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

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The Fourth Regiment: By Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Keating, H. S. C. ARLY in October, the Fourth Regiment was assembled with a strength of five companies. Last year Western's regiment consisted of six companies, but owing to a decrease in the num- ber of freshman boys entering Western, the regiment was reduced in size. Soon after the formation of Western's com- panies, the Officers' Club was organized. Each year at Western, this organization is formed for the two-fold purpose of offering a forum for the discussion of problems between the officers, arising in drill, and of promoting the social side of the cadet regiment. At the first meeting this year, Lieut. Col. Keating was elected president, Captain Church, vice-president, Captain Ritten- house, Secretary-treasurer, and Lieutenant Kim- mel, sergeant-at-arms. It was also brought to the attention of the ofiicers at this time that each one should put forth his best efforts for Western. During the year, five Cadet Hops were presented by the Club, all of which proved to be highly successful. Much of the success of these dances was due to the assistance extended to the Club by Miss Richmond, a member of the school faculty and an honorary member of the Club. The instruction of Western's companies following their formation progressed rapidly: and at the mid-year inspection to select a com- pany to act as Guard of Honor at the Presenta- tion of Commissions Ceremony, Company H, commanded by Captain Church, returned the victor in the Hnals, thus earning the distinction of being the best drilled company in the Brigade at that time. Although the Fourth Regiment received only second and third places in the Battalion and Regimental Competitives, respectively, it made a showing of which Western may justly be proud. The Lieutenant Colonel, speaking for the oflicers and men of the Fourth Regiment, would like to take this opportunity to con- gratulate, publicly, the Second and First Regi- ments on their winning of the above competi- tions. In the Company Competitive this year, the Fourth Regiment will place on the field five excellently trained and disciplined companies, any one of which has an equally .fine chance to take first honors. Whatever the success of Western in this June's Competition, it may be attributed in a great measure to the genuinely hard work of Major Raymond G. Payne, U. S. A., our military instructor, and of the Cadet Officers, field, line and staff. Throughout the entire year, the Fourth Regiment has recognized in Doctor Elmer S. Newton, Principal, a fine friend and advisor. The Dereliet Ship By Evangeline Blair, The derelict ship trails the wild expanse, With a wave against her keel: The wild wind wails through her tattered sails, As she sways on the billow's reel. O the song that she sings, with the wailing winds, ls of weird frivolityi As she rolls now and then, the bones of her men, Stir again and again, As she drifts to eternity. When the sea is a mass of madness. That moans 'neath the masking moon, Her fragments of sail join in the wail Of that trackless trail, Till the timbers crack to the tune. W. H. S. Ah, her trail is ever uncertain, In the sounding, surrounding seag No one can hear that singing so drear As she drifts to eternity. And the only sound to answer the song, As it echoes in the sea, ls the crack and the wail And the sob of the sail, In their weird frivolity. :r as ir 4 at it Oh, how many souls, like the derelict ship, There are on the sea of life, As shiftless they roam, Through- the raging foam, And, uncertain, they battle strife. steer their lives, May they find a port where to Away from the surging sea: And, unlike the ship, rusty anchors dip In the tide of eternity. l55l

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The Feurth Regiment SIEQUHF Western High School CAPTAIN MERIT H. CANBY Adjutant LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOSEPH W. KEATING Commander IQ, 6 If 'cigqgfege e es x 1'Q1w9fZ 3 'If 4 4 ' A N 2-3- fifliet' ff' E CAOQ ee W Dm CAPTAIN JOHN HARLEE Quartermaster E T EDES TALMAN gggjggillijf AEIZIQZFN U H Quartermaster Sergeant DA'NIEL MURPHY CAPTAIN MARTIN RITTENHOUSE Color Sergeant Personnel Adjutant l541

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'll' he Second Battalion, Fourth Regiment Western H igb School FIRST LIEUTENANT MARTIN C. SHALLENBERGER Adjutant ,. - FIRST LIEUTENANT CARROLL B. NASH Quartermaster MAJOR TAGE FOLTZ Commander WAYNE L. LEES Quartermaster Sergeant The Second Battalion, Fourth Regiment By Major C. Tage Foltz, H. S. C. HE SECOND BATTALION of Western High School this year comprises Companies G, H, and K. Since the formation of this Battalion in 1928, until now, it was composed of Companies F, G, and H. As Western has only five com- panies this year. F Company, having been the last one formed, was disbanded this year, and K Company was placed in the Second Battalion instead of the Third. This year, the companies of the Second Battalion have stood very high. H Company. under the command of Captain Church, placed first in the Brigade in the Honor Guard compe- 61 tition, thus having the honor and distinction of acting as Guard of Honor to Major General Bridges at the Brigade Review and awarding of the ofhcers' commissions. During the War Game Series, teams were formed under the leadership of Lieutenant Thomas, Company G: Lieutenant Rodier, Company Hg and Captain Sugar, Company K. Company K successfully finished second in the Regiment. Company G under Captain Smith has also done good work for the Battalion. In the recent Battalion competitive, the Second Battalion was awarded second place.