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

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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

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ANNUAL COMPANY COMPETITIVE DRILL WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS MAY 28-29, I 934 The Annual Company Competitive Drill of the Washington High School Cadet Corps will take place on Monday, May 28, and Tuesday May 29, 1934, at the American League Baseball Park, beginning each day at 8:30 A. M. Time limit for each company is twenty-five minutes. The competing companies will enter the Ball Park by the Fifth and V Streets gate and will report to the P. M. S. '25 T. outside that gate in the following order and at the hour indicated below: Monday, May 28, A. M. Tuesday, May 29, A. M. Co. Regiment School Time Page Co. Regiment School Time Page E 2d MCKInI9Y 36 F lst Central 8:30 49 A 2d MCKIHIQY 3 6 C lst Central 9:00 50 D Zd McKinley 37 G lst Central 9:30 50 C 261 McKinley 37 B lst Central 10:00 51 F 2d McKinley 3 8 A lst Central 10:3 0 51 M 5th Roosevelt 101 D lst Central ll :OO 5 2 I 5th Roosevelt 101 Distinguished Non-Commissioned Officer L 5th Roosevelt l02 Competitive 1 1 30. Monday, May 28, P. M. Tuesday, May 29, P. M. Co. Regiment School Time Page Co. Regiment School Time Page C 3d Eastern 63 B 3d Eastern 2:00 65 A Bd Eastern 63 E lst Central 2:30 52 F 3d Eastern 54 L 4th Western 3:00 87 D 3d Eastern 64 B Zd McKinley 3:30 38 G 3d Eastern 65 E 5th Roosevelt 4:00 102 G 4th Western 85 , M 4th Western 85 The oflicial drill program for company com- H 4th Western 86 petitive drill May 28-29, 1934, is published K 4th Western 86 for the information and guidance of all con- F 4th Western 8 7 femfd' Form line 15 paces in front of Judges: present arms and report. Manual of Arms: Right shoulder: Left shoulder: Port: Present: Order. Form Column of Platoons to the right and halt. Prepare Company for Inspection by the Judges. Execute Column of Squads, leading pla- toon Squads left. Execute Platoons Left Front into Line. Execute Left Front into Line. Execute Column of Squads, Right Pla- toon Right by Squads. Execute Column Right. Execute Column of Platoons, Leading Platoons Squads Right Cand halt just as rear platoon forms line from column of squadsj. Stack Arms: Fall Out: Fall In: Take Arms. Extended Order: fCompany acting as a Platoonj. Form Double Line of Squad Columns from column of squads. then immediately form Line of Skirmishers. The Assault: fab Advance 5-10 yards by infiltration: Cbb Open Fire flire at willj on desig- nated target? fcj Advance 5-10 yards by Squad Rushes from the Right covered by fire: Cdl Charge the Objective. Assemble the Company in Column of Squads. Form line and halt: present arms to the Judges: march Company off the field. Eighteen