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

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Wfasliington is a Coast Guard Camp, and we had the experience of watching, for the first time, a Coast Artillery Night Drill. It was too dark to see much, but what we could see was most interesting. The next morning we had the opportunity of seeing the whole works in the daylight, and studying how the business was done, from the ground up. All of us were as- signed to various places on the gun crews, where we learned all the many things that had to be done in the firing of a big gun. It takes twenty men and two officers, at least, to load and fire the huge piece, about ten more to haul up the powder and shells from the arsenal below, even with the elevator which is used for that purpose, and a staff of weather experts and mathematicians in the sighting room. After the target has been sighted and the range and elevation noted on the sighting in- struments, computations must be added to take care of the elfect of the wind, the barometric pressure, the height of the tide, the sunlight, if any, the temperature, and any other condi- tions which would effect the veracity of the sights or the path of the projectile. There are special instruments for these calculations, but the work must be done quickly and expertly, in time to telephone the corrected range to the commander of the gun crew in time for the next shot. Even then, if the target is mov-- ing, allowances must be made for the elapsed time between the sighting and the firing of the shot, and a special chart by the gun is used to calculate this. When it is considered that one shot is to be hred every minute, one can see how fast and accurate the work must be. VVe visited several other batteries, some larger and some smaller, but none of them were in action. It was interesting, neverthe- less, to climb about on the pieces and examine them. Guns were not the only things which held our interest at Fort Washington. The food was beyond comparison, and those K. P.'s really piled it on when we came back for more. VVe talked about their proficiency and gener- osity all the way back to Camp Simms, Sun- day afternoon. The Annual Cadet Camp will be held again this year at the same place, and the same time, except that provisions are being made to hold the camp for four weeks instead of three weeks as it was last year. So, the number of enjoy- able and edifying experiences, which take place at this year's camp, should be greater than those of last year, in proportion to the in- crease in the length of the camp's duration. Even if it were not, I do not think that any Cadet would be losing anything by attending camp this year. Many who have been there once and twice before are planning to go again, and though there are accommodations for one hundred, applications should be made as soon as possible. Any of the Military Instructors or any Cadet who has been to Camp Simms, would be glad to give any information desired about the camp. Come to Cadet Camp this summer and enjoy the biggest time we've ever had! Famous for Food HOTEL OCCIDENTAL Gus. Buchholz SC Son Proprietors Tl-IE F LEISCI-IMANN COMPAN Langdon Station ' WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Company H Westem Third Regiment High School Third Battalion I First Lieutenant Captain Second Lieutenant Robert W. Fuller Samuel J. Sugar Richard Solyom Sergeants Goubeau, M. Church, M. Holland, E. Myers, L. Sosman, R. Hartshom' E. Seeds, E. Clifford, R. Humphrey, J. Parker, V. Tehaan, E. Detwilery R. Smith, E. Coit, H. Hunt-er, H. Parris, A. Trammell, C. Reeves G' Weed. W. Collins, Keating, J. Payne, VV. Turner. A. Bull Privates Davis, W. Keller, A. Pike, P. Wildrick. I. Stovlell R. Evans. B. Kimmel, M. Pilcher, C. Wilkes, E. ' Blount, E. Field. T. Lamson, G. Pomeroy, E. Van Voorhis, D C01'P01'alS Caldwell. D. Fletcher. I. Merrick, C. Rodier. Vasiliow, C. Dawson, E. Campbell, A. French. W. Montross, J. Scott, R. Denham. D. Canby, M. Hill. E. Murphy, J. Shoemaker, High Lights of Cadet Camp By Captain Douglas E. Wilson, H. S. C., Contributing Editor E331 'i6'f,Qf SQ always, the Cadets who were for- tunate-and wise-enough to spend three weeks at the Annual Cadet Encampment at Camp Simms last 'I i wiim X' summer had a countless number of pleasant experiences, but there were several which stand out in the minds of all of us as particularly unforgetable. The Fourth of July was the same big cele- bration as usual, the qualification shooting the same big thrill, andthe last night of camp the same big brawl. However, no story of Cadet Camp would be complete without tell- ing something of them. On the glorious Fourth fwhich was, incidentally, the Fifthj, there was a noble display of fireworks in ad- dition to the regular track meet, swimming meet, and baseball game. That morning most of the camp journeyed up the road in a body, carrying death and destruction before them, and returned with a seemingly limitless supply of fireworks. By taps that night, however, every bit of it had been consumed. There were so many who Mr. Crockett con- sidered had good chances to qualify for the Army rifle medals that the firing had to be conducted in three separate reliefs, the pro- cedure taking almost all day. Private David McDougal, of Western, emerged from the or- deal with the highest medal awarded, that of Expert Riiieman. Three other Cadets got Sharpshooter's Medals, and nine Marksman's Bars were awarded. The principal diversion of the last night of camp were: rolling the water-Wagon up and down the company street, throwing each other in the swimming pool, and arousing the inhabi- tants of Congress Heights. Much else was done besides, but no particular damage caused. The big event of camp was the week-end trip taken by about twenty of us to the Na- tional Guard Camp at Fort Washington, Md. Some made the journey in an Army truck, and the rest in a big war-time camouilaged car, but we all got there in spite of the roads and other difficulties. We spent most of the time until supper around the barracks and the Post Ex- change. After supper, we marched over with the guardsmen' to the 12 -inch battery. Fort E 7 J

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