Anacostia High School - Totem Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Qing LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM E BARKMAN U S Army Honorary Reaerve Professor of Mxlztary Science and Tactlcs Wznner of Competztwe Drzll Company F Eastern Hzgh School 1916 N i9'T 311 L ie .I , Q , .. . . s 4 s

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THE A JUTANT SIXTY THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITIVE DRILL -Ar-ki' WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS ir -k ir 1950-Volume 31 WASHINGTON, D. C.

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The New Cadet Tralnlng Pro ram By LT COL WILLIANI E Bmxmn Smce World War II there has been a contlnually IHCICZSHID Interest In the Hlgh School Cadet Corps on the part of the Department of the Army For some purposes the Corps IS under the supervIsIon of the Mllltafy Dlstrlct of Washlngton whlle for other purposes such as traInIng lt IS dlrectly under the Second Army Constant contact wlth both of these headquarters 15 maIntaIned by reports corre spondence conferences and Inspectlons For several years the Army has bCCIl urgmg that the program of cadet tralnlnn be expanded to cover as nearly as possIble the program prescrxbed for Junlor R 0 T C Unlts Other Interested persons and orgamzatlons both w1thIn and wIthout the school system have advocated an enrlched offermg In the mIl1tary tralnmg currIculum These sug estIons have resulted In a new program whlch was put Into effect at the beglnnmg of the school year 1949 50 and whIch IS now belng carrled out as fully as the fac1lItIes of the IndIvIdual schools permIt The followxng subjects are Included In the new currIculum MIlItary Orgamzatlon Indlvldual Weapons Courtesles Cu toms and Rules of Conduct Marksmanshlp HYDICDB Flrst Ald and Samtatlon Small Unlt Tactlcs lnfantry LeadershIp Drlll and EXCICISC of Command. Maps and Aerlal Photographs Physlcal Development Methods MIlItary Teachmg Methods The objectxves of the above course as llsted by the Army 1WD Memo 145 10 34-l are a To lay the foundatIon for Intelhgent cItIzenshIp by teachlng the prIncIple of leadershlp respect for constItuted authorlty and habIts of precIsIon orderlmess courtesy and correctness of posture and deportment b To UIVC the student tcadetl basIc mIl1tary traInIn WhlCh wIll be of beneflt to hlm and of value to the SCTVICC If and when he becomes a member thereof In order to Insure the orderly progress of traInIng the Army conducts several Inspectlons each year One or more Informal Inspectlons are held durln he wInter months to ascertaln pro ress and to form the b3SlS for constructlve sug gestlons In the sprIn of the year the annual formal Inspectlon IS conducted At thls tlme a team of offIcers spends an entlre day at each school observlng cadets at dnll In the mIl1tary classroom and on the rlfle range Demonstratlons are revlewed and questlons asked coverIng all phases of cadet traInIng and a report IS rendered to the Commandmg Ceneral Second Army showmg the state of tralmng and CfflClCHCy of the Corps In addItIon to the above an ordnance technrcal Inspectlon IS held annually Thls IS a detalled check on all rIfles and other property loaned by the Army and covers such matters as care and cleamng safety and readlness for Instant use The program as outllned Involves a consIderably Increased amount of work and preparatxon on the part of the cadets and thelr Instructors ln order to help put the new courses on a sound b3SlS Instructlon classes have been conducted by the OfflCCl'S of the Thlrd Armored Cavalry Some of these classes have been held In Washmgton for Instructors only and some have been held at Fort George G Meade Selected cadet offIcers were excused from school to attend two of the leture demonstratlon sesslons at Fort Meade coverxng Small UnIt Tactlcs and Maps and AerIal Photo raphs respectIvely It ls behexed that when all schools have been able to put the new program completely Into effect there wlll be a resultlng Increase In prestlge for the Corps as a whole and an Increase In confldence and self respect for the Ind1vIdual cadet 5 O I . . I . . I I' , . . . U . 1 1 1 ' , . 1 1 -' Y Y U. . .U . . . . . , , . , 0 cl . . Q V. 1 V 1 U. . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . .. U , ,. . N. Y . . . .. . . . . S 7 9 7 7 .9 ' 4 . . .. . . . . . 6- 0 or D . . . I ,, , . 1 . . . . . U . Dt gy . D a U 1 D Q 1 ' 1 v 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , ' ', . . ' - - at - 1 97 ss . U ,, . C . - Y , 7 1