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

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MAJOR A. W. MAISH, U. S. A. Assistant Professor of Mz'lz'tary Science and Tactics

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1893 The Colonels of The Washington High School Cadets -Colonel L. Reichelderfer .,.,.....,.. Central 1912-Colonel R. B. Lowe ...... .... E astern 1894-Colonel F. Skinner ..,,......,.,..,..,. Central 1913-Colonel H. J. Leonard .,......,...,. Eastern 1895--Colonel Wm. Shuster ........,,...... Central 1914-Colonel W. M. Yater .... .... E astern 1896-Colonel J. G. Sommers .......,.... Central 1915-Colonel G. C. Clark ...... .... E astern 1897-Colonel F. C. Daniels ......,....... Central 1916-Colonel J. H. Fellows .... McKinley 1898-Colonel H. F. Pipes ........ .... C entral 1917-Colonel W. A. Ciallahan .......... Eastern l899-Colonel J. Ciunnell ......, .... C entral 1918-Colonel C. W. Johnson ............ Central 1900-Colonel R. Adams ...,...... ..., C entral l9l9-Colonel L. S. Mann ................ Business l90l-Colonel C. E. Boesch ..........,..... Central l92O-Colonel C. T. Lanham ......,..... Eastern 1902-Colonel H. E. Barnes .....,..,.....,. Eastern l92l-Colonel R. Ludlum .....,.,.......... Central 1903-Colonel R. de S. Brown ............ Central 1922-Colonel O. M. Shaw ...... McKinley 1904-Colonel C1. H. Huddleson McKinley 1923-Colonel H. O. Embrey .............. Central 1905-Colonel A. W. Lybrand .......... Eastern 1924-Colonel L. Baird ..,......... McKinley 1906-Colonel H. R. Standiford .......... Central 1925-Colonel R. F. Johnson .......... McKinley 1907-Colonel G. H. Thiele ...... McKinley 1926-Colonel E. D. Andrus .... .... .E astern 1908-Colonel M. B. Clagett .............. Central 1927-Colonel S. Alpher .......... .... C entral 1909--Colonel H. A. Cobaugh.. McKinley 1928-Colonel S. D. Pollard .... .... C entral 1910--Colonel F. C. Schrieber ............ Central 1929-Colonel R. K. Lyon ...... .... C entral l9ll-Colonel W. C. Rathbone ........ Business 1930-Colonel J. C. H. Stearns .......... Central l M Atten... HUN. AAA AA A During the past six years, the Potomac Electric Power Company has effected remark- able savings in the cost of electric current to its users. Today, electricity here in Washing- ton costs 53921 LESS than in 1924. What other commodity of equal benefit can boast of such a record? PoToMAo ELECTRIC POWER coMPANY . Matchless Se'r'vice l27l

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MF 'HF' War Games By Major A. W. Maish, U. S. Army Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics AR GAMES are not new: they were old before Rome was built. Before the mythical days of Illiad, men played at war. In fact, the earliest games were games of combat and the chase: Sword play, the tournament, and battle royal: differing little in appearance from a melee in war. Today, we have fencing and boxing, football and polo. Football, I under- stand, started in the habitual scrimmages be- tween rival English schools or houses until it happened, one day, that someone thought it would be just as well to kick a ball and save a few shins. Polo comes to us from the Per- sians who first used swords instead of mallets. And we must not forget the ancient game of chess which is but a formalized war game, that has been played literally for thousands of years, whose very name comes to us from the Sanskrit. In chess, the pawn, or peon, is of course a foot soldier: the knight represents the cavalry. Though now shown as a castle, the rook signi- fies a chariot, the prototype of the modern tank. The bishops were hardly bishops in India three thousand years ago: but, at all events, they are long range enfilading pieces. The queen who goes wherever she wants and hits every head she sees is a fair prototype of the modern amazon. As chess is one of the oldest of games, so is the study of the Art of War one of man's oldest professions. In the dim ages before his- tory began, chieftains were selected, not only for their personal powers in combat, but for their knowledge and skill in the ways of war, the pursuit, the attack, and the ambush. As tribes grew and nations were formed, certain leaders and men were selected and charged with the common defence. At first they handed down by word of mouth the best arrangement of men in conflict, the most successful plans of attack, and the tactics of battle as they are called now. Later, as language becomes written. we find these instructions and accounts of their campaigns among the bricks of Babylonia and the papyri of Egypt. Caesar's Commentaries were no doubt studied by generations of young l29l Roman cadets eager to defend the northern frontier. It is not difficult to imagine Caesar pondering over a crude chart and moving about bits of wood that represented the enemy and his own legions, or to picture Alexander and his gen- erals fighting over again some famous victory, in the sand by the campfire. By the time of Napoleon, the range of weapons had increased, and the battle lines extended, so that a com- mander could no longer see all of his army. Maps also had improved greatly. So it was Napoleon's habit to sleep until midnight when all the reports giving the situation for the day were in, then to get up, plot on the map the positions of the enemy, the location of his own troops, study the situation, and write his orders for the coming day. He was not only a genius, he was a student-a student of the map. Napoleon was confronted with actual situa- tions involving thousands of troops. In our War games we assume an imaginary situation in- volving a company. With this difference, we solve the same kinds of problems. The captain and his team of six men stand by the side of a big Gettysburg map. They have just heard the problem read for the lirst time, then: Required your estimate of the situa- ation, your orders and dispositions, the orders and dispositions of your subordi- nates, plot your position and the position of the enemy at T time. You have ten minutes to study the map, gentlemen. Ten minutes, before they face the judge and give their solution. Then, the captain's clear, logical presentation of the situation and the fac- tors leading to his decision. His orders to his lieutenants, who in turn take command of their units almost as though they were there. A sergeant takes the advance point, marches them out: then gives his orders. A first year young- ster takes out his first command, a four man patrol on the flank. It is a keen game requir- ing judgment, decision, the ability to think quickly, and talk on your feet.