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

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The First Regimem: Staff Central High School IEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN C. LUDLUM COMMANDER CAO-mm JAMES B. MGCAQTHY DEQSUNNEL ADJUTANT SERGEANT

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f-i -i ' QCAPTAIN HERBERT V. A. BURKART. '315 QMAJOR FRANK J. BURKART, '28J QMAJOR ROBERT H. BURKART, 305 The Three Buirllcart Cadets HE three ofhcers pictured above present an unique instance in the annals of Central. one indeed believed without parallel in any Wasll- ington High Schcol. The Burkart Brothers during the scholastic year 1927-1928 were all enthusiastic members of the First Regiment, Frank as Brigade Quartermaster. Robert, a cor- poral, and Herbert, a rookie Private. In l93O, Robert, as Major commanding the First Bat- talion enjoyed the unusual distinction of having two companies of his Battalion, Companies A and C, win the second and third places respec- tively in the Competitive Drill. This year, Herbert is Captain of Company F. Frank is now a student at Washington and Lee University, Robert at Dartmouth College, and Herbert is headed for the United States Naval Academy. They are the sons of Jos. A. Burkart, a cadet in the class of 1893, when the cadet corps consisted of a battalion of six com- panies, four from Central and one each from the Commercial School Cnow Businessj and the Capitol Hill School, Know Easternl all under the command of a Lieutenant Colonel. l39l

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I The First Regiment By Lieutenant Colonel John C. Ludlum, H. S..C. HE First Regiment as originally formed this year consisted of six companies which the ad- dition of the February Company raised to seven-seven splendid companies led by twenty- eight splendid oflicers and consisting of four hundred and more splendid men, Centralites- true Cadets. The success of the Regiment this year has been due to the efficiency and aggressive- ness of these men and to the training which they have received under the capable hands of Lieu- tenant Colonel Donovan, our A. P. M. S. Y5 T. Primary among the successes of the First Regiment this year was the winning of the Bat- talion Competition by the Second Battalion commanded by Major Wiener. I wish to take this moment to congratulate Major Wiener on the splendid showing of his Battalion. Al- though the First Regiment received only second place in the Regimental Drill it made a show- ing of which Central may justly be proud. The Band and the chosen Honor Guard Company did not meet with such success but alsovmade fine showings in their respective competitions. The Staff War Game Team of Central was within a fraction of a point of first place in the Brigade war game finals but the competition Was so close that they received only third place. The First Regiment as Brigade Headquarters also had the unique honor of receiving the U. S. Army Trophy on behalf of the Brigade Rifle Team for their winning of the Third Corps Area Intercollegiate Rifie Match. In addition to the regular cadet activities, the Officers' Club of Central has been beneficial to the regiment as an executive committee to guide the conduct of the regiment and also in a social capacity to promote closer friendship between the officers. These friendships thus formed are one of the lasting benefits of the cadet corps and surely among the most pleasant. I now wish to thank the members of my staff for their fine cooperation throughout the year and I wish them to know that I enjoyed their companionship fully as much as I did the help which they tendered. As I look back over the four years I have been in the Cadets, the outstanding events in them pass before my eyes. I see drills, parades, competitions, successes, defeats+-little incidents that make deep marks, but win or lose, I know that we officers pass into that so uncertain future with a finer foundation to use as the first rung in our ladders of success. MR. HIRAM SUMMERHAYS Co-Director, Cadet Band I4ll