The Colored Cadet at West Point - Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy by Henry Ossian Flipper
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ACCOUTREMENTS.
Dress Cap--On gun-rack shelf. Cartridge Boxes, Waist Belts, Sabres, Forage Caps --Hung on pegs near gun-rack shelf. Muskets--In gun--rack, Bayonets in the scabbards. Spurs--Hung on peg with Sabres. BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING. Bedsteads--In alcove, against side wall of the room, the head against the back wall. Bedding--Mattress to be folded once; Blankets and Comforters, each one to be neatly and separately folded, so that the folds shall be of the width of an ordinary pillow, and piled at the head of the BEDSTEAD in the following order, viz.: MATTRESS, SHEETS, PILLOWS, BLANKETS, and COMFORTERS, the front edge of sheets, pillows, etc., to be vertical. On Sunday afternoons the BEDS may be made down and used. CLOTHES-PRESS. Books--On the top of the Press, against the wall, and with the backs to the front. BRUSHES (tooth |
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