"I'm glad they allow us to talk here in undertones," pursued Greg.
"If we weren't allowed to do so, some of us would go suddenly
crazy, utter a whoop and spring through one of the windows,"
grinned Dick.
For the tenth time he thrust his hands into his pockets--then as
quickly drew them out again.
All of the young men now gathered in the room were candidates for
cadetships at West Point; candidates who had been appointed by the
Congressmen or Senators of their home districts or states, and who
must now pass satisfactory physical and mental examinations, after
which they would be enrolled as cadets in the United States Military
Academy. Those of the cadets who thus passed the preliminary
examinations, and who maintained good health and good standing in
their classes during the following four years and three months would
then be graduated from the Military Academy and forthwith be appointed
second lieutenants in the Regular Army of the United States.
Hived in this room, awaiting their turn, a spirit of awe had gripped
all these nervous young men.
Some of them dreaded a failure in the coming bodily tests before
the keen-eyed, impartial surgeons of the United States Army.
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