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

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Captain Albert Muehlhaus Regimental Adjutant Eastern Captain Lewis Hayes Regimental Quartermaster Eastern Lieutenant Colonel W. Dandridge Terrell Commander Warren Dyson 7- Third Regiment Western thAAAA4 FLA... g talk. . u mf . Y The 'a Charles D. Johnson Regimental Sergeant Major Regimental Eastern Quartermaster Sergeant By Lf. col. W. Dandridge Terrell, Jr., H. s. c. Eastern HIS year is the forty-fourth anni- versary of the organization of the rx Washington High School Cadets, 'V when two companies were formed and were drilled by a Central High School teacher. Interest in such an organiza- tion is evidenced by its growth. There are now 24: companies, embraced in three regi- ments, the third having been formed in 1922. We are fortunate in having as our military in- structor Major Raymond G. Payne, whose pa- tience and encouragement has been the chief factor in building up and maintaining the win- ning spirit which is so manifest in each com- '-eiq mfr, N594 NWN... in fjfafjl polls:- . fs..f'f1 pany this year. It seems evident that the friendly competition this year will be keener than ever. The Third Regiment feels confi- dent it will have the winning company. The boys have done and are doing splendid work. It is difficult to determine which is the best battalion or company. We must await with confidence the decision of the judges when we meet on the Competitive Fieldywhen We shall put forth our best efforts, such as have brought to us the coveted prizes of first place thirteen timesg second place, six timesg and third place, five times. We hope to keep up this good record.

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Captain YVilliam C. McHenry Regimental Adjutant Captain VV. H. L. Gotthardt Regimental Quartermaster McKinley Lieutenant Colonel McKinley Bertrand G. Richter Regimental Sergeant Major McKinley F. L. Tolson Regimental Color Sergeant McKinley Richard D. Schmidtman Regimental Commander McKinley The Second Regiment By Lt. Col. Richard D. Schmidtman, H. S. C. ,, f4-- 5 7 ,V.1 'gg Second Regiment of the Wash- ington High School Cadet Corps contains two battalions, one from 1' Q 'ye McKinley and one from Business 1 . - High School. The battalion from McKinley consists of four full, well-trained companies, while the Business battalion has in it two spirited companies, each of which needs only a few men to complete its roster. At the beginning of the present school year last September, a new military instructor was detailed to the Second Regiment. Captain Van Pelt jumped right into the thick of things and proved himself an excellent organizer and drillmaster, and every Cadet in the regiment knows now that he is every inch a soldier. The NVar Game Team of Company B, led by Captain Hugh H. Hussey, Jr., won the Final NVar Games Series this year. This is the first time the Series has ever been won by a Sec- ond Regiment Team, and we may attribute the victory to the patient, earnest instruction afforded the several teams by Captain Van Pelt. During past years the Second Regiment has been at a great disadvantage in not having a suitable place in which to drill. We have had to drill either in the streets adjacent to Mc- Kinley and Business or at the First Street Reservoir, which is covered with raised sewer outlets, which greatly inconvenience the com- panies at drill. This year, however, our ener- CContinued on page 361 29 George VV. Knight Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant McKinley Earl Day Regimental Color Sergeant McKinley A

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Major General Douglas MacArthur, U. S. A., presenting Colonel Sol Alpher, H. S. C., with his commission. Company F, First Regiment, Guard of Honor. A 321-IE purpose of The Adjutant .is to - . , tell the story of the Cadet Brigade I?-45 from year to year. It is the channel through which the boys may make evident that work in the Cadet organization is a strong ele- ment in their own individual development, and through which they may get the point of view of their Principals and Military Instructors. On this, the Tenth Anniversary of the Cadet magazine, I want to thank the Officers of the Cadet Brigade, especially those on the Literary Staff and those on the Business Staff, for their cooperation, and the School Officials, Colonel Craigie, and the other Military Instructors for their supportg Miss Simons for her poem, To the Youth of Today, and Miss Orr for the words to The High School Cadets March. Next year I hope that The Adjutant, which began as a mere program, will develop still more successfully as a military year book, and so be both a record of good things past-work, victory, fun, friendship-and an anticipation of good things to come. R. E. S. Commissions and Warrants By Lieut. Col. Albert Small, H. S. C. March 7 meant as much to officers of the High School Cadet Corps as May 24 and 25 mean to their companies. On this date the annual presentation of commissions was held, with speeches by prominent personages, and the presenting of the desired certificates by the commander of the Third Corps Area, U. S. A., General Douglas MacArthur. These commis- sions are always terse and plain, but they berit officers and gentlemen. Non-commissioned officers, consisting of all sergeants and corporals, receive their warrants at different times throughout the various schools in chapels before the student bodies. These Warrants are also concise and unadorned, yet they are worthy stepping stones toward the dreams of Cadets' hearts-the commis- sions.