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

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THE THIRD REGIMEN T EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL By LT. COL. ANTHONY B. MARMO, H. S. C. HE Third Regiment of the Washington High School Cadet Brigade got off to a good start this year when Cadet David A. Rhodes captured the colonelcy for Eastern, after fourteen years of its absence from our school. Our hopes for five companies were shattered, however, when recruiting did not come up to expectations, and we had to be content with four full companies. We have lost many good ofHcers this year, but the junior officers taking their places have worked very hard to make themselves worthy of the regiment. We were truly sorry to lose Captain Donald L. Mangum, formerly commanding Company D, but he is now directly serving Uncle Sam in the Naval Reserves. Regimental Adjutant Warren Haugen is now doing his part in the defense work at the Washington Navy Yard. Captain Esch and Lieutenant Tucker further depleted our staff of officers when they left our ranks to take advantage of employment offered them. The Brigade Staff also took four very capable ofiieers out of the regiment. Nevertheless, the present officers have worked very earnestly to make the Third Regiment a first The February recruits greatly increased our strength, and have given our four companies average eight-man squads. They have so added to the membership of our band that we have been able to add a lieutenant to its commissioned staff. I should like here to thank our principal, Mr. Charles Hart, for the encourage- ment he has given to me and to the regiment, and for the interest he has shown toward us. A former cadet officer at Eastern, he realizes our problems and helps us to overcome them. Captains Davis of Company A, Shumaker of Company B, Hollilian of Company C, and Burneston of the Band have worked from the start to make their divisions what they are today, while Captain Miller of Company D, did a fine job of carrying on where Captain Mangum left off. Major Rosenblatt of the First Battalion and Major Gill of the Second Battalion put forth a lot of effort in preparing their units for the Battalion Competitive Drill. Mr. William 0. Tufts Jr., our new band instructor, has done a lot with the inex- perienced band, and now we can truly say that it ranks with the best of them. Brigade Drum Major Barnes also deserves a lot of credit for his work on the Third Regiment Band. Mr. H. D. Shorts, Chairman of the Military Committee here at school, merits a great deal of praise for the work he has done in this connection, and Lieut. Ralph W. Watt, our military instructor, has my personal thanks, and the thanks of the regiment, for all he has done to put it in shape. The Officers' Club this year has done its part to promote 'fesprit de corps in the regiment. We held a Sport Dance in the middle of January, and the Annual Regi- mental Ball in early April was a great success. We must not forget that the non-commissioned officers, notwithstanding the fact that a large percentage of them is not very experienced, have done their bit for the regiment, and that the men in ranks, who really are the regiment, have worked very hard to master the drill. ' One drill day, shortly after the beginning of this semester, I was observing the individual companies drilling on a street near the school. The men were marching in the proper cadence, the alignment was good, and the rifles were carried properly. But something was lacking. ,lust then, the Third Regiment Band turned into the street. It was not a very impressive unit-half the members were recruits, and were conse- quently without uniforms. But the Drum Major blew his whistle, the band began to play. The men in the ranks changed-you could not observe the change, you could feel it. The martial airs had awakened something inside them. Their step had not quiekened, but it had become more lively, their eyes brightened, they stuck out their chests, they swung their arms, they marched, in perfect time with the band! They were proud, as I am proud, of the Third Regiment. Seventy-five

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THE FIRST BATTALIONL THIRD REGIMENT EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL By MAJOR WILLIAM ALLEN ROSENBLATT jr. 'YI ISI LT. EWELL G. MOORE.JR. MAJOR WILLIAM A. ROSENBLATT ls'-LT. BRUCE E. YOUNGER AOJUTANT com MA NDER .SUPPLY offfcm HE First Battalion, Third Regiment, this year consists of Com- panies A and B, eommanded by Captains Davis and Shumaker, ably supported by Iilt'lll0IlilIllS Roberts and Huddleston. Brown and Moorhead, respectively. Because of the Defense Program, the ofliecrs of the companies and staff have been 'qL ehanged. At the beginning of the school year the ofheers I on 1ny staff were Lieutenants Haugen and Tucker. Sinee the oflieers who were n.en1bers of the Naval Reserve wanted to be graduated before being ealled to at-tive duty they resigned. Then junior ofIieers were appointed. My present staff eonsists of Lieulenaints Moore. Adjutant. and Younger, Supply Ofifieer. These new men. like my first staff, have been very helpful and have cooperated in every possible way. The Defense Program has greatly stimulated the in- terest toward the Cadet Corps. This is shown by the in- ereased number that have joined the Third Regiment. When I received my eommand in September of last year, I had the dream of eaeh Major in the Brigade,-to lsr. lsr. ttlfssm. 't't'eiu-:tt win the Battalion Drill. Although not sueeessful, I am sure 1' ' N 1'1'fV UMUC that eaeh lllilll in my Battalion did his best to bring home this honor to the Third Regiment. On the final day of the Competitive Drill, eaeh Major hopes that he will have the winning Company in his Battalion. Regardless of the outcome, we are confident that the Companies put out their best efforts. My thanks go out to the privates and non-commissioned oftieers of the Third Regiment for their efforts that are necessary for good drilling. Also our thanks go to Lieut. Ralph W. Watt, our military instruetor. and to Mr. II. D. Shorts, our Chairman of the Military Committee. for their efforts in making us a well-trained unit. t'ol:l'. IG, II. SANNI-:tt In elosing. my best wishes go to the present oflieers and , ' l'o1'mw'ly of Vu. .l men and to those who will take our places in the future. Seventy-seven