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The silence by this time had ceased to be literal, except so far as it applied to Dick. Other cadets at his table talked among themselves, though never to Prescott. Greg, being Dick's roommate, was the sole cadet exempted from this rule. But the men at Prescott's table restrained their curiosity until the two battalions had marched back to barracks and had been dismissed.
Gil Wentworth, Tom's friend, had given young Cameron several pointers as to his attitude on arrival at the Seven Oaks station. Very soon a slow and dirge-like chant arose from the cadets gathered on the station platform.
This induced Fred to let them understand something of life on board the practice-ship; he told how the masters who resided on shore ascended by a ladder to the gun-deck, which had been turned into a schoolroom; how six cadets occupied the space intended for each gun-carriage, where hammocks hung from hooks served them instead of beds; how the chapel was in a closet opened only on Sundays.
As already told, it had been decided by Captain Putnam to have the cadets elect a new set of officers for the term, and these officers were to be chosen in a somewhat different manner than heretofore. "In the past," said the captain, when addressing the students on the subject, "you have been permitted to elect whoever you pleased to any office, from major down.
When the second squad of cadets arrived, in the afternoon, the three submarine boys found themselves ready for their task without misgivings. Eph took more part in the explanations than he had done in the forenoon. Then came a third squad of cadets, to be taken over the same ground.
By three o'clock in the morning the storm was over and the stars began to peep forth from behind the clouds. As tired as they were the cadets had to set to work to put up the tents and arrange their cots as best they could. Camp-fires were lit in half a dozen places and the students huddled around these to dry themselves and get warm. "I guess this is a touch of real army life," said Dick.
"And next time keep your elbow out of my ribs," he added. "Come on, we don't want to get left!" he added to his chums. A bolt was made by many of the cadets for the Putnam Hall carryall, and soon a crowd was inside and on the front seat, talking, joking and cheering, as suited the mood of each individual. Jack, Pepper, Andy and Dale managed to crowd inside throwing their suitcases on the top.
The gag in his mouth was made of nothing more than a knot in a clean towel, but it worried him a good deal and he was afraid he would be choked to death by it. But nothing of the sort happened, and soon the gag was removed. "What does this mean?" he asked, as many cadets had done before him. He received no answer, and tried to break away from his tormentors.
"And they have to carry their guns," I said. "Their muskets yes." "Are they very heavy?" "No. Pretty heavy for an arm that is new to it. I never remember I have mine." "Mr. Caxton was the cadet who had introduced Mr. Caxton told Mrs. Sandford that the new cadets are sometimes so exhausted with their tour of duty that they have to be carried off the ground." Mr.
As a practical approach to this course, the Academy officials had established a Cadet Council for the settlement of disputes and infractions of rules by the cadets. It was to this cadet governing body that the fight between the Polaris and the Capella units was referred by Major Connel. The Academy had buzzed with talk since the fight, and sides were drawn hard and fast.
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