Show cadet life at west point the cadet sleeps sleep sin in the barracks in ili a room with one other i at five in in the morning in in summer and at 1 alf past five in in the winter the reveille awakens him he immediately arises doubles up his blankets and mattress and places them on the head bead of his iron iron bedstead he studies seven at that hour the drum beats for breakfast and the cadets cabets full into rank and proceed to the mess mesa hall twenty minutes is is the usual time spent at breakfast guard mounting bounting takes place at half past seven and twenty four are placed on guard every day at eight the bugle sounds and the ro recitations citati ofis commence at one the ahr bugle again sounds the professors their respective stations st ions the cadets cabets form ranks opposite the ban acks te T and march 1 fe to I 1 adf A javitt i ding have until two ti for f ara after fter dinner they two to four they are employed in in at four the bugle sounds and they ahey go either to battalion or light artillery drill tins this exercise cx lasts an hour and a half after that they devote the tune time to recreation until parade winch which takes place at sunset after parade they forni form in into to ranks in in front of the barracks and the names of the delinquents are read by au an officer of the ca dots supper comes next and after supper re creation until eight when the bugle sounds to call to quarters and wery every cadet must be found in his room within a few minutes at study and must remain there thus employed until half past nine at half past nine the bugle again sounds abis tl 11 is is called tattoo and anast andst bt ten the drum taps and eniy cadet must be in in bed having buying ins his light extinguished and must remain there until morning if during the n night ight the cadet is found to be absent from his roe room i more than thirty minutes and does not give a satisfactory account of himself charges are preferred against him and he is is court mar dialed the use of intoxicating drink and tobacco is strongly repudiated so are playing at chess chers wear i ing whiskers whis keis and a great many other things the punishment to which cadets cabets are liable are privation of recreation ac extra hours of duty reprimands arrests or confinement to his room or tent confinement in in light prison confinement ili in dark prison with the privilege of resigning si g and public aill thio ro the months of july and august the ca bets are efi encamped camped and during the encampment the instruction is is exclusively military I 1 the only furlough allowed to cadets cabets is is two months when they are tit in the third class the pay of the cadet is twenty lour four dollars a month and his board costs liim him ten of this from the balance lie he is required to drewsand dross dres sand and defray his other expenses and he is prohibited from contracting debts without As the reward for his bis labor and deprivation the cadet a quires acquires an excellent education in ili mathematics better probably than he can get at any other institution in it the count country rv the training here of both bo body dy and mind is vary very thorough an aud completa I 1 |