The sun., 1903-09-13
for between noon and 1 o'clock there are

for between noon and O'Clock thero are
two more recitations.
At o'clock the corps forms and marches
to dinner At las the cadets are all back
from the mess hall. At 1857 there is call
to quarters again. At 2 o'clock the corps
for recitations is formed and those VINO
are not going to recitations must be IN
their rooms. The recitat ions last until
o'clock in the afternoon. and at that hour
the cadet gets a vacation. He can act
ually sqrander at his own devices fun
fifteen minutes At AIS the corps isformed
for drill and he is kept hard at 1t marching.
signalling, sweeping over the plain IN MAD
gallops in clouds OF dust OF rafting, bump
ing. banging batteries Of artillery: setting
up tents; OF on swift, hard marches. Then
the manual Of arms and all the rest OF 1t
until 5:20-one hour and five minutes OF
the hardest kind of work.
He has ten minutes TO hustle to his room,
get of the sweat and CRIME of his hot cam
paigning, shed the clothes in which he did
that same campaigning and come out all
spick and span in full dress Of Immaculate
white duck trousers, polished boots. trim
gray coat-all absolutely flawlese and
speckless under the searching eye of stern
inspection All this he must do in the
ten minutes between 500 and $50, for at
$50 there is the awful ceremonial Of dress
parade, under the critical eye maybe OF
experts from foreign armies or bigwigs
from Washington.
After parade the corps is marched to
barracks and formed. while the orders
and delinquencies for the day are read
Then the cadets are dismissed. They
have the muniflcent time allowance Of five
minutes in which to get to their rooms.
take of their full dress. put on their fatigue
uniforms and fall in for supper. About
thirty minutes is devoted to supper and
then there il the second vacation Of the
day. The cadet has twenty minutes in
which to get his breath after supper, max
ing thirty-flve minutes in all since he re-
sponded to the imperative reveilie in the
morning.
Twenty minutes after being disbanded
when the corps has marched from supper,
there is call to quarters, when every cadet
must be in his room. Ten minutes later
the rooms are inspected. At 0 O'Clock in
the evening beds may be made down and
the cadet may go to bed If he likes. At
10 o'clock he must be in bed and all lights
out, for at that hour "taps" sound.
From about Oct. every fourth class man
has to spend one-half hour every day in
the gymnasium under regular instruction,
and between ii and II every day the men
Of the first class are under instruction In
the riding school, one-half the class on one
day and the other half on the next. What
instructions In the riding school means in
the way OF hard work those who have seen
the exhibition riding school duels at West
Point at commencement time can best judge.
And that is, in outline, the routine Of the
life, year In and year out for four years
barring a vacation at the end Of the first
two years-which the cadet leads at West
Point. That is why he is the healthiest
animal in all the world-that and the pure
air, the pure water, the plain wholesome
food and the watchful eye Of a medical
gentleman abreast Of the highest modern
advance in the science Of sanitation and
hygiene.
separate chapter might be written on
the cadet appetite. II is fearful and
wonderful thing-a very prodigy in the
way Of powers OF food consumption. The
United States rations are the most gener-
| GUS in the world. No private in any
army has 40 much and so good food
as the private in the army of Uncle Sam.
And yet the United States Army enlisted
man only gets ration Of a little over three
pounds Of food in day The West Point
cadet averages a consumption of more
than five pounds Of food day.
Here is sample Of whst the food is-a
menu for one day. taken at hazard from
those kept on file bv Capt. franklin, who
has charge of this important feature Of the
Academy life:
DINNER.
Cream s,1.eG Of Celery 4ds,y ,ss. Soup
Roasted Beef
Mashed Potatoes,
bananas.
Bread and Butter.
SUPPER.
Cold Roast Beef and Sa ardincs
French Fried Potatoes.
stewed Apples
Milk Coffee Tea; Bread. Butter.
BREAKFAsT.
A cereal.
Broed Lamb Chops.
Potatoes S,ewed In Cream.
Tea Biscuit.
MIX. Coliec Tea. Bread. Butter.
Syrup
In the old hazing days the cadets some
times used to modify this bill of fare. For
instance, syrup in cadetese is Sammy, "
and the "plebe," on occasion. was COM
PEELED to qualify in Sammy" by eating a
soup-plateful of thick molasses at sitting
required to eat it and to like it, too. But
this regime is not indorsed by the highest
authorities in dietetics.
Besides. hazng at West Point AS it once,
| and not long ago. existed is thing of the
past. The vigorous administration of Col.
Mills has put an end to that. and in many
other ways added to the Academys eff
cheney in producing that high type of man
hood-the officer and gentleman.
EVEN THE III RGIAR SAID NO.
One Out Of the Earlier Experiences Of a
Retired Literary Man.