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'IIn the face of greater competitionthan ever before. Eastern High School r

yesterday afternoon, by winning the s

first two honors in the annual rompeti- |tive drill of the high school cadets, jperformed a feat never before euualed Iin the history of the high school cadets.Company F, Eastern's original com- \pany, won first honors, while Company jG. added this year, won second place. *

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ninety-nine one-hundredths of 1 percent. Company D of the McKinley ^Manual Training School was awardedthird honors. tNot only was the competition made I t

particularly keen this year by the jnumber of companies taking part. a

eighteen, as against twelve last year.but the official gating of the judges v

also attested to the closeness of the ycontest. The three highest companiesreceived these marks: t

Company F. Eastern. 93.25. ^Company G, Eastern. 92.26. ^Company D, McKinley, 9142. f;

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part in the drill this year crowded the' Afield of the American League ball park, cwhere the competition took place, whenall of the companies assembled to take a

part in the review. This preceded the j'announcement of the winners.Finally, when it seemed that the

nervous strain would be nearing theibreaking point, the judges marched °

onto the field, accompanied by Gen. '

E. M. Weaver. V. S. A., who was to *

make the presentation; officials of theschools and others who were to take part ?In the exercises. \ *

One by one the three winners wereannounced, the announcement of each bbringing forth loud cheering and wav-ing of banners in stands.that is. fromthe supporters of the respective com-jpariesIn the party standing: on the field to

g:rc-:t the drill winners were Gen. »v caver. Henry 1'. Blair, president ofth** board of education: P. T. Moran,i sident of the Chamber of Commerce; sTh<" as Grant, secretary of that organ- ilzation; Ernest I,. Thurston, superin-j Ltomient of schools; Stephen E. Kramer,;a««rstant superintendent directly in \charge of military affairs and "major <domo" of the occasion; James F. Oys-!ter, former president of the board of J

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education; John B. Lamer, William T.ialliher and Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern,members of the board of education, andMaj. Wallach A. McCathran, N. G. D. C.,commandant of the cadets.

Gen. Weaves Praises Winners.Gen. Weaver, in presenting the flag

o (.'apt. William E. Barkman of CompanyF, congratulated him and hiscompany in the highest terms, refer-ingto the drill as a "fierce competiion."He called attention to the facthat neither the captain nor any onenan could win the drill for a company.>ut that it required "teamwork." "Andn presenting this banner to you I hopehat the best company may again wint next year." concluded Gen. Weaver,le then pinned on Capt. Barkman theVllison Nailor medal, experiencing aittle difficulty, however, as the windingcaptain already had his breastovered with marksmanship and otheradet medals.Mr. Moran then presented to Capt.

iarkman a replica of the Allison Nailornedal on behalf of the Chamber of'ommerce. The replica Capt. Barkmans entitled to keep, but the original,vorth >1,200 or more, has to be reurnedto the schools for use next year.In making the presentation Mr.

doran spoke highly of the spirit shownn the drill. "I hope that you alwaysvi 11 be able to show th:s spirit andhis zeal in all walks of life," he said.Each of the three winning compareswas brought forward and preented.each man in therr. receiving a

ibbon. colored according to the posiionwon. Red denoted first place,urple second place and white thirddace.Following the drill. Lieut. F. S. Skinler.chairman of the judges, spoke

lighly of the efficiency of the companies."I must admit that 1 waBiomewhat surprised by the drill theynade," he said. "They certainly didveil."

Hficers Carried on Men's Shoulders.As soon as the cadets were dismissedhe men of Companies F and G hoistedheir officers on their shoulders, carryngthem out of the ball park, down 7thtreet and along Pennsylvania avenuen the same manner, until the schoolcas reached. Here a celebration was

leld.One slight accident occurred to marhe drill yesterday. Sergeant David L.Ipringman of Company C, McKinleylanual Training School, in taking theayonet off his gun accidentally cut hisace. The wound was not serious, buthe sight of blood caused considerablexcitement among a number of theeminine spectators. Dr. J. D. Egglesontreated the young man and thelow of blood was soon stopped,in honor of the double winning Eastrricelebrated last night. Members ofhe faculty, former cadet officers andlumni were present. Talks were madey the principal of the school. lJr. Willird S. Small; (.'apt. Van Schaick, I*. S.

f'laus J. Schwartz, a member of theacuity, Wallace Yater, former colonelf cadets; several former captains, inludingBruce Handy, Herbert Babcocknd Fred ;Deok Present officers of theompanies also spoke. The last timeEastern won was in 190T>, under the;adeiship of Capt. Harmon Llnthicum.The rosters of the three winning comaniesfollow:

Company F, 1st Regiment.Captain. William E. Barkmari; firstieutenant, William B. Douglas, andecond lieutenant. Herbert C. Graves.Sergeants.Wilber A. Galahan, firstergeant; Casper D. Cook, William F.iongert. Franklin R. Speer and Roger,. Baldwin.Corporals.Londreville Ledoux, GeorgeV. English, Albert B. Curnmings andhsrles F. f'bisholm.Cadets.William C. Burtfei, ThomasBrlmer, Alan B. Dawson, Lester A.

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Deaiez, Virgil C. English. Julian A <Fisher. William Fox. Abe Furr. James *M. Jett. E. Russell Lutz, Arthur H. 1Lord. Elmer S. McOuigan. Willard J (

Nails. Paul A Nikirk. Milton W. Plowmaii,Joseph K. Powers. (ieorg<- Reed.Charles l Rice, Seymour Rood, Ku-{dolph T Roet8chi, John M. Selby,.George P. Smith, Raymond M. Taylor. >]Edwin C. Tomlin, Charles H Walsh,Francis W. Watson. Virgil R. Wile>and Robert O. Bonebrake

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oCaptain, Charles M. Boteler; first

'lieutenant. E. Read Handy, second lieuetenant. T David Gates.Sergeants.First. Earl G. Jonscher; ^

second, Ralph S. Child*; third, Chaun-<ey L. Simmering, fourth. T. FranklinStewart; fifth, Willis <Himmler.Corporals.Samuel W. Hard' J Ed-

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ward Burns, WiiJard S. >mall, jr.; T.FarrisEnglish. Leo F. Janezeck, John o

M. McAuliffe. .Cadets.Henry* E. Beck, Edwin S.Crisp, George F. Cross, Alfred J. Dixon, *William J. Donnelly, Downs, God- awin P. Dunn, Walter B. Earnshaw, S.Wilson Earnshaw, Alvis T. Ellis, Leo .jE. Flaherty, W. Baldwin Hardy, Ellis uHawarth, George A. Kaufman, Leo C. cKaufman, Hudson A. La Salle, Charles ,,W. Litchfield, Charles A. Lyons. TheodoreE. Marquis, John P. Moffat, G. tMorton Neely, Frederick T. Owen, Wil- ^liam D. Pekol8ki, Earl Plowman, J. (.Paul Ratcliffe, Albert C. Reed, FrederickA. Sands, Bobb D. Slattery, Miner ;K. Stout, Kenneth M. Thrope, Carl W.Tyler, Charles W. Walcott, Wallace A. ,

Waldorf, J. Butler Walsh and Harold ^S. Young. ^

Company D, 2d Regiment. ,Captain. Dewey Zirkin; first lieuten- J

iant, L. Golden Smith; second lieuten-(ant, 8. W. Dodge. j

Sergeants.Sigmund C. Sachs, firstsergeant; Edward C- Gillette, Elmer P.Hardy, Kenneth Boyd, and R. Knaub.Corporals.Fred S. Butler, Tyler B.

Kiener, Paul E. Garber, John Bean,Steele Conway and Theodore Medford.Cadets.Barney K. Krucoflf, Ralph R.

Jenkins, Carter Gardiner, Jerome Goldsmith,Lowell F. Davis, Maurice Cohen,Emery H. Lord, Walter S. Griest, JamesA. Watson, Roger Bateman, Sterling R.Newell, Harry R. Pierce, Clifford B.Dyer, Herbert D. King, Albert H.

|Moler, William B. Tillinghast, Alden,'Himmler, Charles Bush, Paul Kimball,Herbert Andrews, Ralph Fisk, WilliamR. Thomas, Thomas Barnard, Alfred H.(Marsh, Evans Grogan, Leonard Naramore, Daniel Cooper, Joseph Cerceo,Irvan Murray, Charles Sener, HenryGetz, George J. Grossman, HerculesjMagill, Edwin Snyder, Howard Berger,Arthur L. Budlong, Frank Taylor,George A. Slater, Kurt H. Laubringer,C. Walter Tice, Joseph W. Heilman,{Louis M. Rouzer, and Russell Woolard.

BUSINESS HIGH CADETSHOLD SUPPER AND DANCE

Henry P. Blair, President of Boardof Education, Principal Speaker.

Others Also Speak.

At Business High School last nightthe annual cadet supper was held, followedby an informal dance. Allan Davie,principal of the school, presidedduring the supper and introduced thespeakers.Henry I'. KJair, president of the board

of education, made the principal address.after which he left to visit theother schools. Mr. Hlair brought forththe fact that it was always the worstman in a company who caused it towin or lose. "The credit for winningthe drill by Company F of EasternHigh School," he said, "goes to the last ^man in the rear rank, for no matter ^how well the rest of the men in itmight have drilled, it was in his power "4to cause their efforts to go for noth- ^ing."Fred C. Connor, captain of the winningCompany E of 1914, spoke, as did ^

James C. Dulin, who first brought thetrophy to Business with Company E in1909 Karl G. Wasimann, major of the *2d E&ttalio* of the 2d Regiment, and j

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"apts. George "Henlock, Diller Groffind Louis Biron of Companies E, G and. respectively, also made short adIresses.MAKE MERRY AT EASTERN.

)ouble Victory in Competitive DrillFormally Celebrated.

Formal celebration of their doubleictory in the annual coiripetitive drillf the high school cadets yesterday aftrnoonwas held by students at EastrnHigh School this morning. Cheersriterspersed addresses made by Henry

Blair, president of the board of edcation.Ernest L. Thurston, superinendentof schools; Stephen E. Kramer,ssistant superintendent: Maj. Wallachi. McCathran, N. G. D. (*., cominandantf cadets; Dr. Willard S. Small, princi<alof the school; Col. J. H. Fellows ofhe cadets, former Col. Wallace Yater,11 t hp officer* ,,f thp tvir. uinnin-r

aniens an«l officers representing <omani#-Hof Central and McKinley Man-al Training Hchool. Claus J. Schwartz,hairman of the faculty committee onnilttary affairs, presided.The celebration lasted from early

his morning: until after noon. Thelirls of the school did much of theheering.

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ibiJohn K. Devlin, a letter carrier, was windicted today by the grand jury on

a <harge of taking from the mails a ^letter containing $1. The indictment ^is in two counts and alleges that April18 last the accused opened a letter intransit in the mails and took $1 out of tjit- rLarceny from the United States is ^charged in an indictment returnedagainst Joseph Meehan. It is allegedthat May 8, 1915, the accused took ahalf ounce of platinum belonging tothe government; that he purloined ahalf ounce of the metal May 7, 1915, ijand similar quantities May 23. June 22,August 24, November 29. December 27,1915; January 15. February 4, March 6 ^arid April 2. 1916. The metal is said to bhave been taken from the Astrophysi- Qcal Observatory and is valued at $100an ounce. **The larceny was discovered through rr

sales reported by second-hand deal- p,ers, and information of the loss given nthegovernment by Detective Haur.Stavely Sutton, Edward McDonald,

Herbert Ruff and Charles O. Schweitzerare charged with highway robbery. It tiis alleged that they held up the auto- tcmobile of Fred II. Vogt on the Con- 2,duit road near the District line early __

in the morning of May 14 last and .

took from him $460.The grgnd jury ignored a charge of

adultery against Chesterfield Stewartand Lena Phillips, and an allegation ofhousebreaking against Richard Jackson.Others indicted and the charges against

them are; Agnes Moore and MaggieJohnson, robbery Thomas Ware, assaultwith dangerous weapon Frank Keefe,housebreaking and larceny; MalcolmReid, assault with dangerous weapon;Nathaniel Flynn. depredation on privateproperty; William Johnson, joy riding;Marie Jackson, Maggie Jackson, CarterBradford and Viola King, robbery; AlbertB. Hutchinson, housebreaking and larcenyJames Carter and John Williams,assault with dangerous weapon CharlesJohnson and Frank Banks, housebreakingJames Smith, grand larceny LeroyPayne and Randolph Lomax. joy riding;Alberta Jefferson, assault with dangerousweapon James Greely, assault with intentto kill James R. Russ and GeorgeHuxen. joy riding; James Greeley. BernardBenton and Bessie Coleman, housebreakingand larceny George R. Keeling.grand larceny; Darrell Bancroft,housebreaking and larceny; Albert Kelley,carnal knowledge; Chester Wayne,robbery; William H. Preston, housebreakingand larcenv, Paul I>. Baney,Thomas E. Briscoe. Stuart H. D. Freed,Albert C. Wright, George P. Fleishell.Louis C. Muller. John S. Kuster andAlfred L Richards, non-support; HenryScott, assault with dangerous weapon;Leo P. Hawkins, three cases depredationon private property, and JohnGross, housebreaking and larceny.

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Id, died last night at the residence ofis daughter, Mrs. Frank 1\ Hall, 1000Lh street southwest. The deceased,!ho was a native of Peterhead, Scotind, and a resident of Hamilton, On-trio, for a number of years, conductedmerchant tailoring establishment on

te north side of Pennsylvania avenueetween 14th and 15th streets northest,about forty years ago.Mr. Ross is survived by a sister, Mrs.lary Forest, a resident of Sarnia, On-Lrio, where a brother, John Ross, a

lipbuilder, died two years ago.Funeral services will be conducted at

te resiucm of his daughter tomorowafternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interientwill be at Rock creek cemetery.

To Address B?r Association.Secretary Uansing was at the Stateepartment for a short time this mornigand then departed for Watertown,Y., where he will address the county

ar association tomorrow on the issuesf the day. Considerable interest islanifested on his treatment of the Her- j»an and Mexican issues. He is exactedto return to this city Monday jlorning. j

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nday School Fraternity wee opened etJ'clock this afternoon by Rev. CharlesFultr Da*tor of the MamoHal ITnltu)ethren Church. Consideration of con-tutional changes was continued.["his evening a demonstration initiationChi Chapter will be held at Mount

rnon Place M. E. Church South.followeda social hour A violin solo will be givenHenry B. Thadden of Chi Chapter,

d Albertus N. Schroeder, president ofit chapter. will give a reading.

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