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

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THE SECOND BATTALION, FIRST REGIMENT CENTRAL HIGH sCHooL By MA Jon PHILIP T. BAND, H. s. C. ISILT. GEORGE H. KIDWELL MAJOR PHILIP I BAND ISI LI RICHARD E. BERGER ADJUYANT commnfvnfk suPP1.Y orflcefz S A culmination of work in the Cadet Corps of the First Regi- ment. it has heen llly privilege together with Lieutenants George Kidwell. Adjutant, and Richard Berger, Supply Uflicer, to command the Second Battalion of Central lligh School. Although many people are under the popular misconception that stature is con- ducive to a more profound drilling proficiency, we hay e noticed that the smaller boys make up for what they lack in size with a greater incentive to excell in the actual execution of the military drill. Special emphasis has been placed on military and personal appearance and in the snap and precision of executing hoth the manual and foot movements. ln these. height is of no advantage. and under the capahle leadership of Captains Rohert Schroeder and Rohert Hayne and Lieutenants Paige McLeod, llohert Archer. William Lilley. and ,lohn Rogers. Companies C and U have made remarkahle progress. It has lieen with reluctance that we have seen our military instructor. Captain Paul Doerr. also assistant professor of military science and tactics. leave for one year's service in the War Department: hut Mr. l,ynn Woodworth. recognized as one of Washingtonis finest physical training instructors. has assumed the post and is capahly filling the vacancy. We want to thank hoth men for their intensive instruction and to acknowledge our value for their friendship and kindly advice. CENTRAL'S IN- SERVICE MEN By CAPTAIN IRVING HAMMERMAN, H. s. C. ii ND we wish the First Regiment the utmost success in all the duties it undertakes to perform. These were the words of Sgt. Edward Bennett who was speaking for Sgt. Warren Johns and Sgt. William Cooper as well as for himself. These cadets who were lVlarine Reseryists were summoned to active service last Noveniher. All were fine cadets as shown hy the expeditious manner in which they performed their duties as non-commissioned ollieers of Company D. Others whose service with the High School Cadet Corps. First Regiment. termi- nated lwfore the annual inter-high competitions were held were Sergeants William Bateman. John Horne. Rolvert Milhy. and Morton Miller. all attached to Regimental Headquarters: Sgt. Charles l.aneharl. liandg Sergeants Allan Fagan and Thomas Flgen and Corp. Russell Delttley, Company Ag and Sgt. John Vaughan. Company li. These former cadets were well qualified to hear the title nain-ct:mmissioned ollicers of the First ltegiinentf, 1 ifIy-nm'

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' ALL OUT TO WIN By MR. LYNN WOODWORTH Military Instructor, Central High School HE benefits of cadet training, which account for the success and continued growth of our Cadet Corps, have been recognized for more than fifty years. Confidently we list the desirable learning situations that are set upg the teaching of organization and administration, the opportunities for leadership, the discipline, self control and adjustment to proper restraints, re- sponsibility, courtesy, patriotism and loyalty to the Colors. But here is something else-and the crisis the world is facing today brings it home, forcibly. The man who succeeds, the organization that wins, the nation that survives is the one that has learned to put aside all else for the drive toward victory. Apart from war, fire, flood, or other grim tragedy there are few times in the life of the MR. LYNN WO0UWOR'l'II average man when he goes Hall outil to do the Mllllflfh' Instructor t'cntr:1l Iligli School hkcting Assistant 1'l'lIll'lll2ll. rises, as at Dunkerque, to deeds he never l'lit't-t-iivc Avril 15- 19411 dreamed himself capable of performing. At such times he uncovers hidden powers and unknown talents. So, never again should he admit himself hound to mediocrity. For what man once hath done he can do again. Every Cadet who has ever marched upon the competitive drill field has had the experience of going all out to win. He never forgets. Members of Central's Company A of H388 still tell of the 'ftime they won the drill. Every boy, from that day to this, has felt the same stirring thrill. Those of us who watch them year after year are stirred too,-stirred by memories of company after company passing in review, till the faces of all the cadets we have ever known blend into a composite picture-the picture of a strong, clear-eyed boy, keen and alert, standing rigidly at attention. He flushes at the sound of Adjutant's Call. It is his turn nowl His jaw is set as he awaits his commanderis order to march. Hc has trained months for this moment. As he steps off in cadence, every fiber is tense, every faculty of mind and spirit is consecrated to the giving of the most perfect per- formance he is able to give. This is a strange something he never has felt before. He does give itgand as he leaves the Held he marches with a firm swinging stride. he looks straight to the front, he holds his head high-and within he glows warm with the satisfaction that can come only to him who has gone all out to do his best. For this experience, surely, the boy will be a better man. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND E E As submitted by CAPTAIN PAUL L. DOERR, Infantry job at hand. When he does so he frequently HE Commander of any unit is alone responsible to his superior for all the unit does or fails to do. Although he may be provided with a staff to relieve him of the burden of details and allow him time for consideration of the broader phases of his duties, he cannot avoid his responsibility for all policies, plans or basic decisions which affect the condition, morale, training or employment of his command. 'LAII orders and instructions from a higher unit to a subordinate unit are given to the commander thereof, and each individual is accustomed to look to his imme- diate superior for orders and instructions. HY THIS MEANS ALONE, AUTHORITY AND RESl ONSlBlLl'l'Y ARE DEFINITELY FIXED AND THE CHANNELS OF COMMAND DEFINITELY ESTABLISHED. Fifty

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