CHAPTER XV 

THE SNOWBALL BATTLE 

"Now then, fellows, for the greatest snowball battle of the age!" 

"Here is where Company A smothers Company B!" 

"Rats! You mean that Company B will bury Company A out of sight!" 

"Hi, Major Ruddy! What side are you going on?" queried Bart Conners, who still commanded Company B. 

"He is coming on our side!" answered Henry Lee, the captain of the other company. 

"Well, I can't fight on both sides," answered the young major with a laugh. 

"Go with the company that wins!" suggested Pepper, with a grin. 

"Toss up a cent for it," suggested Andy. 

"All right, I'll toss up," answered Jack, and did so, and it was decided that he should fight with Company B. 

"Good enough!" cried Pepper, who was in that command. "Now Company A is licked, sure!" 

"Not much!" was the answer from Stuffer Singleton. "We'll win, sure!" 

"We will, unless you stop to eat a doughnut!" put in Joe Nelson, and at this remark a general laugh went up, for Stuffer had once lost a long-distance running race because he stopped on the way to devour some cookies he had in his pocket. 

It was after school hours, and the cadets had gathered on the field where, during the summer, corn had been raised. It was to be a battle between the two companies of the school battalion, with the company captain as leader on each side. 

The preliminary rules were speedily arranged. Lines were drawn at either end of the field, about five hundred feet apart. In the center, about a hundred feet apart, two other lines were drawn. Along the latter lines the cadets arranged themselves.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is done by company A to the other company?
2. 
3. 
Q2:
1. What is the name of the other company besides company A ?
2. Besides company A, how is the other company called?
3. 
Q3:
1. Which person said something while smiling?
2. What person said something with a smiling?
3. 
Q4:
1. What was thrown up in the air?
2. What object was thrown up in the air?
3. 
Q5:
1. Who said both issues couldn’t be argued?
2. Which person said I couldn’t argue both issues?
3. 
Q6:
1. What was planted on the land?
2. What grew on the land?
3. 
Q7:
1. What was separated by 1200 inches?
2. What had 1200 inches between them?
3. 
Q8:
1. What was separated by 6000 inches?
2. What had 6000 inches between them?
3. 
Q9:
1. Which people got themselves in order on the boundary?
2. What people got themselves in order on the boundary?
3. 
Q10:
1. What would the cadets possibly take time consuming?
2. What would possibly take time robe consumed by the cadets?
3. 
