Roosevelt High School - Rough Rider Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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DISCIPLINE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS By Lieulenanl Colonel Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. Army, Reiirecl Professor of Military Science and Tactics NE of the outstanding and first noticeable features of the Washington High School Cadet Corps is the splendid discipline maintained. This is made possible because of the fine traditions and high ideals of the Corps through a period of over half a century of organization and also through the individual efforts of those cadets who know by tradition and by personal experience the benefits derived by membership in the Corps: these factors and because the Cadet Corps is so closely linked with the student life and activities have built up the organization from two companies to twenty-nine which now make up a Cadet Brigade of five regiments each With its own regimental band. Those who have seen this splendid body of students trained in discipline. leadership and respect for and loyalty to the principles of citizenship are gen- erous with praise. Those of us who are privileged to have personal contact with and supervision over this body of fine young men find it a real inspira- tion! FIRST BATTALION, EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL Fifteen

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l. Colonel, commanding the Bri- . Brigade Quartermaster Sergeant. 'THE INSIGNIA Key to chart on the opposite page: gade. Lieutenant-Colonel, Command- ing a Regiment. Major, Brigade Adjutant or Quartermaster. Major, commanding a Battalion. Captain, Regimental Adjutant or Quartermaster. Captain, commanding a Com- pany. First Lieutenant of Company Battalion Adjutant or Quarter- Master. Second Lieutenant of Company. Brigade Sergeant Major and Bri- gade Drum Major Cwith crossed batons in center of bluej . Brigade Color Sergeant. Regimental Sergeant Major. Regimental Quartermaster Ser- geant. Battalion Sergeant Major. Battalion Quartermaster Ser- geant. Regimental Color Sergeant. First Sergeant. CompanyQuartermasterSergeant CRed for Bandj . Sergeant. Corporal. Regimental Drum Major. First Sergeant, Band. Sergeant, Band. Corporal, Band. BRIGADE INSIGNIA Brigade. fieldaand staff officers wear a six-pointed star, surmounted by the arms of the Corps, in lieu of any other insignia. SHOULDER STRAPS HE INSIGNIA OF RANK used by the Cadet Corps is that authorized by the government for the use of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The shoulder strap indicates an ofiicer's rank and command. The Brigade field and staff officers wear straps having a broad gold stripe in the center paralleled by narrow black strips and edged with a narrow gold one. The Regimental Held and staff oflicers wear straps having one and one- half inch gold braid bordered with a narrow black stripe. The Battalion field and staff ofiicers wear straps having a wide black band in center and paralleled by three-eighth inch gold stripes terminating in a point at the collar, as do all line ofiicers. Silver buttons are used to denote the ranks from Second Lieu- tenant to Captain, in the order of one to three respectively. The Majors, Lieu- tenant-Colonels, and Colonel wear silver diamond-shaped devices, in the order of one to three, according to rank. CHEVRONS The chevrons used by the non-commissioned officers are the same as those used in the Regular Army. They are worn on the outer half of both sleeves, points up, midway between the elbow and the top of the sleeve. SERVICE STRIPES The length of service of a man in the Cadet Corps is shown by narrow bands on the sleeve below the elbow. Stripes are worn on the outer half of both sleeves, placed at an angle of 45 degrees, the lower end being toward the inside seam of the sleeve and placed four inches from the end of the sleeve. For each additional year another stripe will be worn above and parallel to the first stripe, with one-eighth inch space between stripes, the space being formed of the background. CContinued on page 975 Seventeen