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

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Washington High School Cadets By Wm. E. Covell, Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Asst. Engineer Commissioner, D. C. Mr. Alvin Miller Principal of Central High School , v--. ig High School Cadet Corps has changed considerably in the twenty years which have elapsed since Sep- tember, 1906, when first I reported EQM- as a very raw and awkward rookie. There was but one regiment in those days, with three battalions and eleven companies. Eastern had F and Western Hg Business E and G5 Central A, B, and I3 while Tech had the greatest number with C, D, K, and L. We had no regular Army officer or non-commis- sioned officer to help us. Our only guide and tutor was the well-known Cocky Ross, oth- erwise known as Lt. Col. Burton Ross who, I believe, had been a non-commissioned officer in the regular Army and later a Lieutenant- Colonel in the National Guard. All Cadet non- commissioned officers were third year men, and all Cadet commissioned officers were seniors. The February classes had just started, so that the first recruits from them merely went to fill out existing companies. There were no war games, no bands, no battalion or regi- mental competitive drills. Once a year we had a review on the W'hite Lot, and occasionally we participated in a parade. Many things of two decades ago, however, were similar to those of today. The rookies were just as raw, just as awkward, just as young, and just as small. The Cadet suits were, for many, the first suit of long trousers. The com- petitive drill was, as it is today, the high point of the scholastic year. It was field in the American League Park as it still is, but the old park can be identihed with the new Griffith Stadium only in its location. The old one- deck wooden stands were always crowded both afternoons, and tickets, even with only eleven companies, were at a premium. The drill was plain closed order, with two or three firings. There was no extended order at all. The judges were invariably young engineer officers stationed at Washington Barracks and re- cently graduated from VVest Point. At the close of the drill the Regimental Adjutant, as he has been doing for decades, would march to the center of the Regiment, hesitate for hours as it seemed, and finally turn towards the winning company. In my last year as Captain of Company A of Central High School, I was particularly anxious to see which way he would face. I still remember distinctly the indeterminable time that he took and, finally, how he turned to the left. Slowly he passed the Second Bat- talion, while Central stands yelled in frenzy. Company I was passed, leaving only Com- pany B and my own. My heart almost stopped beating for he did not even hesitate in front of Company B, The next thing I heard him say was: Captain, report with your company to the judges. It was then that I experienced the thrill that comes but once in a lifetime-a thrill that is today the same as it was then-and which on May 25th, at the same old location, some Captain of the Washington High School Cadets will again experience this year. THE VANITY SHOP JOE PAIANO 1348 Connecticut Avenue Washington,eD. C. Specializing in Permanent Waving, Finger and Marcel Waving, Expert Parisian Haircutting ALL BRANCHES OF BEAUTY CULTURE Franklin 4165 Res. Tel. Lincoln 7121-I

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Western High School Photograph too late for publication Company K ' Third Regiment Third Battalion First Lieutenant Captain Second Lieutenant Horace E. VVhalen Douglas G. Gilbert William S. Phillips Sergeants Jameson, M. Carter, J. Goldberg, P. Miles, W. Sheliield, F. Hollander, R. M. Lucas, L. Chandler, R. Haines, R. Molyneaux, J. Sheldon, W. Henderson, F. Pimper, J. Clark, VV. Harmon, P. Murphy, T. Skxados, T. Morgan' B. lfVhipple, B. Cordiner, D Hogentogle, J. Payton, VV. Smith, D. Q Kidder, A. Zinnamon, A. Denny, C. Keith, R. Prxce, F. Starratt, W Huiess J. P - t Dickey, M. Lynch, B. Purdy, F. Thomas, J. Smet 'L 'Wa es Dix, W. Meneugel, D. Rittenhouse, M. Wheeler, C. ' Allen, H. Downs, F. McDowell, P. Rothrey, NV. Wilkes, G. C01'P01'315 Brigham, D. Eldridge, I. Mechlin, W. Scheper, L. Wilson, L. Corea, HL. Blackburn, T. Fletcher, R. Mickey, R. Sears, H. RY IN X eff! . Ti i' 7s .- O .De 'lrl ' - Phone -L 9 Phone 5 . F ST, 'rl ,X ,dig L ' I, 3 FRANKLIN s FRANKLIN 3 ff ' P sl? 1 J qjllf, V! 1709 'll fe, 1710 V . LW, TH1 ,.,... Half' Tones Line Cuts Color Plates STANDARD ENGRAVING CO. 1212 G STREET NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, D. c. 81

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Winning Band, 1927, First Regiment Band ftlentralj Captain Jesse L. Stimson First Regiment Band Central First Lieutenant E. S. Reynolds First Regiment Band Central Eugene S. Allen Drum Major Central 9. .G M., x . ...r- XJ. X. VY to Master Sergeant Frederick Hess, U. S. A. Band Instructor CENTRAL Sergeants Richard Glaser Ellsworth, R. Hunt, K. Quillen, C. Hariton, M. W'olf, A. Corporals Schwartz, S. Sigmund, W. David, M. Eisner, C. McGann, T. Privates Harris, L. Everard, N. Springer, J. Hartman, F. Souder, J. May, W. de Bettencourt, Wackerman, J. Mitchell, G. Tharin, F. Bixby, H. McLendon, C. Cook, C. Luchs, F. Cook, H. Wiseman, R. Beall, C. Healy, G. King, G. Muse, K. George, I. J. MCKINLEY Sergeants Peck, W. Espey, B. Lowe, VV. I-Iefiin, A. Loving, W. H. Wells, C. Buckingham, R. W. Corporals Lank, E. Collins, H. Emmons, C. Stanto, A. K. Betts, D. Shull, F. Privates Adams, L. Carver, J. W. Cleveland, C. G. Collins, M. Dye, J. McChesney, N. W. Pepper, W. Rhinehart, W. L. Savage, E. A. Shipman, I. Speer, S. T. Stanton, G. W. Stoy, I. M. Turner, W. R. Way, R. 83 Captain Emerson Myers Second Regiment Band McKinley First Lieutenant J. C. Bibb, Ir. Second Regiment Band McKinley Thomas Evans Drum Major McKinley