Henry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point / Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy

by Henry Ossian Flipper

"To plant."—To bury with military honors.

"To police one's self."—To bathe.

"To pot."—"To pink," which see.

"Prof."—Professor.

"To put in."—To submit in writing.

"To put into the battalion."—To assign to a company, as in case of new cadets.

"Ragged," "ragged out."—Made a good recitation.

"Reveilles."—Old shoes, easy and comfortable, worn to reveille roll-call.

"Reekless, ricochet."—Careless, indifferent.

"To run it."—To do any thing forbidden. To risk.