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

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COMPETITIVE DRILL INSIGNIA .W , . Mg.- ..' .. . 1 . . .. u- . V- R VY .'a4 1. A' ' ' ' HE insignia for cadets who win a place in the Company Competi- tive Drill is a diamond worn on the sleeve, touching the right shoulder, the color-red, or purple, or white-indicating the order of merit. A diamond divided into two parts' of two different colors, shows two different honors, a round disc of a different color upon a diamond of two colors shows the different honors, while the figure 1 or 2 upon a diamond shows that the same honor has been twice or thrice won. Watch the diamonds! Members of the winning band in the Band Competition wear a red cloth lyre. Those cadets whose battalion places first in the Battalion Competitive Drill are, under the present system, entitled to wear a gold star pinned on the leftfuf' silver star is worn for second place. ' 5 fn Cadets whose regiment places first wear a gold diamond pinned on the left cuff, and a silver diamond for second place. INSIGNIA fContinued from page 161 Drill and the Military Map Problems. These are further described on other pages in this volume. The Honor Regimental Diamonds and the Honor Battalion Stars are worn on the left cuff. They are placed with one of highest rank to the right, as gold diamond, silver diamond, bronze diamond, gold star, silver star, bronze star. The center of each is placed on the seam of the cuff and all are spaced equally, the colors gold, silver, and bronze, denoting first, second, and third place, respectively. Red cloth lyre for first place band is also authorized, purple for second, and white for third place bands. COAT-OF-ARMS All cadets wear on the cap and on both sides of the upper lapel of the blouse the official coat-of-arms of the Corps, which is worn horizontally, lower edge one-half inch above horizontal line of lapel, in prolongation of a vertical line through the center of the eagle to be one and five-sixteenth inches from the point of the lapel. CROSSED RIFLES The officers and enlisted men wear crossed rifles on the lower lapel to denote their regiment and company, horizontally on the lapel, the upper edge one-half inch below the horizontal line of the lapel and centered below the coat-of-arms. Adjutants are distinguished by a shield and Supply Officers by a supply officer device placed in the lower angle of the crossed rifles. Ninety-eight in