Randolph Macon Academy - Sabre Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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.Jann-171: 1 M f fc' I. , . 'hu . W AHRE all P 1- 9-f -8 'QD 2' In 7 N 1 ' 5 l -W . 1 ll if . il p - if the two companies. All through the year each company works and endeavors FE E to outrank the other in military knowledge and execution. Cn the last day of :gf pl i school a competitive drill is held before United States Army oflicers. l After the battalion is reviewed by the officers, the rating company receives sealed orders and the other company marches out of view from the drill field. After the commands are executed the other company receives commands in turn and carries them out also in the absence of theircompetitors. l Following this the corps enters a personal competitive drill of manual of arms in order to determine the best-drilled cadet of the year. The ofiicials reserve their judgment until the commencement exercises of that evening, when winners are publicly announced and prizes awarded. I l l T i f l- ' I - f' 1 4154 ?? f , sr I Q, , N, - 'c - 3 - 4 ' - . X r 'fir J tie .. 'Var' l i 'I :eff 'Q E76 . ,W N 1. . f -5' 'I J ' l64l 1 7 :J ll

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Q . 1, mf , --...-...--.- If-.9 fs .4 a- IQ 2 N ff - 3 . AB R 1 N-J 'Q . Ir .If 'F l ' i it ' - r ' ff? : 1 , 2 r i w l, 1 ' . Q ' F l :milf y i I .I , : .YVV H 3,5 , gl 1 I 'I H Q f , 1?lmi?ifA 1' rlifli' .. W M f a 1 H MAJOR GATES R. RICHARDSON CAPTAIN M. M. Goomz . Commandnnl Assistant Cammandant ' Mrlltary Thes1s l la HE RANDCLPI-I-lVlACON ACADEMY corps of cadets is 1 composed of a battalion which consists of two companies. In turn, each t is divided into two platoons. Under the supervision of Commandant Gates R. Richardson and Assistant Commandant M. M. Goode, and under the command of the various cadet Officers of the companies and the battalion, the corps is given instruction in manual of arms and in company and battalion l i , 1 . , l .JL formations. l ,B--P Drill is held five days a week and the battalion is reviewed and la general '1 inspection is held on Saturday afternoon. Every morning, save Sunday, the corps is given fifteen minutes of calisthenics, better known as monkey drill. Z! Besides the healthful vigor, alertness, obedience and training which military instills in our cadets, there is the pleasing hint of competition between l 63 l ,V n' 'alll' 1' ' --flll 1.1 ,gg ,B-,, .5

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n -9 FMA 2 SABRE t r 1'9-2-8, I t t I Staff G. P. Ross ........ .......... C aptain and Adjutant A. E.. SCHWEIZER .......... First Lieutenant Quartermaster C. W. RYAN ...... ............. L ieutenant Bugler G. C. WOOD. . J. W. Ross .... . . . . .Sergeant Major Color Sergeant l65 I -e-t -III tilt e il W-in i l Q HI I