Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THIRTY THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITIVE DRILL OF WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THIRTY THIRD ANNUAL COMPETITIVE DRILL OF WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS

1920

Shows high school R.O.T.C. competition at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Units are inspected, drill, pass in review, and advance in skirmishing formations. Marine Gen. Smedley Butler reviews the units and presents a flag to tide honor corps.

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Butler, Smedley Darlington, 1881-1940

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Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940), nicknamed "Old Gimlet Eye", was a senior United States Marine Corps officer who fought in both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. Butler was, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I. Butler later became a...