cius ▁D . ▁Clay . ▁At ▁West ▁Point , ▁Case y ▁played ▁football ▁as ▁a ▁half back , ▁subst itut ing ▁for ▁El mer ▁O li ph ant . ▁One ▁of ▁Case y ' s ▁duties ▁was ▁t utor ing ▁O li ph ant ▁in ▁mathematics . ▁Case y ▁decided ▁that ▁winning ▁games ▁was ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁playing , ▁and ▁he ▁helped ▁keep ▁O li ph ant ▁prof ic ient ▁at ▁math . ▁Un like ▁most ▁app o inte es ▁to ▁West ▁Point , ▁a ▁grateful ▁Case y ▁wrote ▁frequently ▁to ▁Griff in ▁about ▁his ▁progress ▁and ▁sent ▁him ▁football ▁tick ets . ▁When ▁Case y ' s ▁younger ▁brother ▁Martin ▁Charles ▁Case y ▁wanted ▁to ▁enter ▁West ▁Point , ▁Griff in ▁directly ▁appointed ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁class ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁without ▁having ▁to ▁pass ▁the ▁exam ination . ▁Martin ▁served ▁with ▁the ▁coast al ▁art illery ▁for ▁eleven ▁years ▁before ▁being ▁med ically ▁dis charg ed ▁due ▁to ▁mig raine ▁head aches ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁November ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁Martin ▁later ▁became ▁a ▁successful ▁lawyer . ▁Both ▁brothers ▁acquired ▁the ▁nick name ▁" Pat " ▁at ▁West ▁Point . ▁ ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ' ▁entry ▁into ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁Case y ' s ▁class ▁graduated ▁early ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁June ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁Case y ▁was ▁ranked ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁class ▁and ▁was ▁commission ed ▁as ▁a ▁captain ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁Corps ▁of