' A of

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