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

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The Second Regiment SILALIHF McKinley High School CAPTAIN WILLIAM RICHARDS Adjutant LIEUT. COLONEL H. ENLOW CARTER 1776177 Com der CAPTAIN ROYCE FRANZONI Quartermaster PHILIP MINNAIX Sergeant Major I gn HENRY HOWARD Quartermaster Sergeant THOMAS T ATE CAPTAIN ALBERT POWERS FIRST LIEUT. DONALD CHAPPELL Color Sergeant Personnel Adjutant .. Assistant Quartermaster H41

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The Seeontll Battalion Staltlf, First Regiment Central High School FIRST LIEUTENANT DALEY MULVEY Adjutant FIRST LIEUTENANT HENDERSON CARPENTER Quartermaster MAJOR JACK MAURER Commander .l...ll1.-..,. 11- . WILLIAM KELLY LOUIS LAMB Sergeant Major Quartermaster Sergeant The Second Battalion, First Regiment By Major Jack H. Maurer, H. S. C. TAKE this opportunity to say farewell to each and every member of the Second Battalion. It is my most sincere hope that all have derived the utmost benefit in knowledge, friendship, joy, and honor from the year's work in the Corp, Companies D, E, F, and G have worked with spirit and zeal, the oflicers have planned well l43l and carefully, and in each company there is a desire to achieve their aim which is to reach the top. When the smoke clears away and their work is done, we will find that, having won or lost, the members have done their best for Central and for the honor and glory of the Washington Cadet Corps.

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'll' he Second Regiment By Lieutenant Colonel Harry Enlow Carter, H. S. C. ECH is at its best this year in Cadets. The size of the Second Regiment has steadily increased until now it is the largest in the Brigade, and every member of the unit a hard- working Techite. Climaxing a year that has been very successful fo-r Tech, the Second Regiment looks with satisfaction on what it has accomplished. Win- ning the Battalion Drill and taking a close second in the Regimental Drill has been no small achievement, and it is a complete reversal of form shown in previous years. The co- operation between all the officers has been splendid, together with that of Major Maish, Mr. Daniel, and the Military Committee. Major Maish has been a faithful adviser and a close friend to the Regiment, and it is due largely to his efforts that the morale of the men in the corps has been so high. With the ap- proach of the Competitive Drill, we place our trust in our well-trained cadets, and have every reason to believe that Tech will again retain the coveted drill flag. Benefits of the Cadet Corps By . S. French, McKinley High School NE of the most helpful relationships a boy can sustain to McKinley High School is a con- tinued enlistment in our splendid High School Cadet organization, the Second Regiment. The Cadet organization cultivates poise and personality.by training to stand, walk, and sit correctly. It aims to teach a boy how to exact obedience of others by first learning how to obey. Graduates of the Washington High School system claim that the Cadet Corps has con- tributed to their manliness more than any other school interest or activity. Among the many benefits, the following excellent features are pointed out: l Morale, involving confidence, manly cour- age, and zeal. 2 Respect for proper authority. 3 Teamwork at its best, ultimately becom- ing automatic: a powerful economic and social asset. 4 Ideal physical training under the most favorable conditions, without injury to person or morals. 5 Discipline, embodying promptness, obedi- ence, self-control, and adjustment to proper restraints. 6 Opportunity for leadership stimulates to greater endeavor. 7 Mental and physical alertness. 8 Organization and administration. 9 Cadet activities involve home, school, and government, implying citizenship, patriot- ism, and loyalty to the Colors. l0 Courtesy and manly bearing. ll Accountability for property, and responsi- bility for duties assigned. 12 The mind functions best where constant physical activities have enough supervised repetitions to develop skill, precision, and judgment-Co-ordination. The Business High School Battalion By Major Philip Tart, H. S. C. HE B. H. S. Battalion goes on the drill field every year under many handicaps: there is an annual fight to combat overwhelming odds. The Battalion has no band to help regulate its cadence: it must share its instructor with an- other school, and thus does not get the full bene- fits to be gotten from an experienced drill master: each year a strenuous enlistment campaign is launched, and often the Battalion must go on the drill Held with blank iles and late recruits who have hardly had time enough to learn the fundamentals of drill. When Company E of the B. H. S. Battalion captured the flag on the Competitive Drill Field in June, 1928, it was due mostly to the fact that nearly all the members of that company were experi- enced. These are just a few of the handicaps which we must overcome, but with the advent of the construction of the new Roosevelt High School, we shall probably have a regiment and an instructor of our own, armories, a cadet oflice, and many other facilities which the cadets of other schools enjoy.