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HISTORICAL NOTES NO.

14b
November 1998 –April 2008
By COL Leonard A. Blascovich, CAP Historian
“Give me some Men, who are stout hearted Men”

NATIONAL DRILL COMPETITION


Background:
In 1947 based upon the Civil Air Patrol cadet training program which required proficiency in
standard drill "without arms". General Lucas V. Beau the National Commander instituted the
National Drill Competition with rules set up by the U.S. Drill Competition Committee, United
States Air Force Ceremonial Detachment located at Bolling AFB, Washington DC and current
practices used by the Army ROTC program.

Note: The first National Drill Competition was held in 1948, at Mitchel, AFB, Garden City, New
York the winner was the team from New York Wing, the team Commander was SGT George
Cohn, No award was given just a certificate and announcement in the CAP Weekly Bulletin. This
New York team went on to represent CAP in the first International Drill Competition held in
conjunction of the inauguration of New York’s Idwild International Airport, later to be changed to
John F. Kennedy Airport

Starting in 1949 the National Winners would receive the Colonel George A. Stone Memorial
Trophy, donated in 1949 by Captain Frank Satenstein of the U.S. Drill Competition Committee
staff, to be competed for annually. Winners may hold it until June 30 of the year following their
victory. Smaller replicas were presented to the winners starting in 1950.
The design was made by the Revere Silversmiths, Masochists it approximately XX inch diameter
and xx inch high. The base is hallmarked

Note: Colonel George Andress Stone, CAP 1902-1948, was the first Chairman of the CAP
Board, August 1947 to August 1948 served as Ohio Wing Commander from 1942 to 1947.
Colonel Stone was one of the authors plus an instrumental force in preparing and lobbing to get
Public Law 476 passed. It was approved, and signed in to law by President Harry S. Truman on 1
July 1946. COL Stone was killed when he and the Ohio Wing Liaison Officer Captain Harry Lee
King, USAF were leaving National Headquarters at Bolling AFB to return to Ohio when their
airplane crashed just outside of Washington DC in August 1948. Colonel Stone and Captain King
are buried in a common grave at Arlington National Cemetery the inscription on the headstone is
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die".

"COLONEL GEORGE A. STONE, CAP TROPHY 1949-1959"

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NATIONAL DRILL COMPETITION
YEAR LOCATION CITY STATE WINNER TEAM CAPTAIN
1949 Lowry AFB Denver CO New Jersey SGT Arthur Barton
1950 Hill AFB Ogden UT Utah
1951 Andrews AFB Maryland MD New York CPT I. B. Abrams
1952 Mitchel, AFB Long Island NY Puerto Rico CPT Jorge Luis Montalvo
1953 Mitchel, AFB Long Island NY New York CPT Andrew O'Rourke
1954 Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis MI Puerto Rico CPT Francisco Toledo
AFB
1955 Clinton County AFB Wilmington OH Puerto Rico CPT Samuel Colon
1956 Amarillo AFB Amarillo TX Utah 1LT Roy Cundick
1957 Rockefeller Center New York NY Hawaii CPT David P. Kalani III
1958 Rockefeller Center New York NY New York CPT Henry Olynik
1959 Rockefeller Center New York NY Hawaii CPT David P. Kalani III

The Col George A. Stone, CAP National Drill competition trophy was retired after the 1959
National Drill Competition. And currently resides in a display case at Civil Air Patrols National
Headquarters Maxwell AFB, Montgomery Alabama. By the authors insistence it was displayed in
1994, and again in 1996 at National Cadet Competition awards ceremony held at Maxwell AFB.
Note: The author has tried unsuccessfully to locate a miniatures’ Stone trophy that was presented
but to no avail, it’s probably sitting in some ones china closet.

National Drill Competition Ribbon

Late In 1955, four new ribbons were designed by the Heraldic Branch, Office of the
Quartermaster General, US Army. And approved as was notified by Weekly Bulletin No. 32, 23
August 1956. One of the four was the National Drill Competition Ribbon, a ribbon was now
authorized for wear to show one’s participation as a team member, drill instructor, camp
supervisor or escort in the CAP National Drill Competition. In October 1961 this ribbon was re
designated as Special Activities Ribbon and a new one was selected from a sample submitted by
S. Mitchell Military Supplies catalog

National Drill Competition Ribbon (New) Oct 1961

The above ribbons and awards policy remained in effect until publication of CAP’s Monthly
Bulletin No. 11, 18 November 1970 (Black Wednesday) I quote "In keeping with the CAP and
USAF policy of a clean-line, uncluttered uniform, the National Commander BG Richard M. Ellis,
USAF (Nov. 69 to Oct. 72) directed that we evaluate the excessive number of ribbons authorized
for wear on the CAP uniform”. The Monthly Bulletin now established a maximum of 16 ribbons for
cadets and 19 for seniors. It also removed all U.S. Military ribbons and ROTC ribbons from wear
on the CAP uniform.

The above two ribbons were stricken from CAP uniforms wear forever lost

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