A SHAM BATTLE AND A REAL HERO. 11

decided that two boys on horseback
should impersonate those great officers.
Of course all the boys wished to be
American soldiers, and not one was will-
ing to don a red coat and call himself
a Hessian. It became necessary to call
the teachers in to settle this difficulty,
and they wrote the words “ American”
and “British” upon a great many slips of
paper, turned them face downward in a
_ box, and invited each boy to draw one.
Everyone who drew an “American”
ticket went into the Jersey regiment,
and everyone who drew a “British”
“ticket joined the Hessians. Then the
teachers decided that Barry Cartwright
and Herbert Fleming should act as
generals. Both boys could ride, and
they knew more of military maneuvers
than any other boys in the Academy.
They were each fourteen years old, and