Washington High School Cadets - Adjutant Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The Devitt School Prepares for: College Entrance Board Examinations, All Colleges, West Point Military Academy, Annapolis Naval Academy. Teaches: All High School Subjects, Laboratory Instruction in Science, Grade Subjects in Preparation for High School, Special Teaching in College Subjects. Students may enter at any time as faculty is large and individual-instruction methods are followed. Supervised study largely, and in most cases entirely, replaces home study. Open All the Year C. R. DEVITT, Principal 1416-1418 33d Street Washington, D. C. CORBY'S M O THE R'S BREAD Dough lives and breathes. So we wash and purify the air. just as your health demands pure air - so healthful bread must also breathe pure air. So we wash and purify the air before it touches the dough that makes Corby's lVIother's Bread. CONTINENTAL BAKING CO. CORBY BAKERY WON ITS FAVOR- THRU ITS FLAVOR TELEPHONE - LINCOLN 5900 ciousleeCrea:m It's the Best THE CARRY ICE CREAM CO., Inc. Never Close-Open A11 Night-Columbia 2861 The Georgia Avenue Filling Station and The Standard Accessories Company 5013 Georgia Avenue Car Washing, Polishing, and Simonizing Goodyear Tires - Tire Repairing SCHOOL BOOKS NEW AND SECONDHAND Notebooks, Padlocks, Drawing Instruments Gym Suits, Cadet Gloves, and all other School Needs. FERNALD 8: COMPANY Thirteenth and Clifton Streets

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The llnsignia. By Lieutenant Colonel Wm. Dandridge Terrell, Jr., H. S. C. lt,,A K., Cadet Corps is that authorized by 5 CJ the government for the use of the 'ff'-5, Reserve Oflicers' Training Corps. The shoulder strap indicates an officer's rank and command. The Brigade field and staff officers wear straps having one and one-fourth inch braidparalleled by two one-fourth inch stripes. The Regimental field and staff officers wear straps having one and one-half inch braid. The Battalion field and staff officers wear straps having two parallel three-eighth inch stripes. All line officers have two parallel one-fourth inch stripes on the shoulder straps. Silver discs are used to de- note the ranks from Second Lieutenant to Cap- tain, in the order of one to three, respectively. The Majors, Lieutenant-Colonels, and the Col- onel wear diamond-shaped devices, in order of one to three, according to rank. yglgsq insignia of rank used by the UL ,.,f.l4Ii' ' ' , Q -lj ,F The chevrons used by the non-commissioned officers are the same as those used in the Reg- ular Army. They are worn on the sleeves, midway between the elbow and the shoulder. The length of service of a man in the Cadet Corps is shown by the narrow braids on the sleeve below the elbow. Each one of the braids denotes one year of complete service. These stripes are gold for commissioned offi- cers and also for the non-commissioned offi- cers of the brigade staff. The enlisted men wear light blue stripes. Other insignia are worn such as those indi- cating the place in the Competitive Drill and the VVar Game. These are further described on other pages in this volume. The Distin- guished Non-commissioned Officer's Decora- tion is a badge worn on the right cuff. This is worn by the best sergeant in the Brigade. The Honor Battalion Star and the Honor Reg- imental Diamond are worn on the left cuff. All Cadets wear on the cap and on both sides of the collar of the blouse the official coat-of-arms of the Corps. The officers and enlisted men wear crossed rifies on the blouse collar to denote their regiment and company. Adjutants are distinguished by a shield below the place where the rifles cross. Brigade field and staff officers wear a six-pointed star, sur- mounted by the arms of the Corps, in lieu of the crossed riiies. Key to chart on the opposite page: 1. Colonel, commanding the brigade. 2. Lieutenant Colonel, commanding a regi- ment. 3. Major, Brigade Adjutant, or Quarter- master. 4. Major, commanding a battalion. 5. Captain, Regimental Adjutant, or Quar- termaster. 6. Captain, commanding medical unit fnot functioning in 1926.j 7. Captain, commanding a company. 8. First Lieutenant of company, or Bat- talion Adjutant, or Quartermaster. 9. Second Lieutenant of company. 10. Brigade Sergeant Major. 11. Brigade Quartermaster Sergeant. 12. Brigade Color Sergeant. 13. Regimental Sergeant Major. 14. Battalion Sergeant Major. 15. Regimental Color Sergeant. 16. First Sergeant. 17. Company Quartermaster Sergeant. 18. Sergeant. 19. Corporal. 20. Brigade Drum Major. fChanged. See note belowj 21. First Sergeant, Band. 22. Sergeant, Band. 23. Corporal, Band. 24. First Sergeant, Medical Unit Cnot func- tioning in 1926.j In addition to the chevrons shown on the opposite page, several new ones have been added. Regimental Quartermaster Sergeants wear the insignia of the Brigade Quarter- master Sergeant in blue, while Battalion Quartermaster Sergeants wear similar chev- rons with one less bar below them. The Brigade Drum Major now wears three gold chevrons with crossed batons beneath, while a Regimental Drum Major Wears the same insignia in red.