FRED D. GRANT ANDREW H. RUSSELL WALTER S. WYATT EDWARD W. CASEY HENRY C. LA POINT JAMES R. WASSON THOS S. MUMFORD REID T. STEWART QUINCY O. GILLMORE WILLIAM T. RUSSELL J. BURKE HICKEY T. M. WOODRUFF CORBIN DAVENPORT LOUIS A. CRAIG WILLIAM H. COFFIN West Point N. Y. 22d June, 1870.] CHAPTER VI. THE YEARLING. When we marched into camp again at the old site, which was this year named “Camp Geo. H. Thomas,” the yearlings were perfectly happy. We enjoyed the society of the plebes for awhile, but soon tired of that. We had been under such a strain during the previous year that we needed a rest, and we had it, too, as there was not much required of us for the first month. We seemed to need sleep, and we slept in the morning, again in the afternoon and all night, too. After we were rested we loitered under the trees near the guard tents during guard-mounts and band practice and mingled among the numerous summer visitors at the Point; to get acquainted was not difficult, as some of the visitors had relatives or friends in the corps, and, moreover, people get acquainted easier at a resort or a dance than almost anywhere else. Some of the yearlings never missed a hop, and there were three of them a week, from 8 to 11 p. m. Others of us who were not proficient in the art took dancing lessons occasionally, but generally found our pleasure in boating and in being with the ladies, or with one another, listening to the music; in promenading on “Flirtation Walk,” or calling at the hotel. We idled away the whole summer, and it did us good, for, when we returned to barracks, we were ready for study again. I don’t want to be understood that we had nothing to do during camp, because many hours were spent at drill, at inspections and on guard, just enough to keep us active and healthy.