# Cadet Life at West Point

Author: Reed, Hugh T., 1850-1934

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64925

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Cadet+Life+at+West+Point+Reed&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I was not more than eight years old when I first heard about West Point, and then I was told that it was Uncle Sam’s Military School; that the young men there were called cadets; that they were soldiers, and that they wore pretty uniforms with brass buttons on them. The impression made upon me at the time was such that I never tired talking and asking questions about West Point. I soon learned to indicate the site on the map, and I longed to go there, that I might be a cadet and wear brass buttons. I talked about it so much that my good mother made me a coat generous with brass buttons. I called it my cadet coat, and wore it constantly. Ah! for the day I should be a big boy and be a real...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/5/index.md)
- [PART IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/10/index.md)
- [PART IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/13/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/12/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/6/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/11/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/8/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/cadet-life-at-west-point-64925/chapters/7/index.md)