Mr.Hobson has a younger brother then at the Military Academy.

Well, the story still runs at West Point that Military Cadet Hobson was forced to read aloud all the best things about his brother in the Navy that the other cadets could find in the newspapers.

Besides that, Cadet Hobson, so we are told today, had to 'sail' chips on a tub of water, at the same time bombarding the chips with pebbles and cheering for his brother.

At West Point it doesn't pay a cadet to be famous, even in the light of reflected glory.

Now, that is why I beg you, not to give Greg and myself the write-up that you propose." "All right, then," sighed the editor.
"On the other hand, Mr.Pollock, I'll tell you all manner of lively and printable facts about West Point, if you won't mention Greg or myself or even mention the fact that Gridley has any cadets at the Military Academy." "That will have to answer," nodded Mr.Pollock.