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SECOND BATTALIONWINS CADET TROPHYMaj. Eaton Harrison’s Command Selected as Best in ColoredRegiment.The 2d Battalion of the ArmstrongTechnical High 8chool Cadets, commanded by Cadet Maj. Eaton Harrtson, won the annual battalion competitive drill of the 24th Regiment of colored cadets in the Howard Stadium yesterday afternoon. , ^Beginning at 2:15 o’clock, the drill was witnessed by nearly 4.000 persoijs. The regiment was reviewed officially by Rev. F. I. A. Bennett. Mrs. Mary McNeill and Dr. J. Hayden Johnson, members of the Board of Education; G. C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintend-net of schools, in charge of colored schools, and Oapt. A. O. Newman, director of the cadets. Following the review, the 1st Battalion took the tleld for competitive maneuvers, after which the3d and 2d Battalions, respectively, madetheir bids for the cup The judges of the drill yesterday werel.leut. Col. West A. Hamilton. Capt Howard D. Queen and Capt. R. C. Clayton of the Reserves. A silver cup ana a pennant were awarded the 3d Bat' la lion for its victory. Maj Harrison received as his personal award a gold medal, while each of the three captains In his battalion Henry Letcher of Company O, I/mis D. Dabney o Company D and Wendell De Bose olCompany G received silver medals Hronae medals were awarded to Jwmei Horton, adjutant, and I.eon Perry, supply officer, and small bronse stars. ti \h worn on the uniform aJceve. wereKited to each member of the list's personnel ^The other two battalions tn the thill? were the 1st Battalion of Dunbar Hi*I fuhool, under command ol Cadet Mai tout* Chokes, and the 3d Battalioncompeted of students of both Ann*trom and Dunbar High NehooU, under CadetMai Grafton Daniels.
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Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Wed, May 16, 1928
Page 9
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