Western High School - Westerner Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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In 1924 the late Mijor Alexander W Mnsh U S A was appointed instructor for the First Regiment and Captain Williim udkms for the Second Regiment The Regi mental Competitixe Drill was introduced for the first time in 1933 and has been successfully continued At that date the Corps consisted of three regiments and two bind Major john S Donovan U S A who had been with the Third Regiment was trinsferred to the First Reviment in 1925 and M ijor Raymond G Payne bee une connected with the Third Regiment Eastern ind Western One of the most nnportmt of the eompetitixes that had novt been introduced was the Annual Distinguished NonCJm missioned Ofhcers Competition The purpose ofthe contest was to determine the ou tmding non commissioned officer of the Brivide It is till held eieh ye nr it the Camp my Competitxxe Drill In the fall of 1926 Captain David Van Pelt was appointed Instructor for the Ste ind Regiment Later the Brigade was grieved by the death of Captain Van Pelt a man whom all xdmired The Cadet Uniform ha been el11I1UeLI a number ot times the most radie il of which occurring when the lapel eollir now worn by th eidets toole the place of the h1 h stiff collar of the ni t The new collar beeame a great asset to the next ippearxnce of the Corps During these years the Cadet Brigide continued to expand and grovs It participated in numerous eremonies of the different kinds Mr Frank Daniel principal of McKinley high school as Brigade Commander headed the Corps in President McKinley s Inaugural Parade In 1929 selected companies represented the Corps and marched in the Inaugural have had a part Early in 1931 Major Maish and 'vigor Donoxan were restored to their war time rank th it of Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel respectively Later Colonel M ush became ill and was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Moorman to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for his services Colonel Miish failed to recover from his illness ind died in the fall of the same year In him the Cadet Corps lost a true friend who had given hi service to us for a number of years Captain Robert W Norton U S A relieved Mmjor Payne of his duties at Eastern In the early part of 1932 the Corps participated in numerous celebrations of the George Washington Bicentennial The most interesting of these was the Army Day Parade in which the entire Brigade took part In 1933 the P M S EQ' T Lieutenant Colonel Craigie and his staff of assistint instructors were remoxed from office by a national economy act which wis passed in Congress during the summer This was indeed 1 xery hard blow to the Cidet Corps one from which it would have been hard to recover had not Lieutenant 'Colonel Craigie kindly volunteered his serxices as Cadet Instructor For this generous act th Corps holds him high in their esteem Lieutenant Paul L Doerr of the Infantry Reserxe was appointed Assistant P M S E99 T Various teachers have taken oxer the positions of military instructors for each regiment and have continued as such for the past three years The Corps 15 also highly indebted to these men who haxe so faithfully xolunteered their services In 1933 the Cadets participated in the inaugural parade of President Franklin D Roosexelt In November of this year the Corps through the Brigade Commander placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington This impressue ceremony was introduced by Dr Stephen E Kramer hxe years ago We are this year celebrating the hfty second annixersary of the Cadet Corps We feel mighty proud that me belong to such a high type of organization As the command Pass In Rex 1ew' is gn en another Brigade will march on into the history of the Wash ington High School Cadet Corps looking into the future as in the past to an exer more successful Brigade Fifteen ' ' . ' Q ' - z s. 1- : E P 1- U ,' 1 'I 1 . Q .fu ' a' x , '1 L ' . 5 2 - - -. ' 'v s f I y s ' s . 1 f '- ' ' s , f , 5 ' . a ' ' 1: Lf - ' tf s 1 ' - 'if f A 'ga . s ' ' 1 ' 'Q 1 ' ' A , , ' . ' . ,, . , ' . s A si , . -A ,S 4 1 3, . - I 11 s . I-2 . V ,- , - 2 S -2 . , A. , g , . -. ,Aish ,, . ., ,K . Ll ,L ,, ' . , ., . ' L . ' . , ,I . ' ' . . L . I l . . , 1 H T 9 , T .7 1 T T I I 3 S T T 1 I Parade of President Herbert Hoover. In every Presidential Inauguration the cadets . ' , . , X , L 2 V . ' . , ' V . I T .I .' I I I 1 .I A 7 . 1 T I . I . L ' '. 1 ' ' ' 1 f -1 1 . I Y V - s . . r S , . . . ' I , ' I 1 1 1 V . Y -' s 1 i, - . 1 , . . . ' ' , , l I ,Y . 4 ' 1 1 1 1

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In 1914 Assrstant Superrntendent Stephen E Kramer conce1ved the idea of making the presentat1on of Commrssions for the Cadet Officers an annual ceremony This would br1ng about a more corporate feel1ng 1n the Cadet Corps On the Hrst occasion Br1gad1er General E M Weaver U S A made a st1rr1ng address and then presented the com m1s 1OI1S to the cadet officers The ceremony IS still observed IS now regarded as an annual custom Thrs year each school was responsible for the presentatron of the comm1ss1ons to 1ts own officers Major MacCathran was suddenly called to war 111 1916 and had to g1VC up hrs pos1t1on asP M S GT Consequently L1eutenant N B Briscoe U S A was selected to succeed Major MacCathran Dur1ng Lleutenant Br1scoe s administration the Cadet Corps was first organxzed 1nto a Brrgade although there have been Cadet Colonels since 1883 when Doctor Luther Rerchelderfer now one of Washington s leadrng cxtrzens was made commander In 1917 former Cadet Colonel Wallace M Yater was appointed P M S Es' T to fill the vacancy made when Lieutenant Br1scoe was ordered across the seas Th1s year also saw the 1nnoyat1on of the offic1al program of the annual competrtrve dr1ll a pamphlet of twenty pages which under the capable gurdance of Mrss Rebecca E Shanley teacher of English has developed into the year book called the Adjutant the purpose of wh1ch 15 to record the history of the cadet corps from year to year Durrng the war the cadets far from being rnactrve recelved numerous certrncates from the War Department for meritorious service assrstmg 1n the registratron drrve We feel justly proud of those cadets who volunteered therr services and marched away under the servrces of the1r country At th1s t1me Major Shoults replaced Colonel Yater who reslgned 1n November 1918 Then ln 1919 Lreutenant Rrchard R Day U S M C was appornted mstructor H lntroduced an entrrely new and mterestrng dr1ll The cadet corps had now increased 1n SIZE unt1l rt consrsted of twenty three companles containrng approximately 1350 men Durrng th1s time the cadet partrcxpated in many parades most notable of wh1ch was the Army Natlonal Essay Contest The Dr1ll el1c1ted many compliments from Govern ment OITICIHIS The year 1920 wltnessed the introductlon 1nto cadet act1v1t1es of the War Games now called Mllltafy Map Problems Lleutenant Day rnaugurated the war game for the purpo e of explarnlng the basrcal prrncrples of tact1cal problems The s rres was conducted on the el1m1nat1on basis s1m1lar to the present method Also need was felt for the orgamzatron of a Med1cal Company The company desrgrnated by the letter M was under the d1rect1on of Doctor Yater and was found to be very useful but It was drscontinued a few years later The Br1gade Rrfle Team was introduced th1s year under the capable lead rshlp of Mr Walter R Stokes an expert marksman During th1s year the team drd remarkably well Since then it has carr1ed many honors rn many sect1onal and nat1onal matches In 1921 our own revered Lxeutenant Colonel Wallace M Craigle U S A became the P M S E99 T Capta1n Stecker and Capta1n johnson were appo1nted his assistants Later 1n the year two companres of cadets were present at the ceremon1es held around the Washrngton Monument The entire corps also acted as a Guard of Honor dur1ng Presr dent Hardlng s 1naugurat1on In the fall of 1922 Major B O Kennedy and Capta1n A J O Keefe became Assistant Instructors Under thelr guidance the corps took part in a number of ceremonies Cadet Court or Tribunal composed of the hlgher ranking officers whrch tried all cases of 1nfract1on of the Rules and Regulations of the Cadets was establrshed during the year The Corps was by th1s t1me equipped wrth a much better type of rrfle and accoutrements A fully equ1pped band in two d1X1S1OUS had been organrzed and trarned to a hlgh degree of efflcrency For the first t1me formal competitlons had been arranged between the Battalxons of the Brigade A Cadet Summer Camp had by then been firmly estabhshed The eHic1ency of thc Comnnssioncd personnel 1nd consequently of tht Corps rtself was gre rtly rncrersed by th1s chool for prospectrxe officers Fxrr 1 . . . , . . ., , ' Q . . V . S . , J ' . .. r ,.. . , . . . . , . . . , . . . 1 1 . . s . .. 1 1 1 1 S - 1 - - rt . ss , . f 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . , . . . ., j . e 1 f , . .9 . 'S , . , . 1 , . . 9 . - . . , ' 4 . Y f ' , . , . . ., 1 . 1 . . . . s . , . . 1 . . 1 1 C , . . .y. . . 1 1 . c , , , X, . I L . V l ' 1 '-' s 1 1 1 -' f 1 -s 1' 1 - ,1 ' .' S ' N ,I 1 . S ' I f. ULTi f!

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